Center for US-China Arts Exchange records, 1956-2019, bulk 1977-2003

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Series VII: Publicity, 1978-2000

Series VII comprise articles, news clippings, programs and additional publicity materials created primarily between 1978 and 1995, in English and Chinese. The publishing sources range from Columbia University Record, to local and regional newspapers, to magazines and journals, and to internationally known news sources. Subseries 2 Overseas Chinese Daily News/華僑日報 (1980-1983) and Renmin Ribao/人民日報 (1979-1983), which included clippings on the broad Chinese and Chinese American cultural and arts scenes, and a small selection of these clippings touch on Center events and programs.


Subseries VII.1: General Press Materials, 1978-1997

Includes articles, clippings, press releases, programs in English and Chinese; arranged semi-chronologically and by project



Box 64 Folder 1 Initial Publicity of the Center, 1978 October


Box 64 Folder 2 Early Articles, 1978-1979


Box 64 Folder 3 Center Articles, 1988-1994


Box 64 Folder 4 Center Articles, 1980-1983

Includes press releases, event flyers


Box 64 Folder 5 Center Press Clippings, 1981-1986


Box 64 Folder 6 Center Articles, Originals for Chinese Packets, 1986-1994

Includes a packet list/bibliography of articles from April 1994


Box 64 Folder 7 Center Articles, Originals for Small Packets, 1989-1997

Includes a packet list/bibliography of articles from April 1994


Box 64 Folder 8 Tan Shuzhen/谭抒真, circa 1979-1980


Box 64 Folder 9 New York Times, The Peking Man/北京人in New York, Cao Yu/曹禺, 1980 March 28


Box 64 Folder 10 New York Times, Cao Yu & Arthur Miller, 1980 March 29


Box 64 Folder 11 New York Times, David Gilbert to China, 1980 October 12


Box 64 Folder 12 Jin Weinuo/金维诺, 1980 November 10


Box 64 Folder 13 Delegation of Prominent American Artists, 1981 April-May


Box 64 Folder 14 Ding Ling/丁玲, Lecture, 1981 November 6


Box 64 Folder 15 Beverly Sills & Schuyler Chapin, 1981, 1993-1994


Box 64 Folder 16 Zhen Ban Qiao at Houston Ballet, 1982 February-March


Box 64 Folder 17 Performing Arts Magazine, March 1982, 1982 March


Box 64 Folder 18 Five Chinese Female Violinists Visit Columbia, 1982 September


Box 64 Folder 19 Delegation of American Arts Educators, 1982 October


Box 64 Folder 20 US-China conference on arts education/中美艺术教育会议, 1982 October


Box 64 Folder 21 China Daily, Herman Wouk Visits China, 1982 November 15


Chen Xieyang/陈燮阳, 1981-1983


Box 64 Folder 22 Chen Xieyang, event programs and articles, 1981-1983


Box 64 Folder 23 Chen Xieyang at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, 1982 July-September


Box 64 Folder 24 The Aspen Times, Chen Xieyang and Ding Zhinuo, 1982 August 19


Box 64 Folder 25 Chen Xieyang in Hong Kong, circa 1982


Box 64 Folder 26 Yuan Yunsheng/袁运生, circa 1982


Box 64 Folder 27 News articles on the 23rd CCP State Council and Death of Qiao Guanhua/乔冠华, 1982-1983


Box 64 Folder 28 Death of a Salesman at Beijing People's Art Theater, 1983 March-June


Box 64 Folder 29 High Fidelity, New Voices in China, 1983 May


Box 64 Folder 30 American Ensemble, American Brass Quintet Tours Japan and China, 1983 Spring


Box 64 Folder 31 China Reconstructs, Vol.XXXII, No.8, August 1983, 1983 August


Box 64 Folder 32 Wu Wenguang/吴文光, Luo Jingjing/罗京京, and Ge Ganru/葛甘孺, 1983 July-October


Box 64 Folder 33 Columbia University Record, Composers String Quartet to China, 1983 September 23


Box 64 Folder 34 Musical America, A Violinist in China, John Graham, 1984 March


Box 64 Folder 35 Press Release, Zhang zhizhong/张致中 visit Columbia, 1984 April 2


Box 64 Folder 36 Daily News, Arts Education Grant, 1984 August 21


Box 64 Folder 37 Rockefeller Brothers Fund Grant, 1984 August-September


Box 64 Folder 38 Columbia University Record, Chinese Delegations Visit, 1984 October 5


Box 64 Folder 39 Mamaroneck Daily Times, Arts Education, 1984 November 6


Box 64 Folder 40 Shi Dai Bao/時代報, Arts Education Delegation in San Francisco, 1984 November 24


Box 64 Folder 41 Coastal Post, Arts Education, 1984 November 26


Box 64 Folder 42 Columbia University Record, Luce Foundation Grants, 1984, 1995


Box 64 Folder 43 China Daily, Rudolf Firkusny, 1985 May 31


Box 64 Folder 44 Columbia University Record, Shen Roujian/沈柔坚 and Meng Guang/孟光 visit Columbia, 1985 October 25


Photography Exhibitions, 1984-1985


Box 64 Folder 45 Beijing: Ancient & Modern: A Photographic Exhibition of the City and Its People Today/今日北京, 1984 October

Exhibition poster


Box 64 Folder 46 New York - The City and Its People: A Photographic Exhibition/今日纽约:纽约市容及市民 摄影展览, 1985 June-July

Exhibition poster


Writer's Delegation and Exchange, 1982-1986


Box 64 Folder 47 Columbia University Record, Chinese Writers in Arts Exchange Conference, 1982 October 22


Box 64 Folder 48 Columbia University Record, E.L. Doctorow and Galway Kinnell to China, 1983 October 14


Box 64 Folder 49 Columbia University Record, Writer's Delegation, 1985 April 26


Box 64 Folder 50 Columbia University Record, Chinese Writers Visit Columbia, 1986 May 23


Box 64 Folder 51 China Dig, Jacques d'Amboise, 1985-1986



Box 100 Folder 13 China Dig, Jacques d'Amboise, 1986 May 21



Box 13 Folder 1 News clippings on awards, 1985-1988



Box 64 Folder 52 Columbia University Record, Yu Runyang/于润洋 and Ru Jie visit Columbia, 1986 February 28


Box 64 Folder 53 Yang Dajing, 3 articles, 1986 August-November


Box 64 Folder 54 Columbia University Record, Hortense Calisher and Curtis Harnck's Visit to China, 1986 November 21


Box 64 Folder 55 Xin Guoliu and Zhu Zeping at West Bloomfield, Connecticut, 1986 November


Box 64 Folder 56 Balanchine in China, 1986-1987


Box 64 Folder 57 Wu Tianming/吴天明, 1987-1988


Box 64 Folder 58 US-China Arts Exchange Endowment, 1987 May-June


Box 64 Folder 59 The Music Man/樂器推銷員 and The Fantasticks/異想天開, 1987 March-June


Box 64 Folder 60 Earthwatch, Keeping up with the Joanses, 1987 January-February


Box 64 Folder 61 Centre Daily News/中報, Center receives funding, 1987 April 14


Box 64 Folder 62 Overseas Chinese Daily News/華僑日報, 10-year anniversary, 1987 April 30


Box 64 Folder 63 China Daily, Differences noted in art education, 1987 June 19


Box 64 Folder 64 Columbia: Magazine of Columbia University, on Center, 1987 November


Box 64 Folder 65 New York Times, The Cultural Weather in China, Seymour Topping, 1987 December 27


Box 64 Folder 66 Chinese Translations of Articles by André Schiffrin and Seymour Topping, 1987-1988

Includes 3 articles: 解冻、冰冻、再一次解冻 -- 中国的文化气候,Seymour Topping; 一个演员为中国舞台指出了新的方向, Seymour Topping; 新中国 -- 走不了回头路, André Schiffrin


Box 64 Folder 67 Foundation News, Vol.29, No.1, on Center, 1988 January/February


Box 64 Folder 68 New York Times, Yin Ruocheng/英若诚, 1988 January 10


Box 64 Folder 69 The Nation, The New China - No Turning Back, André Schiffrin, 1988 February 6


Box 64 Folder 70-72 Tradition and the Future of Chinese Music Conference/中国音乐的传统与未来, 1988 May-October


Box 64 Folder 73 Clippings (Chinese), Arts Education, 1988 June-August


Box 64 Folder 74 Columbia University Record, China Programs Postponed, 1989 December 8


Pacific Music Festival


Box 64 Folder 75 New York Newsday, Pacific Music Festival, 1990 January 18


Box 64 Folder 76 New York Time, Bernstein and Thomas Head New Pacific Music Festival, 1990 January 19


Box 64 Folder 77 Columbia University Record, Arts Exchange Plans Pacific Festival Orchestra, 1990 February 9


Box 64 Folder 78 New York Times, Pacific Music Festival, 1990 July 14


Box 64 Folder 79 Additional Pacific Music Festival Articles, 1990 July


Box 64 Folder 80 Symphony, Pacific Music Festival, New Waves Across the Pacific, 1990 November-December


Box 64 Folder 81 Diversion, Pacific Music Festival, 1991 March



Box 100 Folder 11 Brochures, 1990



Box 64 Folder 82 New York Times, Cultural Links with Chinese are Eroding, 1991 November 6


Box 64 Folder 83 New York Times Editorials/Letters, Cultural Exchange, 1991 November 20


Box 64 Folder 84 Columbia University Record, Chou Wen-chung Receives Asian Council Award, 1992 May 1


Box 64 Folder 85 Columbia Univerrsity Record, Ford Project Press Release, 1992 September 11


Box 64 Folder 86 Columbia University Spectator, on Chou Wen-chung, 1992 November 6


Box 64 Folder 87 Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Face of Philanthropy, 1993 February 9


Box 64 Folder 88 World Journal, Yunnan Project


Box 64 Folder 89 Columbia University Record, Ford Project Grant Renewal, 1994 April 1


Box 64 Folder 90 Columbia University Spectator, Ford Grant Helps Exchanging Program, 1994 April 27


Box 64 Folder 91 University Publicity, New Grants 1995, 1995


Box 64 Folder 92 Free China Review, Vol. 47, No. 8, August 1997, 1997 August



Box 67 Folder 11 Cao Yu/曹禺, 1980


Box 67 Folder 12 Zhou Guangren/周广仁, 1980-1981

Includes photographs and letters


Box 67 Folder 13 Chou Wen-Chung Taiwan Trip, 1981-1982



Box 100 Folder 12 New Aspect Arts News/新象藝訊, 1981 December-1982 January

Issues 95-99, includes articles on Chou Wen-Chung



Box 67 Folder 14 Fu Cong/傅聪, 1983 February-March


Box 67 Folder 15 Distant Harmony: Pavarotti in China, circa 1986


Box 67 Folder 16 Letter from Chen Qigang/陈其钢, 1986 September 4


Box 67 Folder 17 Clippings on Art and Music, in Chinese, 1987 May-November


Box 67 Folder 18 Articles and Center Newsletter, 1987-1990

Includes a Center newsletter, Vol.9, Fall 1990


Box 67 Folder 20 Center Newsletters in Chinese, 1988-1992

Includes Vol.8, Spring 1988; Vol.9, Fall 1990; Vol.10, Spring 1992


Box 67 Folder 21 Center Statement on Tiananmen, 1989 August


Box 67 Folder 22 Concert Programs, 1991-1992


Box 67 Folder 23 Hua Xia Zhi Sheng/華夏之聲, 1995-1996

Includes Issue 1-4, 7-10


Box 67 Folder 24 Yunnan Clippings, in Chinese, 1999


Box 67 Folder 25 Center's Background and Profile, 1978-2000

Includes background narratives and project summaries of the Center


Center Articles and Clippings, Miscellaneous, 1978-1993


Box 67 Folder 1 1978-1999

Contains People's Music/人民音乐, October 1988, which includes an article by Wu Zuqiang/吴祖强 on Tradition and the Future of Chinese Music Conference/中国音乐的传统与未来; and Columbia: the Magazine of Columbia University, February 1986, a Special Issue on East Asia, which includes Chou Wen-Chung's article "China's Education Explosion"


Box 67 Folder 2 1978-1983


Box 67 Folder 3 1978-1984


Box 67 Folder 4 1980-1984


Box 67 Folder 5 1980-1987


Box 67 Folder 6 1980-2000


Box 67 Folder 7 1981-1988


Box 67 Folder 8 1982-1988


Box 67 Folder 9 1987-1988


Box 67 Folder 10 1988-1993


Subseries VII.2: Chinese Newspaper Clippings

Newspaper clippings collected from issue of Overseas Chinese Daily News & People's Daily, which surveys the general arts and cultural scenes in China & of Chinese in the US


Overseas Chinese Daily News/華僑日報



Box 65 Folder 1 October 29-December 20, 1980, 1980 October-December


Box 65 Folder 2 January 1-31, 1981, 1981 January


Box 65 Folder 3 Januaryand March, 1981, additional clippings, 1981 January, March


Box 65 Folder 4 February 2-28, 1981, 1981 February


Box 65 Folder 5 March 2-31, 1981, 1981 March


Box 65 Folder 6 April 1-30, 1981, 1981 April


Box 65 Folder 7 May 1-31, 1981, 1981 May


Box 65 Folder 8 June 1-30, 1981, 1981 June


Box 65 Folder 9 July 1-31, 1981, 1981 July


Box 65 Folder 10 August 1-31, 1981, 1981 August


Box 65 Folder 11 September 1-30, 1981, 1981 September


Box 65 Folder 12 October 1-31, 1981, 1981 October


Box 65 Folder 13 November 2-30, 1981, 1981 November


Box 65 Folder 14 December 1, 1981-January 1, 1982, 1981 December-1982 January


Box 65 Folder 15 January 4-February 11, 1982, 1982 January-February


Box 65 Folder 16 March 6-31, 1982, 1982 March


Box 65 Folder 17 April 1-30, 1982, 1982 April


Box 65 Folder 18 May 1-20, 1982, 1982 May


Box 65 Folder 19 June 1-August 28, 1982, 1982 June-August


Box 65 Folder 20 September 1-December 30, 1982, 1982 September-December



Box 66 Folder 1 January 5-February 26, 1983, 1983 January-February


Box 66 Folder 2 March 8-April 30, 1983, 1983 March-April


Box 66 Folder 3 May 2-July 25, 1983, 1983 May-July


Box 66 Folder 4 August 8-December 23, 1983, 1983 August-December


Renmin Ribao/人民日報


Box 66 Folder 5 October 31, 1979, 1979 October 31


Box 66 Folder 6 January 1-31, 1981, 1981 January


Box 66 Folder 7 February 2-28, 1981, 1981 February


Box 66 Folder 8 March 2-30, 1981, 1981 March


Box 66 Folder 9 April 1-30, 1981, 1981 April


Box 66 Folder 10 May 1-30, 1981, 1981 May


Box 66 Folder 11 October 1-31, 1981, 1981 October


Box 66 Folder 12 November 2-28, 1981, 1981 November


Box 66 Folder 13 December 2-30, 1981, 1981 December


Box 66 Folder 14 February 1-28, 1982, 1982 February


Box 66 Folder 15 March 1-31, 1982, 1982 March


Box 66 Folder 16 April 2-28, 1982, 1982 April


Box 66 Folder 17 May 16-June 30, 1982, 1982 May-June


Box 66 Folder 18 July 4-August 29, 1982, 1982 July-August


Box 66 Folder 19 September 4-30, 1982, 1982 September


Box 66 Folder 20 October 1-December 16, 1982, 1982 October, December


Box 66 Folder 21 January 9-February 28, 1983, 1983 January-February


Box 66 Folder 22 March 4-April 26, 1983, 1983 March-April


Box 66 Folder 23 May 3-July 26, 1983, 1983 May-July


Box 66 Folder 24 August 30-December 29. 1983, 1983 August-December