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Center for US-China Arts Exchange records, 1956-2019, bulk 1977-2003 102 Linear Feet (27 manuscript boxes, 67 record cartons, 2 flat boxes, 7 oversize flat boxes, 3 binder album boxes, 6 audiocassette boxes, 2 videocassette boxes, 4 LP record storage boxes)

Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-2019
This collection of records document the institutional history of the Center for US-China Arts Exchange, established in 1978. Under the directorship of professor and renowned composer Chou Wen-chung, the Center is a not-for-profit organization that connected arts professionals from the US and China through a spectrum of curated programs, conferences, and research trips. Bulk dated between 1977 and 2003, materials in this collection consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, printed materials, as well as audiovisual items. The collection serves as important material evidence that helps to tell the recent history of cultural communications among individuals and organizations across the Pacific.
  1. C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Edward Abbott papers, 1899 0.5 linear feet (1 box)

Abbott, Edward, 1841-1908

The diary is a detailed account of Abbott's trip from Sydney, Australia to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macao, China and Japan. There are numerous pen-and-ink sketches of landscape, architecture, historical sites, and inhabitants, and maps, some in water color. Pasted in the volume are memorabilia such as menus, hotel brochures, postcards, photographs, clippings, calling cards, etc. Of special interest are his accounts of the various native Christian communities he visited. Following the text there is a name index. In addition to the volume there are some related letters, documents, memorabilia and published maps.

  1. Rare Book & Manuscript Library