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Patricia Koo Tsien and Kia Chi Tsien papers, 1910s-2018, bulk 1932-1999
16.5 Linear FeetCollection 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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- Usenet computer network Soc.Culture.China during June 1989. SCC is said to have had about 30,000 members
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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.