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Arthur J. Allen letters, 1938-1954
1 linear feetThe letters, usually lengthy, from all the Allens to friends and relatives in the United States deal with the social, cultural and political conditions in China, as well as with the Allen's ministerial activites.
Charlotte Salisbury papers, 1925-2001, bulk 1965-1993
14 linear feetDmitrii Ivanovich Abrikosov Papers, 1910-1950
2 itemsAbrikosov's memoirs (ca. 550p.) cover his childhood and school days, and his diplomatic service in England, China, and Japan. The first part of these memoirs (up to 1925) has been published as Revelations of a Russian Diplomat. The other manuscript is a diary of Abrikosov's trip through Mongolia to Peking, in June and July 1910, addressed to his father (77p.).
Ella Winter papers, 1913-1978
41 boxesCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, notes, photographs, and printed material of Winter. The papers cover primarily the years after 1952 when she and Stewart settled in England to avoid involvement in the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations. Winter traveled widely in Russia, visited China in 1958, and spent nine months in Ghana in 1965. Her journeys are well documented in this collection. Among the manuscripts are drafts for many of her periodical articles, typescripts of her autobiography AND NOT TO YIELD, and articles written about her travels. Also, files on art, the labor movement in California, Robinson Jeffers, the McCarthy era, Lincoln Steffens, and Vietnam. There are numerous photographs taken on her trips abroad, including her work with the Friends of Austria, 1920, of many theatrical productions, and of her family and home. Because of her eclectic interests she was acquainted with many prominent individuals in politics, literature, theatre, and the arts. Among the major correspondents are Edward Albee, Charles and Oona Chaplin, W.E.B. Du Bois, Katharine Hepburn, Carey McWilliams, Kwame Nkrumah, Sean O'Casey, and Muriel Rukeyser.
Eugene E. Barnett papers, 1905-1970
47.5 linear feetHenry DeWitt Barnett papers, 1917-1982
13.5 linear feetHu Shih Diaries, 1892-1935
6 ReelsPeter deDaehn Papers, 1900-1969
79 itemsdeDaehn's account books for the years 1900 through 1969 contain detailed records of daily household expenditures, including everything from doctor, laundry and grocery bills to transportation and the theatre. Correspondence consists of letters from Alexander deDaehn to his mother describing his social life in St. Petersburg and travels through Russia in 1903. Typed copies of Alexander's letters written in 1904 give an account of his experiences and observations as a Russian soldier in China.