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.
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."
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Diaries and Interview Notecards, 1947-1969 (2 small boxes), 1947-1969
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Address Cards by Place, 1950-1970 (1 small box), 1950-1970
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Address Cards by Last Name, 1950-1970 (1 small box), 1950-1970
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Old Name and Address Cards and Notebooks," 1960-1970 (2 small boxes), 1960-1970
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Index of Writings and Statements, 1935-1995 (1 small box), 1935-1995
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Spiral Bound Travel Notebooks, 1970-1996 (142 4x6-inch notebooks), 1970-1996
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Desk Calendars, 1953-1966 (1 small box), 1953-1966
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Speech and Lecture Outlines, 1949-1985 (2 small boxes), 1949-1985
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Speech and Lecture Outlines, 1949-1985 (1 small box), 1949-1985
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Speech and Lecture Outlines, 1968-1991 (1 small box), 1968-1991
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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.
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Shanghai, 1933-1936 New Brunswick and New Haven, 1947, 1933-1936, 1947
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Indonesia, Peking, 1947-1948
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Northwest China, 1947
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Baotou, 1948
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Negatives: Ningxia, Alashan, 1945-1948
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Qinghai, 1948
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Sichuan, Xiemachong, 1948
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Chongqing, 1948
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Xikang, Kangding, 1948
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Xinjiang, 1948
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Peiping-Communist Entry, 1949
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Xinjiang, 1948
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Xienchang, 1948
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Xinjiang, 1948
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Sichuan, 1948
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China, 1948
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Baotou, 1948
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Qinghai, 1948
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Ningxia/Alashan, 1948
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Zheduo, 1948
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Xikang, 1948
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Suiyuan, 1948
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Qinghai, 1948
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Xikang, 1948
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Taiyuan, 1948
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Chongqing, 1948
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Hong Kong, 1948
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Hainan, 1949
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Haikou, 1954
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Malay, 1954
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Taiwan, 1954
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Singapore, 1955
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Taiwan, 1960
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Photo list, undated
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Zhejiang, Ningbo, 1987 [slides], 1987
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Taiyuan, 1988
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Taiyuan, Beijing, 1988
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Shanghai, 1988
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Shanghai, Suzhou, 1988
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Suzhou, 1988
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Xinjiang, 1988, (2 folders)
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Alashan, 1988
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Beijing, 1988
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Xingjiang, Turpan, 1988
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Xinjiang, Bogda Ula, 1988
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Xi'an, Shaanxi, 1988
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Linxia, Gansu, 1988
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Nanshan, 1988
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Beijing to Baotou, 1988
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Baotou, 1988, (2 folders)
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Alashan, 1988
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Urumqi, 1988
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Alashan, 1988
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Taiwan, undated; Malay, 1954 (2 film rolls in small microfilm box), 1954
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Beijing, Jietai, Tanzhi, 1988
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Tianjin, 1988
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Tianjin, Qingdao, 1988
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Changzhou, 1988
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Changzhou, Yixing, 1988
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Yixing, Changzhou, Nanjing, 1988
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Nanjing, 1988, (2 folders)
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Nanjing, Tanxi, Huangshan, 1988
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Guangzhou, 1988, (2 folders)
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Shenzhen, Hongkou, 1988
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China, 1987-1988
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Chongqing, Beijing, 1988
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Chongqing, Zuqing, 1988
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Chengdu, 1988
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Suzhou, 1988
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Suzhou, Wuxi, 1988
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Wuxi, 1988
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Shanxi, Taiyuan, 1988
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Suzhou, 1988
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Changzhou, 1988
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Wuxi, 1987-1988, (2 folders)
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Shanghai, 1988
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Ningbo, 1988
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Chiang Kai-shek hometown, 1987
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Shanghai, 1987
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Huangshan, 1988, (3 folders)
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Shanghai, Changsha, Shoushan, 1988
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Changsha, 1988, (2 folders)
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Tibet, 1988
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Chengdu, Wenjiang, 1988, (2 folders)
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Ganzi, 1988
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Kongding, 1988, (2 folders)
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Kunming, Yunnan, 1988
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Geiju, Yunnan, 1988, (2 folders)
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Yunnan, Shenzhen, 1988
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Geiju, 1988
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Yunnan, Geiju, 1988
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Qingdao, 1988, (3 folders)
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Huangshan to Hangzhou, 1988
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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.
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Barnett Family Celebrations, 1969-1974 (5 cassette tapes in one folder), 1969-1974
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ADB Interviews, 1975-1997 (24 cassette tapes and 1 mini-cassette tape in one box), 1975-1997
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Brookings Institution-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Conference-English version, 1981 (17 cassette tapes in one box), 1981
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Brookings Institution-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Conference-Chinese version, 1981 (17 cassette tapes in one box), 1981
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Changing Political and Economic Patterns in Asia, 1984 (1 cassette tape with paper study guide), 1984
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Voice of America, 1966 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1966
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NBC TV-"China Today and Tomorrow," 1969 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1969
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"The Fall of Kuomintang China," Interview with ADB by John Berry and Norman Wu, 1970 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1970
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Council on Foreign Relations-East Asian Study Group, 1970 (7 ΒΌ inch open reel audiotapes), 1970
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Georgetown Forum-"Red China and US Policy," 1970 (1/4 inch open reel audiotape), 1970
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"This Week with David Brinkley-China," 1984 (1 Sony Color Plus 60 tape), 1984
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Brinkley Show, 1989 (1 VHS tape), 1989
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MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, 1991 (1 VHS tape), 1991
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Film History Foundation-"The China Call," "The Dragon and the Eagle," 1993 (1 VHS tape), 1993
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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
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Council on Foreign Relations-"The Council at 75," 1996 (1 VHS tape), 1996
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Lehrer NewsHour-Debate with Ross Munro, 1997 (1 VHS tape), 1997
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"The Leading Question," 1958 (1 record LP), 1958
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"China in Perspective: Roots of Civilization," 1970 (2 record LPs, 2 filmstrips, 1 study guide), 1970
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"China in Crisis: Confrontation and Coexistence," 1970 (2 record LPs, 2 filmstrips, 1 study guide), 1970
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"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.
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Changsha, 1984
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Changzhou, 1988 (incl. 1 tie-clip), 1988
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Chongqing, 1985
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Fujian, 1991-1994
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Guangdong, 1987-1989
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Guangzhou, undated
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Hangzhou, 1983-1987
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Honghe, 1987
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Hunan, 1988 undated
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Huangshan, undated
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Jiangsu, 1976-1987
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Jiangxi, 1984-1993
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Kunming, 1982-1990
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Nanjing, 1983-1986
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Ningbo, 1986 undated
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Qingdao, 1987-1988
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Shanghai, 1986-1990, (3 folders)
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Sichuan, 1948-1988, (2 folders)
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Suzhou, 1982-1988, (2 folders)
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Szechuan, 1945 undated, (2 folders)
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Tianjin, 1980-1988, (2 folders)
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Wenzhou, 1988 undated
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Wuxi, 1982-1988
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Xinjiang, 1948-1988
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Yixing, undated
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Yunnan, 1987-1989 undated, 1987-1989, undated, (2 folders)