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This collection has letters, journals, logbooks, watercolors, and engravings produced by Macartney and those who accompanied him on his mission to China between 1792 and 1794.
A collection from the British legation & consulates in China (1722-1951). Includes: a catalogue of embassy archives, trade & intelligence reports, legal proceedings, papers of the Chinese Secretary's Office, papers relate to the East India Co. in China.
A collection of papers from this group that is informally known as the "Wise Men", was set up by President Jimmy Carter & Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira. It provided recommendations for maintaining a healthy bilateral economic relationship.
A collection of 185 reports from the US Naval Technical Mission to Japan that surveyed and appraised the technological status of Japanese industry and the Japanese navy.
This is a collection of 36 monthly reports on the rebuilding of postwar Japan & South Korea by Allied occupation forces. Topics: industrial reparations & development; restructuring of education, public health & welfare; & political system establishment.
A collection of essential & unique documentation on various topics relating to Japanese internal affairs, eg the rise of Bolshevism and radicalism, political relations with Manchukuo, Prince Konoe & the War in China, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
A collection of quarterly reports on trade (1869-1913) published by the predominantly British-run Chinese Maritimes Customs Service (1854-1949). They provided insights into local economic & social conditions, policing of customs & trade, & Treaty Ports.
A complete collection of the official organ of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Topics covered include the period of revolution, the Republic, internationalization of Shanghai, national uprising, and both World Wars.
Our library will be closed from Saturday, December 21 to Sunday, January 5. Regular hours will resume on Monday, January 6.
Topics covered include international aid, education & cultural exchange; financial & economic affairs, legal, military, & political affairs including records on presidents & vice-presidents, and visits by US politicians.
A collection of inter- & intra-departmental memos, reports, position papers, summaries, maps, photos & dispatches (from US Foreign Service officers & military personnel) relating to the internal political affairs of China & US foreign policy towards China
A collection of un-catalogued pamphlets relating to communism, socialism, and class struggle.
This collection uncovers one of the great spy cases in the postwar era, which concluded in the growing atmosphere of McCarythism where many saw the affair as an indication of Communist espionage on the government.
From December 2019 to March 2020, the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library will be undergoing construction to enhance student study and learning spaces to improve the library user experience.
This collection documents the formation of the National Council for United States-China Trade and the role it played in the development of trade and the Council's library holdings relating to China's trade and economy.
Sourced from the archives of the British Film Institute (BFI), this resource makes available the ETV-Plato Films collection amassed by British communist Stanley Forman in the years following WWII.
A primary source collection on all FEC activities related to policies, principles & criteria on the post-WWII governing & reconstruction of Japan according to the terms of surrender stipulated by the Potsdam Declaration.
Documents from White House Office of Records Management Subject File categories & the Staff & Office Files documenting pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing (April 14-June 4, 1989), & responses from the Chinese government, US citizens & the White House.
A collection of rare manuscripts & monographs from Britain's India Office covering topics such as military operations during the Boxer Rebellion, border disputes, British army intelligence, & critical essays in English & Chinese by subject experts
From November 11 - 22, we will waive $2 of library fines in exchange for a non-perishable food item (maximum $20 waived).
A collection of the Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, and Presidential Correspondence and Conversations with Foreign Leaders during the latter part of the Nixon administration through the entire Ford administration.
A collection of White House Central Files consisting of the Foreign Affairs Subject Files & Series, National Security Council Files & the President’s Trip Files from the Nixon administration.
A collection of 500,000 pages from hundreds of newspaper published in China between 1912 & 1949. The collection provides researchers a richly comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout this time period.
A collection of instructions to and dispatches from US diplomatic and consular staff that cover a wide range of topics, eg. political, economic, and social issues, specific provinces, military affairs, and other topics
A collection of diplomatic materials that trace the commercial relations between the US & Japan from 1910 to 1964. A wide range of topics are covered, eg. embargo, free ports, law, commerce, merchandise, duties, tariff and trade.