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The Tharchin Collection, 1901-1975, bulk 1923-1963
7.58 linear feetThe Tharchin Collection consists primarily of correspondence, publications and drafts, photographs, daybooks and financial accounts, and autobiographical materials. The geographic coverage of the collection spans both sides of the Himalayas, in particular, the activities of intellectuals, officials, missionaries, and other historical figures in India, Sikkim, and Tibet.
Subseries 1, Biographical and Personal Papers, 1923-1974
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- (See also: Box 2, Folder 1, for accounts which include biographical notes in the marginalia, and
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(See also: Box 2, Folder 1, for accounts which include biographical notes in the marginalia, and Box 8 for the Tharchin Family photo album)
Lhasa Neighborhood Committee Number Three records, 1953-1974, bulk 1959-1972
1.67 linear feetCollection of nearly 100 documents, mostly handwritten in Tibetan, produced or gathered by the Neighborhood Committee Number Three (Tib. Grong lhan ang gsum pa) in Lhasa, primarily from 1959-1972. About one-third of the materials are handwritten registries from 1959-1961, listing residents, personal property, and alleged crimes. A second set of materials include four notebooks and other statements documenting struggle sessions against Lhamon Yeshe Tsultrim (Tib. Lha-smon Ye-shes-tshul-khrims, 1913-77), a senior secretary for the Panchen Lama at Tashilhunpo Monastery. In sum, these papers constitute primary resources for the study of the Democratic Reforms campaign (Tib. Dmangs gtso bco ʼgyur ; Ch. Min zhu gai ge), as implemented in Tibet. The remaining materials date to the Cultural Revolution, particularly 1966-1972, and include the personal files of previous landowners, transcripts of self-criticisms, and several other autobiographical statements. The collection also includes a handful of published documents (handbills, study-books, and speeches).
Subseries I.1, Personal Statements
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- This file contains autobiographical statements, self-criticisms, and eyewitness accounts authored
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This file contains autobiographical statements, self-criticisms, and eyewitness accounts authored by individuals in the neighborhood. These materials were written in conjunction with the introduction of "Democratic Reforms" [dmangs gtso bcos ʼgyur] in Lhasa, starting in 1959. Arranged by personal name of subject as spelled on the document, with alternative spellings of the name in parentheses. All translations are in English, and rendered by Matthew Akester and Tupten Khétsun, unless otherwise noted.
The Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film, 1863-2015, bulk 1920s-1990s
370.11 linear feetSubseries IV.4: Tōhō/東宝 (including P.C.L, J.O. Studio, Takarazuka), 1933-1982
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- magazines and company newsletters as well as various internal departmental documents, mainly accounting
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This subseries contains publications of the film production company Tōhō Eiga Kabushikigaisha/東宝映画株式会社 later Tōhō Kabushikigaisha/東宝株式会社, 1943) (Tōhō) and documents from the studios P.C.L. (an abbreviation of Photo Chemical Laboratories, (December 1933 -- 1937) and J.O. Studio (J.O. スタジオ, December 1934 -- 1937) that merged to form Tōhō Eiga Kabushikigaisha in August of 1937. Tōhō Eiga Kabushikigaisha then merged with Takarazuka/Tokyo Takarazuka Gekijō/東京宝塚劇場 in December 1943. These publications include union magazines and company newsletters as well as various internal departmental documents, mainly accounting documents, with salary and personnel records, business (distribution) reports, meeting notes, and studio plans, and company histories.
Collection of China's Spring 1989 Democracy Movement, 1988-1997, bulk 1989-1990
11.5 Linear FeetThe Collection of China's spring 1989 democracy movement (六四前后中国民主运动资料汇集) documents the legacy of the democracy movement in China during 1989 as well as events leading up to the Tiananmen Square Incident and its aftermath, dating from 1988 to 1997, and with the bulk of the materials dating from 1989 to 1990. The collection holds the originals and the photocopies of over 300 ephemeral posters, leaflet/handbills, newsletters, open letters, and petitions created and distributed in 1989, including those issued by the Peking Workers Autonomous Association (北京工人自治联合会), student groups from various universities, the "Hunger Strike Newsletter" and other unofficial news bulletins, intellectuals' petitions to the government, cartoons, and poetry. The collection also comprises over 200 photographs depicting demonstration banners, big character posters, petitions and letters to the leaders. The collection also contains 15 eye-witness reports by Asians and Westerners, reports of human rights organizations, as well as books, miscellaneous news magazine articles and newspaper clippings. Related materials in the collection also include Spring 1989 issues of the banned intellectuals' journal "Eastern Record"; 147 slides of work shown at the Peking National Gallery's avant-garde exhibition; and a video tape of interviews with artists and performance art at the February 5, 1989 opening of that exhibition. Other items are several VHS, audiocassettes, floppy disks, fragments of wall posters, a T-shirt, and commemorative envelopes. A large fabric banner prepared by Chinese students at the University of Michigan which was sent to Peking where it was displayed at Tiananmen Square in May 1989 and later returned to the U.S., is also included in the collection.
Soc.Culture.China (SCC) Digital Archive/社会文化中国(简称SCC)电子档案, 1989-06-05--1989-06-13
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- media news accounts. Some are personal postings. Although the material varies greatly in quality, they
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8 inch floppy disks. README file from disk 1: These seven disks contain materials taken from the Usenet computer network Soc.Culture.China during June 1989. SCC is said to have had about 30,000 members in the US and other countries, mostly China-born students and intellectuals. The files were downloaded by James D. Seymour. They concern the contemporaneous crackdown in China. Some of the items are media news accounts. Some are personal postings. Although the material varies greatly in quality, they contain much information, and give a feel for the period. These materials are in ASCII, for easy conversion to any word processor. Each filename contains a date, but it should be understood that these are only approximate.