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Indusco Inc. records, 1938-1985

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Series I: Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (CIC), 1938-1947

Subseries I.A: CIC Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Photographs

Sub-subseries I.A.1: CIC Correspondence


Box 1 Lists of letters from China, by date of receipt at Indusco, N.Y., November 1946-December 1948, 8 folders


Box 2 Lists of letters from China, by date of receipt at Indusco, N.Y., January 1949-April 1950, 2 folders

Box 2 Extracts of mail from China, mostly taken from correspondence of Rewi Alley (some indexes), 1938-1944, 6 folders


Box 3 Alexander, John, 1941-1943

Alley, Rewi

(See also I.A.3, I.A.4, I.B.I Bailie Schools--Shantan)

Box 3 1938-1942 June , 21 folders


Box 4 1942 July -1943, 20 folders


Box 5 1944, 12 folders


Box 6 1945, 13 folders


Box 7 1946, 12 folders


Box 8 1947, 12 folders


Box 9 1948, 12 folders


Box 10 1949-1954, 13 folders


Box 11 An Fan-chih 1949-Birdsley, Joan, 1946-1947


Box 12 Braid, Andrew 1943-1947-Carlson, Evans F., 1939-1947


Box 13 Carpenter, J. Henry 1942-1943-Chao Shu-I, 1940-1947


Box 14 Chen, Byron 1939-1946-Curwen, Anthony, 1948-1949


Box 15 Dean, Sam 1945-Fisher, Weithy Honsinger, 1947


Box 16 Fitch, George 1941-1946-Goullart, Peter, 1941-1951


Box 17 Haas, Lily 1942-Herman, Theodore, 1938-1941


Box 18 Herman 1942-1951-Hicks, Victor, 1944-1946


Box 19 Higgins, Judson 1946-Huang, W. W. (Wen-wei)


Box 20 Illsley, Walter 1946-1952-Liang Yu-chao, 1948


Box 21 Lin, Dr. Robert 1939-1940-Meng Yiing-chfien, 1940-1949


Box 22 Ming, Mavis 1942-1947-Pruitt, Ida, 1938

(See also: I.A.3, I.A.3, II.A.1)


Box 23 Pruitt, Ida

Box 23 1939


Box 24 1940-1942


Box 25 1942-1944


Box 26 1945-1947


Box 27 1947-1955-Smith, Walter, 1946-1950


Box 28 Smythe, Lewis S. C.

(See also I.A.3)

Box 28 1939-1943


Box 29 1944-1945


Box 30 1946-1952

Box 30 Snow, Edgar, 1938-1945


Box 31 Snow, Helen Foster (Nym Wales) 1938-1947-Sweet, Lenning, 1944-1945


Box 32 Tan, J. M. 1942-1950-Townsend, Peter, 1942-1945


Box 33 Townsend 1946-1949-Turner, Margaret, 1948


Box 34 Wang, Anna 1938-Yip, Kenneth, 1939

Sub-subseries I.A.2: Cablegrams and Telegrams, 1941-1948


Box 35 Cablegrams and Telegrams, 1941-1948

Sub-subseries I.A.3: CIC Manuscripts, Printed Articles, and Pamphlets

(pamphlets arranges alphabetically by author. See also V no 1)


Box 36 Alley, Rewi

Box 36 Articles and notes on CIC and cooperation, 1939-1950


Box 37 Articles, notes, and reports on CIC and Shantan Bailie School; poems by rewi Alley, typescript, 1938-1953


Box 38 Published Reports and Books


Box 39 Armstrong, John Paul, 1948-Hogg, George

(for George Hogg, see also I.A.1)

Box 39 George Hogg--Articles on CIC and Cooperation, 1940-1944


Box 40 George Hogg--Articles and notes on Bailie Schools; printed articles; resume of work, 1940-1945

Box 40 Lyman John R., 1943

(see alsoI.A.1)


Box 41 Mei, Y.P., 1941-Pruitt, Ida, 1939-1948


Box 42 Reisner, John H. 1939-Snow, Helen Foster, 1939-1943


Box 43 Stevens, W. Mackenzie 1936-1943-Wells, Henry. W., 1950

Sub-subseries I.A.4: CIC Biographical Materials, with Photographs


Box 44 Alley, Michael (Rewi's adopted son)-Alley, Rewi


Box 45 An Fan-chih-Lyman, John R.


Box 46 Mao Tse-tung 1948-Yung, K. S.

Subseries I.B: Subject Files, Printed Matters, and Photographs of Activities

Sub-subseries I.B.1: Subject and Organization Files


Box 47 Indexes to materials, ca. 1942

Box 47 AACIC (Association for the Advancement of CIC) 1943-1945-Army Goods, 1940-1944

Bailie Schools


Box 48 Appeals, 1944-Lanchow (Kansu) Bailie School, 1942-1947


Box 49 Shantan ([Sandan], Kansu) Bailie School

Box 49 1949 study by Yang Hsin-pao for FAO-Geological Drawings, 1945-1949, 1949, 1945-1949


Box 50 Indusco mimeographed materials on Shantan and Lanchow Bailie Schools, 1944-1949

Box 50 Serials, 1946-1950, 2 folders


Box 51 Yunnan: Kunming Proposal, 1945


Box 52 Bibliographies of materials on CIC and on cooperation in China, 1940-1947 -- Exchange rate, 1944-1948, 1940-1947, 1944-1948


Box 53 Farmers Bank of China 1941 Human interest stories, 1939-1945, 1941, 1939-1945


Box 54 Indusco Office for Supplies of Allied Military Services, 1943-1944-International Committee (IC)

International Committee

Box 54 "Announcement" 1939-Finances, 1942-1949


Box 55 Financial Statements, 1938-1947


Box 56 Financial Statements, 1948-1949

Meeting Minutes

Box 56 General Meetings, 1939-1951


Box 57 Annual Meeting 1945-1948-Executive Committee Meetings, 1943-1949


Box 58 Minutes of Joint Executive Committee Meetings 1946-1948-Minutes of JEC Projects Sub-committee, 1947

Box 58 Needs and Requests from China, 1941-1942


Box 59 Overseas promotion (notably Britain, Canada, postwar Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines), 1939-1951


Box 60 Peking Peace Conference, with photographs and news clippings, 1952-Refugees, 1943-1943


Box 61 Regions of GIG work

Box 61 Regional analyses, 1941-1944

Box 61 General Data, 1941-1948

Regional Areas of Work

Box 61 Border Regions, 1939-1949


Box 62 Northwest Headquarters area (NWHQ)

Box 62 Geographical file--sites of work activity, 1939-1952


Box 63 Subject File

Box 63 Conferences and Discussions, 1945-1946

Box 63 Reports, 1939-1946


Box 64 Serials, 1939-1945

Box 64 Women's Work, 1939-1945


Box 65 Southeast Headquarters area (SEHQ)

Box 65 Geographical File, 1939-1949

Subject File

Box 65 Articles on SEHQ, 1939-1949

Box 65 Reports--General, 1938-1939


Box 66 Reports--General, 1940-1947

Box 66 Technical Data, 1939-1947


Box 67 Southwest Headquarters area (SWHQ), 1939-1949

Box 67 Others (Hopei), 1947-1948


Box 68 Relief, Politics and problems of, 1938-1939 -- Rural Industry in China, 1942-1945, 1938-1939, 1942-1945


Box 69 Serials, National (CIC): Published in Chungking, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, 1939-1950

(for non-CIC serials see I.B.3 Serials)


Box 70 Shanghai Promotion Committee, 1939-YMCA, 1942

Sub-subseries I.B.2: CIC Newspaper Clippings

(See also V, no. 2)


Box 71 Folders of clippings from Hong Kong, Shanghai, the Philippines, and the United States, 1939-1941 1945-1948, 1939-1941, 1945-1948


Box 72 Binder of clippings from Hong Kong, Shanghai, the Philippines and Hawaii, 1939-1941

Sub-subseries I.B.3: CIC Printed Material and Serials


Box 74 China Defense League, 1941-1943

Hong Kong Promotion Committee

Box 74 Announcements, leaflets, pamphlets (many loose items)


Box 75 Serials, duplicate copies of Indusco News and News Release

(for publication details see I.B.1 Serials--Hongkong Promotion Committee)


Box 76 Indusco, Inc. announcements, leaflets, pamphlets-Pamphlets, miscellaneous


Box 77 Serials (Non-CIC) -- Unclassified Material

Sub-subseries I.B.4: CIC Photographs of Activities

(see also V nos 4.b and 4.c)


Box 78 Index of photographs-Bailie Schools:

Box 78 Chengtu Bailie School-Shantan Bailie School

Shantan Bailie School

Box 78 Arts and Drama-Electrical Division


Box 79 Farm Division-Recreation and Hiking


Box 80 Staff (Foreign and Chinese) -- Transport Division


Box 81 Shuangshihpu, Shensi (雙石鋪, 陕西) Bailie School-Southeast Headquarters Bailie School


Box 82 Unclassified Photographs and Negatives

(largely of Shantan Bailie School)


Box 83 Blanket-making-Exhibits (Chungking and U.S.)


Box 84 Food-making-Machinery and machine shops


Box 85 Matches-Regions of CIC

Box 85 Border Regions


Box 86 Northwest Headquarters area-Southeast Headquarters area


Box 87 Southwest Headquarters area

Textiles

Box 87 Ancient methods -- Reeling


Box 88 Silk-Yarn preparation

Box 88 Women