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A. Doak Barnett papers, 1929-2010, bulk 1940-1999

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Series V: Mixed Media:, 1940-1997

Mixed Media contains materials in various formats including handwritten notecards and pocket spiral notebooks, photographic prints and negatives, audio and video recordings, and travel and tourism items.

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Subseries V.1: Notecards and Notebooks, 1940-1996

Notecards and Notebooks consists of handwritten notecards and small spiral bound notebooks. Some notecards contain interview notes from Barnett's travels through Asia early in his career; some are address cards arranged by location or by last name. Other notecards are handwritten speech and lecture outlines. Spiral notebooks number more than 200 and contain personal and travel diaries from trips to Asia throughout his career. Tucked among them is a January 5, 1960, memo, "CFR Study Group on US Policy in Southeast Asia."


Box 171 Diaries and Interview Notecards, 1947-1969 (2 small boxes), 1947-1969


Box 172 Address Cards by Place, 1950-1970 (1 small box), 1950-1970

Box 172 Address Cards by Last Name, 1950-1970 (1 small box), 1950-1970

Box 172 Old Name and Address Cards and Notebooks," 1960-1970 (2 small boxes), 1960-1970

Box 172 Index of Writings and Statements, 1935-1995 (1 small box), 1935-1995


Box 173 Spiral Bound Travel Notebooks, 1970-1996 (142 4x6-inch notebooks), 1970-1996


Box 174 Desk Calendars, 1953-1966 (1 small box), 1953-1966

Box 174 Speech and Lecture Outlines, 1949-1985 (2 small boxes), 1949-1985


Box 175 Speech and Lecture Outlines, 1949-1985 (1 small box), 1949-1985

Box 175 Speech and Lecture Outlines, 1968-1991 (1 small box), 1968-1991


Box 176 Speech and Lecture Outlines, 1968-1991 (1 small box), 1968-1991

Subseries V.2: Photographs:, 1933-1989

Photographs contains black and white as well as color prints and negatives plus some slides and a small roll of exposed film. Early images chronicle Barnett family celebrations in Shanghai in the 1930s along with shots of Yale from his undergraduate days. Subsequent photos record his journeys throughout Asia and include pre-Communist China as well as Communist troops entering Peking in 1949. Photos from the 1980s cover later trips to China and elsewhere in Asia.

Box 176 Shanghai, 1933-1936 New Brunswick and New Haven, 1947, 1933-1936, 1947

Box 176 Indonesia, Peking, 1947-1948

Box 176 Northwest China, 1947

Box 176 Baotou, 1948

Box 176 Negatives: Ningxia, Alashan, 1945-1948

Box 176 Qinghai, 1948

Box 176 Sichuan, Xiemachong, 1948

Box 176 Chongqing, 1948

Box 176 Xikang, Kangding, 1948

Box 176 Xinjiang, 1948

Box 176 Peiping-Communist Entry, 1949

Box 176 Xinjiang, 1948

Box 176 Xienchang, 1948

Box 176 Xinjiang, 1948

Box 176 Sichuan, 1948

Box 176 China, 1948

Box 176 Baotou, 1948

Box 176 Qinghai, 1948

Box 176 Ningxia/Alashan, 1948

Box 176 Zheduo, 1948

Box 176 Xikang, 1948

Box 176 Suiyuan, 1948

Box 176 Qinghai, 1948

Box 176 Xikang, 1948

Box 176 Taiyuan, 1948

Box 176 Chongqing, 1948

Box 176 Hong Kong, 1948

Box 176 Hainan, 1949

Box 176 Haikou, 1954

Box 176 Malay, 1954

Box 176 Taiwan, 1954

Box 176 Singapore, 1955

Box 176 Taiwan, 1960

Box 176 Photo list, undated

Box 176 Zhejiang, Ningbo, 1987 [slides], 1987

Box 176 Taiyuan, 1988

Box 176 Taiyuan, Beijing, 1988

Box 176 Shanghai, 1988

Box 176 Shanghai, Suzhou, 1988

Box 176 Suzhou, 1988

Box 176 Xinjiang, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 176 Alashan, 1988

Box 176 Beijing, 1988

Box 176 Xingjiang, Turpan, 1988

Box 176 Xinjiang, Bogda Ula, 1988


Box 177 Xi'an, Shaanxi, 1988

Box 177 Linxia, Gansu, 1988

Box 177 Nanshan, 1988

Box 177 Beijing to Baotou, 1988

Box 177 Baotou, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Alashan, 1988

Box 177 Urumqi, 1988

Box 177 Alashan, 1988

Box 177 Taiwan, undated; Malay, 1954 (2 film rolls in small microfilm box), 1954

Box 177 Beijing, Jietai, Tanzhi, 1988

Box 177 Tianjin, 1988

Box 177 Tianjin, Qingdao, 1988

Box 177 Changzhou, 1988

Box 177 Changzhou, Yixing, 1988

Box 177 Yixing, Changzhou, Nanjing, 1988

Box 177 Nanjing, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Nanjing, Tanxi, Huangshan, 1988

Box 177 Guangzhou, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Shenzhen, Hongkou, 1988

Box 177 China, 1987-1988

Box 177 Chongqing, Beijing, 1988

Box 177 Chongqing, Zuqing, 1988

Box 177 Chengdu, 1988

Box 177 Suzhou, 1988

Box 177 Suzhou, Wuxi, 1988

Box 177 Wuxi, 1988

Box 177 Shanxi, Taiyuan, 1988

Box 177 Suzhou, 1988

Box 177 Changzhou, 1988

Box 177 Wuxi, 1987-1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Shanghai, 1988

Box 177 Ningbo, 1988

Box 177 Chiang Kai-shek hometown, 1987

Box 177 Shanghai, 1987

Box 177 Huangshan, 1988, (3 folders)

Box 177 Shanghai, Changsha, Shoushan, 1988

Box 177 Changsha, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Tibet, 1988

Box 177 Chengdu, Wenjiang, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Ganzi, 1988

Box 177 Kongding, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Kunming, Yunnan, 1988

Box 177 Geiju, Yunnan, 1988, (2 folders)

Box 177 Yunnan, Shenzhen, 1988

Box 177 Geiju, 1988

Box 177 Yunnan, Geiju, 1988

Box 177 Qingdao, 1988, (3 folders)

Box 177 Huangshan to Hangzhou, 1988

Box 177 Hangzhou, 1988, (2 folders)

Subseries V.3: Audio and Video Recordings, 1958-1999

Audio and Video Recordings contains cassette and open reel audiotapes, videotapes, long-playing records, and filmstrips of conferences Barnett organized or addressed, interviews he granted, and appearances he made on television and radio programs. Also here are some instructional resources.


Box 178 Barnett Family Celebrations, 1969-1974 (5 cassette tapes in one folder), 1969-1974

Box 178 ADB Interviews, 1975-1997 (24 cassette tapes and 1 mini-cassette tape in one box), 1975-1997

Box 178 Brookings Institution-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Conference-English version, 1981 (17 cassette tapes in one box), 1981

Box 178 Brookings Institution-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Conference-Chinese version, 1981 (17 cassette tapes in one box), 1981

Box 178 Changing Political and Economic Patterns in Asia, 1984 (1 cassette tape with paper study guide), 1984


Box 179 Voice of America, 1966 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1966

Box 179 NBC TV-"China Today and Tomorrow," 1969 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1969

Box 179 "The Fall of Kuomintang China," Interview with ADB by John Berry and Norman Wu, 1970 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1970

Box 179 Council on Foreign Relations-East Asian Study Group, 1970 (7 ¼ inch open reel audiotapes), 1970

Box 179 Georgetown Forum-"Red China and US Policy," 1970 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1970

Box 179 "This Week with David Brinkley-China," 1984 (1 Sony Color Plus 60 tape), 1984

Box 179 Brinkley Show, 1989 (1 VHS tape), 1989

Box 179 MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, 1991 (1 VHS tape), 1991

Box 179 Film History Foundation-"The China Call," "The Dragon and the Eagle," 1993 (1 VHS tape), 1993

Box 179 The James and Margaret Loe Memorial Lecture-short version, 1994 1 floppy disk-Fuji film, MF2DD, Double Sided Double Density, 135 TPI, 80 tracks, 1994

Box 179 Council on Foreign Relations-"The Council at 75," 1996 (1 VHS tape), 1996

Box 179 Lehrer NewsHour-Debate with Ross Munro, 1997 (1 VHS tape), 1997


Box 180 "The Leading Question," 1958 (1 record LP), 1958

Box 180 "China in Perspective: Roots of Civilization," 1970 (2 record LPs, 2 filmstrips, 1 study guide), 1970

Box 180 "China in Crisis: Confrontation and Coexistence," 1970 (2 record LPs, 2 filmstrips, 1 study guide), 1970

Box 180 "Mao, China, and Revolution," 1972 (2 record LPs, 2 filmstrips, 1 study guide), 1972

Subseries V.4: Travel Materials, 1945-1990

Travel Materials consists of maps, tourism brochures, promotional brochures, background data, travel guides, and some hardbound books. Of special note are a large 1948 map of Xinjiang with handwritten notes and 1940s paper booklets on Szechuan that belonged to his father.


Box 181 Changsha, 1984

Box 181 Changzhou, 1988 (incl. 1 tie-clip), 1988

Box 181 Chongqing, 1985

Box 181 Fujian, 1991-1994

Box 181 Guangdong, 1987-1989

Box 181 Guangzhou, undated

Box 181 Hangzhou, 1983-1987

Box 181 Honghe, 1987

Box 181 Hunan, 1988 undated

Box 181 Huangshan, undated

Box 181 Jiangsu, 1976-1987

Box 181 Jiangxi, 1984-1993

Box 181 Kunming, 1982-1990

Box 181 Nanjing, 1983-1986

Box 181 Ningbo, 1986 undated

Box 181 Qingdao, 1987-1988

Box 181 Shanghai, 1986-1990, (3 folders)

Box 181 Sichuan, 1948-1988, (2 folders)

Box 181 Suzhou, 1982-1988, (2 folders)

Box 181 Szechuan, 1945 undated, (2 folders)

Box 181 Tianjin, 1980-1988, (2 folders)

Box 181 Wenzhou, 1988 undated


Box 182 Wuxi, 1982-1988

Box 182 Xinjiang, 1948-1988

Box 182 Yixing, undated

Box 182 Yunnan, 1987-1989 undated, 1987-1989, undated, (2 folders)