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C.V. Starr East Asian Library

C.V. Starr East Asian Library

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New York, NY 10027, USA
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The C. V. Starr East Asian Library is one of the major collections for the study of East Asia in the United States, with materials in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Mongol, Manchu, and western-languages, including books (both print and electronic), periodicals, newspapers, audio-visual material, databases, and more.
Start Over Repository C.V. Starr East Asian Library Collection Tsuyee Pei papers, 1929-1951, bulk 1943-1948
C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Tsuyee Pei papers, 1929-1951, bulk 1943-1948

12.1 linear feet
The Tsuyee Pei papers document Pei's professional and personal life and provide a glimpse of his career in East Asia and North America during the last years of WWII and the years immediately following. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondences, memoranda, cables and telegrams, and other career files from between 1943 and 1949. These materials highlight Pei's role as first, the general manager of the Bank of China, then, the governor of the Central Bank of China, and offers great details on the development of the banking system in China, wartime aid and relief, foreign exchange market, and international business and economic cooperation. Other materials include newspaper clippings, greeting cards, and printed matter.
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