Scope and Contents The family background, written by Edward Louis Arndt is called “Gottes Wunderwege.” It was transcribed from Gabelsberger (an old German shorthand not used anymore) into German longhand in 1949 and translated by his youngest son, Edward J. Arndt. There are numerous paragraphs called ‘Notes by Author’ that do not necessarily correspond with the page on which they appear. In some cases, the processor of this collection wrote an explanation to guide the reader to the paragraph to which it...

Scope and Contents

The collection covers the lives of Rev. Arnold and Mrs. Marie Gebhardt, missionaries to China. There is also materials relating to Rev. and Frieda Thode (nee Oelschlaeger) who also served in China.