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Indusco Inc. records, 1938-1985

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0644
Bib ID 4079544 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Indusco, Inc.
Title Indusco Inc. records, 1938-1985
Physical Description 93 linear feet (180 boxes, 30 oversize folders in 14 flat boxes, 2 card file boxes, 1 glass slide box)
Language(s) English , Chinese .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-181. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

One box of cataloged correspondence, one wooden box of glass sides, and oversize materials (Flat boxes 539-552) are located on-site.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Description

Summary

This collection includes records from the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (CIC, 工業合作社/工业合作社), China Aid Council (CAC, 美國援華會/美国援华会), and United Service to China (USC, formerly United Relief to China/URC, 美國援華聯合會/美国援华联合会/美國援華救濟聯合會/美国援华救济联合会). The records contain correspondence of individuals who participated in the cooperative and those associated with it; typewritten reports of sub-units to the parent organization; periodicals and other publications issued in Chinese by the three regional headquarters (the early ones are probably quite rare); publications in English by these headquarters and by American committees formed to aid in the movement; mounted photographs showing the work of the cooperatives and their leaders; albums of newspaper clippings on the movement, emanating from the U.S. and abroad; maps showing locations of cooperatives; pencil sketches and watercolors of cooperatives at work; and other material concerning this important organization which was largely responsible for China's ability to feed and clothe, and care for the people during the war.

1985 ADDITION: Correspondence, memos, and printed materials of Hugh Deane, including files on the revival of the CIC in the 1980s.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-181. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

One box of cataloged correspondence, one wooden box of glass sides, and oversize materials (Flat boxes 539-552) are located on-site.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Indusco, Inc. records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

United China Relief Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

United Service to China Records, MC135, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Custodial History

Transferred from the East Asian Library, 1966, 1981 (negative files), & 1983 (slides).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Pruitt, Ida. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1952. Accession number--M-1952.

Gift of Ida Pruitt, 1952-1956, 1974.

Gift of Hugh Deane, 1985.

Elizabeth Schiffman Files: gift of Dr. Jessica Schiffman

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed BRC 02/--/1985.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 xml document instance created by Carrie Hintz

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Albums (books) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Articles Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bibliographies Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Contracts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Financial records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Maps (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Newsletters Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notebooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Poems Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Posters Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Press releases Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Reports Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sketches Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Slides (photographs) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
indexes (reference sources) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
minutes (administrative records) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
negatives (photographs) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
watercolors (painting) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- Development -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- Economic conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- Economic policy Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- History -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- Photographs -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China Aid Council Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chinese Industrial Cooperatives Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chongqing (China) -- Economic conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Cooperative societies -- China -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Corporations, Nonprofit -- United States -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Deane, Hugh Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dong, Biwu, 1886-1975 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Industrial mobilization -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Industrialization Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Industries -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rural industries -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Economic aspects Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Song, Qingling, 1893-1981 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United China Relief (U.S.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United Service to China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- China Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Zhou, Enlai, 1898-1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Zhu, De, 1886-1976 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

The Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (also known as the CIC, Gung-Ho, Indusco, Inc.; pinyin: Gongye Hezuoshe, Gonghe; Chinese: 中國工業合作協會/工業合作社/中国工业合作协会/工业合作社/工合) was a movement established in China by a group of westerners and Chinese activists, and was supported by Chinese citizens and politicians at the time to aid in industrial production during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). The CIC had three main headquarters (in northwest, southwest, and southeast China) to form the basis for small cooperative industries throughout the country, which in 1946 numbered 1,700 but which in 1948 had decreased to fewer than 500.