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Series I: Association, Committee, Board, 1951-2001
Series III: Clippings, 1952-2006
Series IV: Conferences, Seminars, Symposiums, Workshops, 1955-2005
Series VII: Photographs, 1971-2001
Series VIII: Personal Files and Printed Matter, 1960-2014
Series XI: Audio Visual, 1977-2010

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

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Series V: Correspondence, 1945-2014

Over the course of his decades-long career, Professor de Bary had carried out multiple conventions in organizing correspondences. Sub-Series V.1 includes all titled correspondence folders organized alphabetically. Sub-Series V.2 includes files from primarily between 1970s and early 2000s, grouped by correspondents' initials. Sub-Series V.3 includes early correspondence from primarily between 1959 and 1971, organized chronologically by year. Sub-Series V.4 gathers student recommendations letters written mostly between 1992 and 2002, organized alphabetically. Additional correspondences with students might be located in neighboring Sub-Series, in departmental files, as well as Sub-Series VI.4: Student Thesis Proposals and Dissertations.

Arranged alphabetically

Sub-Series V.1: General Correspondence with Individuals and Organizations


Box 63 Folder 5 Academic Freedom Statement, 1969-1970

Fritz Stern


Box 64 Folder 12 Alumni, Columbia, 1971-1975


Box 63 Folder 6-7 American Council of Learned Societies, 1939-1958

Box 63 Folder 8 American Oriental Society/The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1945

Box 63 Folder 9 American Philosophical Society, 1999


Box 65 Folder 1 50th Anniversary Asian Humanities Convocation Booklet, 2000

Box 65 Folder 2 Asian Values and Human Rights, 1997-2000


Box 63 Folder 10 Association of American Colleges, 1965-1969


Box 65 Folder 3 Athletics at Columbia, Statements, 1992-1994


Box 63 Folder 11 Balazs, Etienne, 1954-1965


Box 65 Folder 4 Barzun, Jacques & Arthur Krim, 1963, 1979

Box 65 Folder 5 Batnag, Beatrice D., 1968-1969

Berling, Judith

Box 65 Folder 6 1969-1972

Box 65 Folder 7 1980-1996


Box 63 Folder 12 Berry, Thomas, 1966-1969


Box 65 Folder 8 Birge, Bettine, 1984-1997

Bloom, Irene

Box 65 Folder 9 1968-1978

Box 65 Folder 10 NEH Application, 1981

Box 65 Folder 11 1984-2002


Box 66 Folder 1 Broughton, Jeff, 1970


Box 63 Folder 13 Buddhist Studies Publications Program, 1976-2000

Box 63 Folder 14 Carnegie Corporation, 1958-1959


Box 67 Folder 1 Catholic Campus ministry, 2002

Box 67 Folder 2 The Catholic Commission on Intellectual & Cultural Affairs, 1980-1992

Chan Wing-tsit

Box 67 Folder 3 1951-1964


Box 66 Folder 2 1981-1992

Box 66 Folder 3 Expenses, 1980-1983

Box 66 Folder 4 Commemorative Dinner, 1986

Box 66 Folder 5 Chan Obituary, 1994


Box 67 Folder 4 Ch'ien, Edward T., 1968-1976


Box 66 Folder 6 China Trip, Ministry of Education, 1998

Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation


Box 67 Folder 5-6 Overseas Advisor, 1980-2001

Box 67 Folder 7 1994-2002


Box 66 Folder 7 1993-1996

Sources of Chinese Tradition


Box 67 Folder 8 1992-2000

Wang-tsit Chan Lectures

Box 67 Folder 9-10 Grant and Fellowship Applications, 2006-2007


Box 66 Folder 8 China Confucius Foundation (International Confucian Association), 1994-1999

Box 66 Folder 9 Chinese Philosophy, Journal, 1984-1993


Box 68 Folder 1 Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004

Includes photographs of De Bary visiting CUHK

Box 68 Folder 2 Chinese University Press, 1990-2005

Box 68 Folder 3 Ching, Julia, 1971, 1985-2001

Sister Julia Ching

Box 68 Folder 4-5 Clausland Mountain, 1998-2001

Box 68 Folder 6 Corless, Roger, 1973-1974


Box 66 Folder 10 Dennerline, Jerry P., 1968-1972


Box 68 Folder 7 Dilworth, David, 1968-1969

Box 68 Folder 8 Dotson, Heyward, 1969

Box 68 Folder 9 The Eisenhower Fellows Association in the Republic of China, 1979-1989


Box 66 Folder 11 European Review of East Asian Studies, 1979


Box 68 Folder 10 Fairbank, John K., 1953-1969


Box 69 Folder 1-2 Fogel, Josh, 1979-1998


Box 70 Folder 1 Fung Yu-lan, 1982-1986


Box 66 Folder 12 Former Students, 2008


Box 70 Folder 2 Goodrich, L.C., 1945-1961

Admissions


Box 66 Folder 13 Guggenheim Fellowship, 1981-1982


Box 69 Folder 3 Haboush, JaHyun Kim, 1982-2002

Box 69 Folder 4 Harvard University Press, 1991-2002

Box 69 Folder 5-6 D.C. Heath and Company, 1962-1966


Box 70 Folder 3 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Vitaly Rubin, 1980-1990


Box 69 Folder 7 Hurvitz, Leon, 1968-1970


Box 70 Folder 4 The Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions, 1973-1974

Japan Foundation


Box 69 Folder 8 1979-1990

Box 69 Folder 9 Fellowship, 1983-1989


Box 70 Folder 5 Japan Publications Trading Co., 1974

Japan Society

Includes membership & meeting notes


Box 71 Folder 1-2 1964-1967

Box 71 Folder 3 1980-1988


Box 70 Folder 6 Jen Yu-Wen, 1969-1970


Box 69 Folder 10 Judge, Joan, 1992-1998


Box 70 Folder 7 Kai, Miwa, 1989-1990

Related to De Bary's retirement

Box 70 Folder 8-10 Keene, Donald, 1979-2004


Box 71 Folder 4 Keightley, David, 1991-1993


Box 70 Folder 11 Korea, related, 1999-2000


Box 71 Folder 5 Liu, James T. C., 1970


Box 72 Folder 1-2 Lee, Thomas H.C., 1983-2002

Box 72 Folder 3 Lutley, Albert, 1972-1974

Box 72 Folder 4 Mailing lists, miscellaneous, 1986-1989

Box 72 Folder 5 Manns, Marsha, 1998-2003


Box 71 Folder 6 Miyeko Murase, Review Committee, 1967-1970


Box 72 Folder 6 Moran, Frances & Sherwood, 2000

National Endowment for the Humanities


Box 71 Folder 7 1979-1996

Box 71 Folder 8 Grant, Souces of Chinese Tradition, 1994-1997

Box 71 Folder 9 2013 National Humanities Medal, 2014

Box 71 Folder 10-11 Nosco, Peter, 1983-1999

Box 71 Folder 12 Ordjanian, Nikit, 2001-2002

Contribution to Heyman Center room


Box 72 Folder 7 Osamu Kanaya, 1968


Box 71 Folder 13 Princeton University, 1981-1989


Box 73 Folder 1 The Rockefeller Foundation, 1978-1979


Box 72 Folder 8 Rockwell, Emma, 1983-1987


Box 73 Folder 2 Rupp, George and Nancy, 1997-2002

Box 73 Folder 3 Russell, James, 1981-1999

Box 73 Folder 4 Shils, Edward, 1984

The Academic Ethnic


Box 72 Folder 9 Seoh, Roy Munsang, 1977

Korean Studies


Box 73 Folder 5 Saint Bartholomew's Church, 1999

Box 73 Folder 6 Sulivan, Alex, 2010

Box 73 Folder 7 Taiwan, miscellaneous, 1977-1986

Box 73 Folder 8 Takahito, Prince Mikasa, 1965


Box 72 Folder 10 Takeuchi Yoshinori, 1960-1969

Box 72 Folder 11 Tong, Te-Kong, 1969


Box 73 Folder 9 Tsunoda, Ryusaku, 1962-1965

Includes photographs


Box 72 Folder 12 Tuttle, Charles E., 1963

Box 72 Folder 13 Waseda University Library, 2007


Box 73 Folder 10 The Week Magazine, Dennis Publishing, 2007


Box 72 Folder 14-15 Wright, Arthur F., 1953-1970

Box 72 Folder 16 Wuhan University, 2001

Box 72 Folder 17 Yoshio, Abe, 1977

Box 72 Folder 18 Yu, Chun-Fang, 1988-2002


Box 74 Folder 1-3 Zarrow, Peter, 1985-2001


Box 73 Folder 11 Miscellaneous, Letters to Newspapers, 1966

Box 73 Folder 12 Miscellaneous, 1975

Box 73 Folder 13 Miscellaneous, Letters of Recommendation, 1987-1988

Michael Mooney, Richard Rubinger


Box 72 Folder 19 Miscellaneous, 1989-2003

Box 72 Folder 20 Miscellaneous, 1997-2003

Sub-Series V.2: General Correspondence (Alphabetical)


Box 74 Folder 4 A, 1959-1978

Box 74 Folder 5 Aa-Ac, 1980-2004

Box 74 Folder 6 Ac-As, 1992-2001

Box 74 Folder 7 Am-An, 1994-2002

Box 74 Folder 8 An-Aw, 1981-2001


Box 75 Folder 1-2 B, 1968-1978

Box 75 Folder 3-4 B-C, 1976-1978


Box 73 Folder 14 Ba, 1981-2002


Box 76 Folder 1 Ba-Be, 1992-2002

Box 76 Folder 2 Be, 1990-2002

Box 76 Folder 3 Be-Bi, 1980-1998

Box 76 Folder 4 Bi-Bl, 1980-2002

Box 76 Folder 5 Bl-Bo, 1980-2002

Box 76 Folder 6 Bo, 1986-2002

Box 76 Folder 7 Bo-Br, 1988-2002


Box 77 Folder 1 Bu-By, 1979-2002


Box 75 Folder 5 C, 1988-2001


Box 77 Folder 2 Ca, 1981-2002

Box 77 Folder 3-4 Ch, 1987-2002

Box 77 Folder 5 Cha-Chi, 1983-2000

Box 77 Folder 6 Chi, 1981-1997

Box 77 Folder 7 Ch-Cl, 1981-2002

Box 77 Folder 8 Co, 1995-2002


Box 78 Folder 1 Co-Cu, 1989-2002

Box 78 Folder 2 C-E, 1990-2004


Box 75 Folder 6 D, 1969-1978


Box 78 Folder 3 Da-De, 1990-2002

Box 78 Folder 4 De-Dh, 1983-1998

Box 78 Folder 5 Di-Du, 1988-2001


Box 75 Folder 7 E, 1973-1978


Box 78 Folder 6 Ea, 1991-2002


Box 80 Folder 1 Eb-Ep, 1991-2001

Box 80 Folder 2 F, 1971-1978

Box 80 Folder 3-4 Fa-Fl, 1982-2002


Box 79 Folder 1-2 Fo-Fz, 1988-2002


Box 80 Folder 5 G, 1968-1978

Box 80 Folder 6 Ga-Gi, 1987-2002


Box 79 Folder 3 Gl, 1996-2002

Box 79 Folder 4 Go, 1981-2001

Box 79 Folder 5 Gr-Gu, 1983-2002


Box 81 Folder 1-2 H, 1969-1978


Box 79 Folder 6 Ha, 1991-2000


Box 82 Folder 1 Ha-Ho, 1984-2001

Box 82 Folder 2 Ho-Hu, 1991-2002


Box 80 Folder 7 Hs-Hy, 1984-1998


Box 81 Folder 3 I, 1973-1975

Box 81 Folder 4 Id-In, 1983-1999


Box 82 Folder 3-4 Int, 1981-2002

Box 82 Folder 5 Ir-Is, 1983-1991


Box 81 Folder 5 J, 1971-1978

Box 81 Folder 6 Ja, 1980-2001

Box 81 Folder 7 Ja-Jo, 1991-2001


Box 82 Folder 6 Jo (Journals), 1980-2002

Box 82 Folder 7 Jo-Ju, 1980-1997


Box 83 Folder 1-2 K, 1971-1978


Box 81 Folder 8 Ka, 1979-1998


Box 83 Folder 3 Ka-Ke, 1981-2002

Box 83 Folder 4 Ke, 1980-1998

Box 83 Folder 5 Ke-Ko, 1979-1997

Box 83 Folder 6 Ko-Ku, 1980-2000


Box 84 Folder 1 Ko-Ky, 1982-1994

Box 84 Folder 2-3 L, 1971-1978

Box 84 Folder 4-7 L, 1981-2001

Box 84 Folder 8 La, 1979-1996


Box 85 Folder 1 La-Le, 1981-1995

Box 85 Folder 2 Le-Lee, 1988-2002

Box 85 Folder 3 Lee-Lew, 1981-2002

Box 85 Folder 4 Lew-Li, 1982-2002

Box 85 Folder 5 Li, 1979-2001

Box 85 Folder 6 Li-Lu, 1980-2001


Box 82 Folder 8 L-Z, 1958-1959


Box 86 Folder 1-2 M, 1971-1978


Box 87 Folder 1-4 M, 1980-2002


Box 88 Folder 1 M, 1984-1998


Box 85 Folder 7 Mc-Me, 1985-2002


Box 86 Folder 3-4 N, 1972-1978


Box 88 Folder 2-4 N, 1984-2002


Box 76 Folder 5 O, 1971-1977


Box 88 Folder 5-6 O, 1981-2002


Box 89 Folder 1 Ooms-Oz, 1981-2001

Box 89 Folder 2-3 O-P, 1983-2002


Box 86 Folder 6 P, 1971-1978

Box 86 Folder 7-9 P, 1979-2002


Box 90 Folder 1 Q, 1971-1974

Box 90 Folder 2 R, 1972-1976

Box 90 Folder 3 R, 1982-2002


Box 89 Folder 4-7 R, 1980-2001


Box 90 Folder 4-5 S, 1971-1978


Box 91 Folder 1 Sa, 1982-2001


Box 90 Folder 6 T, 1971-1978


Box 91 Folder 2-4 T, 1981-2002

Box 91 Folder 5 U, 1972-1978

Box 91 Folder 6-7 U-V, 1988-2002

Box 91 Folder 8 V, 1972-1973


Box 90 Folder 7 W, 1971-1978


Box 92 Folder 1-2 Wa, 1980-2002


Box 90 Folder 8 Wa-Wang, 1979-2000


Box 92 Folder 3 We-Wh, 1983-2002

Box 92 Folder 4 Wi, 1980-1998


Box 93 Folder 1-3 Wilson-Wyatt, 1979-2002

Box 93 Folder 4 Xie-Ye, 1981-1996

Box 93 Folder 5 Ye-Yo, 1980-2001

Box 93 Folder 6 Yu, 1987-1996

Box 93 Folder 7 Y, 1972-1978

Box 93 Folder 8 Z, 1975-1978

Box 93 Folder 9 Z, 1983-2001

Sub-Series V.3: General Correspondence (Chronological)


Box 92 Folder 5 1959-1960

Box 92 Folder 6 1960


Box 94 Folder 1 1961

Box 94 Folder 2-3 1962

Box 94 Folder 4-5 1962

Box 94 Folder 6-7 1963


Box 95 Folder 1 1963


Box 96 Folder 1-2 1964

Box 96 Folder 3 1964


Box 95 Folder 2-3 1965


Box 96 Folder 4 1965

Box 96 Folder 5 1966


Box 95 Folder 4 1967


Box 96 Folder 6 1968


Box 95 Folder 5 1969

Box 95 Folder 6 1970


Box 96 Folder 7 1971


Box 95 Folder 7 1979


Box 97 Folder 1-2 1979-1982

Box 97 Folder 3-4 1981-1988


Box 95 Folder 8 1988-1990


Box 98 Folder 1-2 2006 January-June


Box 96 Folder 8 2006 July-December


Box 97 Folder 5 2006 September

Box 97 Folder 6 2006 October


Box 95 Folder 9 2006 November


Box 97 Folder 7 2006 December

Sub-Series V.4: Student Recommendation Letters

Arranged alphabetically.


Box 98 Folder 3 A, 1992-2002

Box 98 Folder 4 B, 1992-2002

Box 98 Folder 5 C, 1997-2002

Box 98 Folder 6 D, 1989-2002

Box 98 Folder 7 E, 1995

Box 98 Folder 8 F, 2000

Box 98 Folder 9 G, 1996-2000

Box 98 Folder 10 H, 1993-2002

Box 98 Folder 11 I-J, 1993-2000

Box 98 Folder 12 K, 1997-2002

Box 98 Folder 13 L, 1999-2002


Box 99 Folder 1 M, 1994-2002

Box 99 Folder 2 N, 1994-2002

Box 99 Folder 3 O, 1997-2002

Box 99 Folder 4 P, 2002

Box 99 Folder 5 Q, 1993

Box 99 Folder 6 R, 1994-2000

Box 99 Folder 7 S, 1997-2002

Box 99 Folder 8 T, 1992-2002

Box 99 Folder 9 U, V, 2001

Box 99 Folder 10 W, 1989-2002

Box 99 Folder 11 Y, 2000

Box 99 Folder 12 Z, 2002