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STURSBERG, Peter: CANADIANS IN CHINA

1983-0326

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1983-09-14

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Interview of Dr. Ralph Outerbridge of New Westminster, British Columbia, who was born and brought up in Japan, son of a Canadian missionary there. He studied medicine at the University of Toronto and served as a medical missionary in China from 1938 to 1950. He wanted to be a missionary because of his father and his religious upbringing in the Far East. Since the Japanese had conquered most of the Chinese coast, he had to go through Indo-China to reach the United Church mission in Szechwan. He spent the early years at station hospitals but after taking additional courses at the University of Toronto, he returned to teach at the West China Union University in Cheng-tu. He left because of the Communist takeover. Peter Stursberg did this interview as part of his research for a book on Canadian missionaries in China. <1h 3mn>

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