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Hervey DeLoss Leland papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 989
Abstract:

Diary, diplomas, and miscellaneous papers, chiefly documenting Hervey D. Leland's periods of service as a teacher in Japan. The diary (1909) was written while he was teaching English in Iwakuni, Japan.

Dates: 1874-1917

Walter Clay Lowdermilk papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 597
Abstract:

Typed manuscript (mimeograph) "Soil, Forest, and Water Conservation in China, Israel, Africa, and the United States," oral history interview (703 pages in two volumes) conducted by Malca Chall for the Regional Oral History Office at the University of California at Berkeley, illustrated, 1969, Berkeley, California. Also included is a typed manuscript (mimeograph) "The Heavens Cooperate," by Inez M. Lowdermilk.

Dates: 1969

David Townsend Mason Papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 545
Abstract:

The papers consist entirely of Mason's diaries and travel journals spanning the years 1907-1973. The sixty-eight volumes of diaries deal chiefly with forestry and give considerable attention to the formulation of national policy on forests in the 1930s. The fifteen travel diaries (1950-1972) record Mason's almost annual trips to Europe and the Far East and are also largely devoted to technical subjects.

Dates: 1907-1973

Charles James Morse papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 978
Abstract:

The largest part of these papers consist of 137 volumes of translations into English, mainly from Japanese, of published works on Japanese and other branches of Oriental art. Also in the papers are two bound volumes of letters from Japan written between 1897 and 1898 by Charles James Morse and his wife, Anne Perkins Woodbridge Morse.

Dates: 1897-1911

Oriental art and architecture slide collection

 Collection
Call Number: VRC 1950
Abstract:

Collection consists of color and black and white 35 mm slides of architecture, painting, sculpture, ceramics, furniture, and metals of South, Southeast, and East Asia. Entries for countries, some of which have older place names, include Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia (including Java and Bali), Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Siam (Thailand), Tibet, and Vietnam.

Dates: ca. 1960-2005

Oriental Arts Lantern Slide Collection

 Collection
Call Number: VRC 3004
Abstract:

Collection consists of black and white glass lantern slides of Western and Southern Asia. Entries for countries, some of which have older place names, include Afghanistan, Bali (Indonesia), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Formosa (Taiwan), Java (Indonesia), Korea, and Siam (Thailand).

Dates: 1900-1960

Pamphlet collection

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Call Number: MS 1351
Abstract:

A collection of pamphlets from African, South American, Latin American, Asian, European, and North American countries which include material relating to politics, economics, social conditions, agriculture, legal topics, religious activities, history, government operations, education, and other areas. The collection is particularly strong in the area of African materials, with several nations represented.

Dates: 1570-1990, bulk 1945-1982

William E. and Myra L. Parsons papers

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Call Number: MS 1033
Abstract:

Correspondence, receipts, and memorabilia connected with a trip to Manila taken by William E. Parsons with his wife, Myra, while working as consulting architect to the Philippine government. Included in the correspondence are accounts by Myra Parson of the trip across the Pacific, descriptions of life in Manila, and comments on the political situation in the Far East.

Dates: 1939

John Hall Paxton papers

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Call Number: MS 629
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, photographs and printed materials of John Hall Paxton, American foreign service officer. The papers reflect primarily Paxton's service in China from 1925 to 1949, broken only by a year in Teheran in 1943. He made a dramatic escape from China (1949) and returned to the United States. He broadcast for the Voice of America, and returned as Consul to Isfahan, Iran in 1951, where he died in 1953. His papers include reports on Chinese economic and political conditions,...
Dates: 1920-1961

William Winston Pettus papers

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Call Number: MS 786
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, writings, and memorabilia of William Winston Pettus, surgeon at the Hsiang-Ya Hospital of the Yale-China Association in Changsha, China. His letters to his parents, beginning in 1928, report on his undergraduate life at Yale and later on medical school. After 1940, when he returned to China, his letters discuss his day-to-day activities as a doctor in wartime at the hospital in Changsha. The writings include diaries and drafts of unpublished articles. Also in the...
Dates: 1928-1945

Theodore Martindale Purdy photographs and papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1994
Abstract:

This collection consists of photograph albums, maps, diaries and other materials documenting the worldwide travels of Theodore Martindale Purdy from 1883 to 1931.

Dates: 1883-1931

Hugh Rechnitzer papers

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Call Number: MS 1142
Abstract:

Chiefly photographs of China, ca. 1900-1905, some made during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Also photographs of Indonesia, Japan, Java, Singapore, and Vietnam where Rechnitzer traveled on business.There is also a small amount of family correspondence, personal photographs, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1889-1906

Alfred Augustus Reed papers

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Call Number: MS 411
Abstract: Correspondence and account books relating to Reed's activities in Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, as a representative of Paine, Stricker & Company of Amsterdam, a trading company. Correspondents include his wife, Caroline Suzette van Son Reed (1825-1861); the Band, Cramerus, Hasselman, van Alphen, and van Braam families, to which he was related by marriage; and Cramerus & Company, Amsterdam. Includes material relating to service and charitable projects in which Reed...
Dates: 1845-1865

Right wing pamphlet collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 775
Abstract:

An artificial collection of pamphlets containing "conservative, reactionary, or right wing" publications on a wide range of topics including: China, anti-communism, Christian groups, race relations, and economics, 1917-2010.

Dates: 1917-2010

Walter Johnson Robb papers

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Call Number: MS 740
Abstract:

Correspondence, writings, clippings, photographs, financial papers and memorabilia documenting Robb's career in the Philippines as a correspondent and, during World War II, as a lecturer for the Office of War Information (O.W.I.). The writings include manuscripts of articles by Robb on the Philippines, texts of his broadcasts for the O.W.I., and poetry. Among his correspondents are Henry Andreas, Raymond L. Buell, Percy Hill, Sergio Osmeña, Chick Parsons, and Will Rogers, Jr.

Dates: 1919-1969, bulk 1940-1946

Roland Arthur Paul papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1417
Abstract: The papers consist of two, unpublished manuscripts by Roland Paul. Both manuscripts are based on Paul's diaries and notes of his experiences with the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements, then chaired by Senator Stuart Symington and strongly influenced by Senator William Fulbright. The first, entitled "The Power of Arrogance: The Assault of the Senators on America's Military Commitments, 1969-70," was completed in 1982. It offers a Washington insider's...
Dates: 1982-1983

Walter Keeler Scofield papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 437
Abstract:

Correspondence, diaries, journals, scrapbooks, photographs and miscellanea relating to Walter Keeler Scofield's career as naval surgeon during the Civil War and his later voyages to Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the West Indies.

Dates: 1859-1910

Warren Bartlett Seabury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 790
Abstract:

Correspondence, essays and memorabilia of Warren Bartlett Seabury, a missionary in China who helped plan and organize the Yale Foreign Missionary Society. Correspondence with his family (1904-1907) and reports on his work for the Society and the founding of the Yali Middle School are included. Among his correspondents are Harlan Page Beach, Edward Bliss Reed. John P. Rice and Arthur C. Williams.

Dates: 1901-1936

William Findlay Shunk papers

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Call Number: MS 449
Abstract:

Correspondence, journal, speeches and miscellanea of William F. Shunk and his family. Shunk exchanged letters with family members in Pennsylvania while sailing around the world, circa 1846-1849. The sloop, Preble, stopped in many ports, including Cape Verdes, Rio de Janiero, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Canton, China. Speeches of his father, Francis Rawn Shunk, governor of Pennsylvania, are also included.

Dates: 1828-1903

Henry Ernest Sigerist papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 788
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, notes, writings, lectures, photographs, and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of Henry E. Sigerist. His student and teaching activities, writings on the history of medicine, concern for public health policies in the United States and Asia, cold war political interests, and other professional and personal concerns are documented in the papers. Sigerist corresponded with several prominent figures in the field of medicine....
Dates: 1891-1991