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The Hedda Morrison Photographs of China, 1933-1946

Founded in 1928, the Harvard-Yenching Library is the largest university library devoted to East Asian research in the Western world. All told, the library's collections currently stand at over a million volumes. This particular online archive holds over 5,000 photographs and 10,000 negatives taken by Hedda Morrision while she resided in Beijing from 1933 to 1946. Mrs. Morrison later mounted the...

https://library.harvard.edu/collections/hedda-morrison-photo...
Ancient China

This excellent interactive site, produced by the British Museum, contains a wealth of information about ancient China. Explorers can follow any of five links that cover major sections of the website, including Crafts and Artisans, Geography, and Tombs and Ancestors. Each section contains historical information in the topical area and Story, Explore and Challenge links. The Challenge links are...

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/china
Chinese Anti-Malaria Posters

The U.S. National Library of Medicine has digitized their collection of Chinese anti-malaria posters that were disseminated throughout China from the 1950s to the 1970s, when over 30 million people were afflicted with malaria. Visitors should check out the "Introduction" link to learn about the focus of the posters, most of which dealt with prevention techniques, such as eliminating mosquito...

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/chineseantimalaria/index....
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Beijing Through Sidney Gamble's Camera

As secretary for the Beijing YMCA, Sidney Gamble made three trips to China between 1917 and 1932. During these visits, this Princeton-educated sociologist photographed such pivotal events as the Thanksgiving celebrations following the end of World War I and Sun Yat-sen's funeral. Duke University's thought-provoking exhibit presents dozens of Gamble's photographs, along with erudite essays...

https://sites.duke.edu/sidneygamble/
Fifty Years of Communism in China

China's annual National Day parade took special significance today, the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). While the streets were swept clear of any potential undesirables and Beijing's residents were told to stay home and watch the proceedings on television, over half a million specially selected people participated in a huge, choreographed celebration of...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/1999/1001
UCSD Modern Chinese History Research Site

This bibliography, compiled by Brent Irivin of the University of California, San Diego History Department, is more extensive than the modest title suggests. The site is organized by era, each of which is divided into subjects. The bibliography covers the early Qing period to the People's Republic, but is strongest for the late Qing and Republican periods.

https://ucsdmodernchinesehistory.wordpress.com
Red Color-News Soldier

The world is a richer place for the efforts of those who have sought to document the various social and cultural transformations that have taken place around the globe during the twentieth century. One must only think of A.J. Liebling’s dispatches from Europe during the World War II or Robert Capa’s images of the Spanish Civil War to be reminded of the importance of such materials. This website...

http://red-colornewssoldier.com/
British Museum: Chinese Jade

The world of jade is utterly fascinating, and those captivated by this material will have a field day here. This online tour is part of the British Museum's commitment to broadening access to their vast array of items that might not normally be visible to the general public. Here, visitors can learn about the Chinese fascination with jade through 21 slides that profile unique and valuable items...

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/chinese-j...
Tiananmen Square 1989: The Declassified History

This latest Electronic Briefing Book from the National Security Archive (NSA) (last reviewed in the June 1, 1998 Scout Report for Social Sciences) highlights 35 previously classified government documents from a soon-to-be-published microfiche collection of over 15,000 pages entitled China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998. The documents featured at this site all...

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/index.html
The U.S. Tiananmen Papers: A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book

The National Security Archive (NSA) released another electronic briefing book during June 2001. The thirteen documents available here let readers glimpse US government perceptions of political events in 1989 China. Two years ago, the NSA released Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History (see the June 11, 1999 Scout Report), and since then, they have discovered these additional documents,...

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB47/
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