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C.V. Starr East Asian Library

C.V. Starr East Asian Library

300 Kent Hall
1140 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027, USA
starr@library.columbia.edu
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.

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Yu Feng Tse papers, 1928-2002, bulk 1943-1996

1.67 Linear Feet 4 manuscript boxes
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The Yu Feng Tse papers (于鳳至檔案) document her family life and that of her spouse, the Young Marshall Zhang Xueliang, who was under house arrest since 1937, first in mainland China and later in Taiwan until he was free in 1992. The materials primarily consist of correspondence, writings, printed materials, photographs, as well as memorabilia, dating from 1928 to 2011, with its bulk dating from 1943 to 1996. The materials show the relationship between Yu Feng Tse who was in the United States and Zhang Xueliang who was in Taiwan at the time.
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Yu Feng Tse papers, 1928-2002, bulk 1943-1996 1.67 Linear Feet 4 manuscript boxes

The Barbara Curtis Adachi Hands of Japan Collection, 1942-2003, bulk 1970-1993

22 Linear Feet 22 linear ft. of paper materials, 2,449 slides, 5,200 photographs, 886 strips of 35mm negatives, medium-size negatives and transparencies, 129 audio and 3 video cassettes, and several realia objects
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This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, slides, audio and video cassettes, negatives, transparencies, articles, books, ephemera, postcards and realia objects.

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The Barbara Curtis Adachi Hands of Japan Collection, 1942-2003, bulk 1970-1993 22 Linear Feet 22 linear ft. of paper materials, 2,449 slides, 5,200 photographs, 886 strips of 35mm negatives, medium-size negatives and transparencies, 129 audio and 3 video cassettes, and several realia objects

Wan-go H.C. Weng film collection, circa 1938-1991, bulk 1948-1980

50 Linear Feet 50 record cartons/clam-shell boxes
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The Wan-go H.C. Weng film collection (翁萬戈影視收藏) consists of motion picture film materials from the collection of Weng Wango (1918-2020), the noted art historian, art collector, and filmmaker. The collection consists of approximately 739 individual film elements, almost all 16mm, dating from circa 1944 to 1980. In addition to the 16mm film, there are three 35mm films and 28 1/4-inch open-reel audiotapes. The materials in the collection primarily relate to films produced by Weng, including series of films on Chinese history, Chinese cities and towns, and Chinese art. The collection also includes materials were collected by Weng but were, presumably, owned by him or his production company. Included in the collection are a wide variety of different types of film elements, including original film, master picture and sound elements, projection prints, work prints, trims, and outs. While some of Weng's films have been made available through various avenues, including the educational film distribution circuit, DVDs, and online, this is almost certainly the most complete collection of Weng's work, containing master and original materials for many of his films.

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Wan-go H.C. Weng film collection, circa 1938-1991, bulk 1948-1980 50 Linear Feet 50 record cartons/clam-shell boxes

Collection of China's Spring 1989 Democracy Movement, 1988-1997, bulk 1989-1990

11.5 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 audio-visual box
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The 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.

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Collection of China's Spring 1989 Democracy Movement, 1988-1997, bulk 1989-1990 11.5 Linear Feet 10 document boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 audio-visual box

Tibetan video recordings from Lhasa, 1990s

.25 linear feet 1 legal manuscript box
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Tibetan video recordings from Amdo, bulk 1990s

.25 linear feet One legal manuscript box
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The Tharchin Collection, 1901-1975, bulk 1923-1963

7.58 linear feet 13 boxes
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The 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.

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The Tharchin Collection, 1901-1975, bulk 1923-1963 7.58 linear feet 13 boxes

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

12.1 linear feet 29 full manuscript boxes
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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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Tsuyee Pei papers, 1929-1951, bulk 1943-1948 12.1 linear feet 29 full manuscript boxes

The Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film, 1863-2015, bulk 1920s-1990s

370.11 linear feet 743 boxes
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Over the course of fifty years, the former documentary filmmaker Makino Mamoru (1930-) developed an extensive collection on the history of East Asian film, which covers the history of Japanese cinema spanning over a hundred years. The collection as a whole contains approximately 80,000 items, and focuses on print materials. The materials cover various film events and festivals across multiple genres of films: experimental films, educational films, documentary films, news films, amateur films, and animated films, among many others. The collection contains books, correspondences, handbills, magazines, manuscripts, newspapers, notes, photographs, postcards, posters, scripts/scenarios, slides, glass plate negatives, video cassettes, and other printed materials.
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The Makino Mamoru Collection on the History of East Asian Film, 1863-2015, bulk 1920s-1990s 370.11 linear feet 743 boxes

Subseries I.1: Ichikawa Kon/市川崑, 1915-2008

Japanese Photograph and Postcard Collection, 1911-1990, bulk 1930-1940

2.6 Linear Feet 3 document boxes and 4 postcard boxes containing 3100+ postcards and photographs with postcard envelopes, pamphlets and correspondence
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This Japanese photograph and postcard collection is composed of five different groups: photographs and postcards collected by Samuel McCune Lindsay (Series 1); photographs and postcards collected by J. W. T. Mason (Series 2); photographs donated by Katharine Becke (Series 3); Japanese Subjugation of Rehe Sheng (China) "Public Relations Photographs" (Series 4); and other postcards and photographs (Series 5). The majority of items were created and/or collected during the 1930s in Japan; however, the collection includes items created throughout the twentieth century as well as originating in neighboring countries such as China and Korea.

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Japanese Photograph and Postcard Collection, 1911-1990, bulk 1930-1940 2.6 Linear Feet 3 document boxes and 4 postcard boxes containing 3100+ postcards and photographs with postcard envelopes, pamphlets and correspondence

Coins and paper currency of Tibet, 1800s-1959

1 Linear Feet 6 coins and 3 bank notes
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The Coins and Paper Currency of Tibet collection of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University comprises a small representative sample of historical coinage and paper currency circulating in Tibet and contiguous areas in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The core items in this collection originally belonged to the Kyaping family, who lived in the heart of Lhasa until the final occupation by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1959. It is noteworthy that the family's holdings included coins minted in Sichuan as well as Nepal, as well as paper currency printed in Tibet. The bulk of the collection was probably issued from approximately 1870 through 1940.

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Coins and paper currency of Tibet, 1800s-1959 1 Linear Feet 6 coins and 3 bank notes

Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien papers, 1910s-2018, bulk 1932-1999

16.5 Linear Feet 32 full manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 2 flat boxes, 1 photo album box
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The Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien papers document the decades of internationally rooted lives of the Tsien couple, as well as family history materials on the Koo and Tsien families. The bulk of the papers consist of files associated with the professional and personal trajectories of Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien, arranged in respective series. Also included are materials pertaining to the research of Koo and Tsien's family histories, in particular manuscripts, transcripts, and annotated copies of the Wellington Koo Memoir, and materials on Oei Huilan, Madame Wellington Koo.
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Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien papers, 1910s-2018, bulk 1932-1999 16.5 Linear Feet 32 full manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 2 flat boxes, 1 photo album box

Letters to Donald Keene from Japanese literary figures, 1952-2004

5 linear feet 10 manuscript boxes
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This collection contains letters, postcards, manuscripts, published papers, photographs, and other ephemera from Japanese literary authors, critics, artists, and architects such as Abe Kōbo, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Ōe Kenzaburō, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō. These materials were sent to, or otherwise acquired by, Professor Donald Keene between 1952 and 2004.

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Letters to Donald Keene from Japanese literary figures, 1952-2004 5 linear feet 10 manuscript boxes

Nancy Jervis Chinese Film Script and Flier Collection, 1960-1980

0.4 Linear Feet 1 document box
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The collection consists of bilingual film scripts and fliers of feature films produced in China between the 1960s and 1980s. Notable production sources include the Beijing Film Studio, the Changchun Film Studio, the Shanghai Film Studio, and the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio.
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Nancy Jervis Chinese Film Script and Flier Collection, 1960-1980 0.4 Linear Feet 1 document box

Ta-Chun Hsu papers, circa 1904-2016, bulk 1938-2008

7 Linear Feet 8 manuscript boxes and 4 flat boxes
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The Ta-Chun Hsu papers (徐大春檔案) document his personal life and provide a glimpse of his career in China and in the United States. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence related to his family and his personal life as a Chinese-American and an immigrant living in New York. The correspondence also highlights his relation to a prominent Chinese educator and philosopher, Hu Shih (胡適) and his family. There are also materials related to his father, Hsu Singloh (徐新六), who was a major finance and banking leader during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Also included are immigration and travel documents of T.C. Hsu. Other materials also include news clippings, articles, financial records, printed materials, portraits and photographs, maps and postcards.
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Ta-Chun Hsu papers, circa 1904-2016, bulk 1938-2008 7 Linear Feet 8 manuscript boxes and 4 flat boxes

Morton H. Fried papers, 1945-1996, bulk 1961-1986

11 Linear Feet 11 archival boxes, 6 storage containers, and some unboxed materials
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The collection consists of published works and writings, including drafts, articles and reprints, drafts for "Halls of the Ancestors", field notes and research, lectures, papers presented and miscellaneous reports as well as correspondence and reports from his travels.

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Morton H. Fried papers, 1945-1996, bulk 1961-1986 11 Linear Feet 11 archival boxes, 6 storage containers, and some unboxed materials

Wm. Theodore de Bary papers, 1934-2017, bulk 1960-2005

81 Linear Feet 189 document boxes, 3 audio visual boxes
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This collection of records document the professional and personal life of Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919-2017), the renowned scholar, educator, and university administrator who studied and served over decades at Columbia University. Types of files in this collection range from administrative files, correspondences, manuscripts, references, photographs, and audio-visual materials. The available materials showcase the different roles that de Bary had held in researching and scholarship-building, teaching, and administering.
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Wm. Theodore de Bary papers, 1934-2017, bulk 1960-2005 81 Linear Feet 189 document boxes, 3 audio visual boxes

Theodore Richards Conant Collection, 1949-2010, bulk 1953-2000

76 Linear Feet 17 manuscript boxes, 4 half manuscript boxes, 48 flat boxes, 12 record cartons
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The Theodore Richards Conant Collection documents the life and film making career of Theodore Richards Conant, dating from 1949 to 2010, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1953 to 2000. The focus of the materials is on the Korean War, Korean culture and society. Materials in the collection consist of his personal papers and a substantial amount of audiovisual materials related to the documentary films created and/or collected by him during his career. The personal papers consist of clippings, ephemera, correspondence, scenarios, notes, catalogs, journals and other unique items. The photographs in the collection document Korea's political and cultural aspect, as well as Conant's work in Korea as a film producer while working in the UN Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA). The audiovisual materials are the documentaries directed and filmed by Conant, related to the Korean War, Korean society and culture.
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Theodore Richards Conant Collection, 1949-2010, bulk 1953-2000 76 Linear Feet 17 manuscript boxes, 4 half manuscript boxes, 48 flat boxes, 12 record cartons

Oracle Bones collection, circa 1300-1050 B.C.

14 boxes 128 items
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The Oracle Bones collection comprises 128 authentic, forged, and unconfirmed pieces of ox scapula and tortoise shells, also known as oracle bones (jiagu, 甲骨), that were used as a form of divination in ancient China during the late Shang dynasty, dating from circa 1300-1050 BCE.
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Oracle Bones collection, circa 1300-1050 B.C. 14 boxes 128 items