China

Scope and Contents Collection includes: transcription of a diary of Mary A. Dickinson, kept during a summer trip from Louisiana to Canada, 1859. TS 49 pp.; [Anna Gay McClung] diary. Dec. 10, 1884-June 30, 1886. TS 61 pp.; Anna Gay McClung reminiscences, ca. 1950s. Topics include Ridgefield Plantation, Belair, Live Oaks, Two Old Wedding Dresses, and St. Louis Plantation. Carbon TS + St. Louis Plantation (TS blue copy 5 pp.) + photocopied family chart. Four papers: “Notes on the Desobry Family dictated to Anna...

Scope and Contents Collection includes: diary kept by Mary A. Dickinson during a summer trip from Louisiana to Canada, 1859 + transcription; Mary A. Dickinson’s diary, 1864 (Civil War) + one papers entitled “The War in 1860, 61, 62.”; Mary A. Gay’s diary, 1867-1871 (home life); “History of the Mitchell Family; Children of J. H. Gay and Sophia Mitchell; Children of E. J. Gay and Lavinia Hynes” by Mrs. C. J. McClung, 1952 (typed, 3-ring binder. Copy of McClung shelves). Writings on the Mitchell, Haley,...

Scope and Contents The Earl D. Reed Collection contains Mr. Reed's two photograph albums and related printed material. The two photograph albums, which document his career with the U. S. military in the 1930s and 1940s, are particularly interesting, since these include photographs of the fighting between the Japanese and Chinese forces in China in the years before World War II. The collection, housed in two boxes, was a gift of Judy Cowden in December 2005. The collection includes: U.S. Naval Academy, two...

Scope and Contents Footage of a panel discussion before an audience of researchers visit(s) to China. Panelists discuss a range of issues including the growing independence of women in China, social change efforts in China, and the small group method of spreading information and resources. Audience comments and questions also captured covering additional aspects of women s rights in China after the cultural revolution and the presence/absence of alcoholism and drug abuse in China.See Tape 29 for...

Scope and Contents Workshop presentation on the health of women and children in China by Peggy Wilkerson, a member of a local chapter of the U.S.-China People's Friendship Association. Ms. Wilkerson presents background information on the women's movement in China and the changes women and children's lives have undergone since the Communist Revolution of 1949 and passing of the Marriage Law of 1950, which gave women equal protection and legal status. Some notable details include descriptions of women's...