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Personal papers of Capen family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries to the Swatow region in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Scope and Contents Gam Seng and Alice Mae Shae were Baptist missionaries in Burma, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and other Southeast Asian countries in the mid to late 1900s. This collection contains photographs, certificates, notes, writing, documents, etc. from throughout their lives and careers.Gam Seng was from Burma and attended Kachin Bible Training School (1956-57) and Burma Baptist Divinity School (1962, B.Th.) there. He and Alice moved to the U.S. where he attended Colgate Rochester...