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Helen Paik Chen papers
Collection
Identifier: 3350
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers and photographs of Helen Paik Chen.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 20th century
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers
Collection
Identifier: 3266
Abstract
The Theodore Hsi-en Chen papers consist of administrative and faculty papers from Dr. Chen's chairing of the East Asian Studies Center and its predecessors from 1960 to 1971. The collection also includes material from the 1940s and 1950s, a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on Dr. Chen's career, photographic slides showing Theodore Chen and Wen Hui Chen's tour of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia in 1962, research reports and theses, and a photocopied biography of Theodore Chen. Lastly, the...
Dates:
circa 1940s-1971; 1991
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Dominic Cheung papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3018
Abstract
This collection consists of manuscripts, news clippings, and other materials related to the work of Professor Emeritus, Dominic Cheung.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
China Society of Southern California records
Collection
Identifier: 3311
Abstract
The China Society of Southern California was founded in 1935 as a non-profit cultural organization and is the oldest Sino-American organization of its kind in the United States. The records of the China Society consist primarily of correspondence, board meeting minutes, the Bulletin of the China Society, and financial records. There are also materials surrounding events held by both the China Society and neighboring organizations, foundation documents, articles and clippings, as well as...
Dates:
1935 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Chinese collection files
Collection
Identifier: 3342
Abstract
This collection consists of the inventories and notes related to the Chinese collections held by the University of Southern California's East Asian Library.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 20th century
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Collection of Chinese hanging scrolls
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3379
Abstract
A collection of Chinese hanging scrolls featuring paintings and calligraphy. The scrolls were created by various artists and gifted to USC by various donors. The collection includes originals and reproductions created in a variety of formats.
Dates:
1920 - 1980
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Collection of Chinese posters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3376
Scope and Contents
The collection of Chinese posters consists of approximately 43 posters, including a few duplicates, advertising both Chinese and Western products. Many of the posters date from the 1920s and were printed in China by the Shanghai Commercial Press (Shanghai shang wu yin shu guan or 上海商务印书馆). The collection also includes 12 calendars featuring art by various Chinese artists, including Zheng Mantuo. One of the calendars is signed by Zheng Mantuo. The commercial posters advertise various...
Dates:
1915 - 1930; Majority of material found within 1920s
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Chinese posters on COVID-19
Collection
Identifier: 3334
Abstract
A collection of 32 public health posters on COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) published in China during 2020. The posters appear to be government-issued propaganda, advocating for unity and shared responsibility and featuring images of heroic labor figures, families, and medical workers coming together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The posters do not identify a specific issuing agency. Some of the posters reference Wuhan, China. Almost all of the text on the posters is in Chinese....
Dates:
2020
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Chinese prints and calendars
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3362
Abstract
This collection consists of Chinese art prints and calendars from 1971-1973.
Dates:
1971 - 1973
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Paul Courtright papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 3330
Abstract
The Paul Courtright papers contain photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, reports, books, correspondence, journals, and other material collected and/or created by Paul Courtright, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was stationed in the Jeonnam Province of South Korea from 1979 to 1981. While working with leprosy patients in rural South Korea, Courtright witnessed the 1980 Gwangju Uprising. Courtright later published a book, Witnessing Gwangju: A...
Dates:
1905 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries East Asian Library