Journal of East Asian Libraries Volume 1993 Number 99 Article 3 6-1-1993 Archival and Library Resources within the Mid-Atlantic States Region for Advancing Scholarship in East Asian Studies Frank Joseph Shulman Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Shulman, Frank Joseph (1993) "Archival and Library Resources within the Mid-Atlantic States Region for Advancing Scholarship in East Asian Studies," Journal of East Asian Libraries: Vol. 1993 : No. 99 , Article 3. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal/vol1993/iss99/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of East Asian Libraries by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. ARTICLES ARCHIVAL AND LIBRARY RESOURCES WITHIN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES REGION FOR ADVANCING SCHOLARSHIP IN EAST ASIAN STUDIES Frank Joseph Shulman College Park, Maryland The Mid-Atlantic States region is the home to a vast array of archival and library resources that have long-term research value for scholars and students interested in the history, politics, commerce and culture of the countries of East Asia and in American interaction with China, Japan and Korea. A series of fifteen panels between 1977 and 1991 presented a wide range of papers about some of these resources at the annual meetings of the Mid-Atlantic Region/Association for Asian Studies (MAR/AAS). Organized and chaired by Frank Joseph Shulman and involving over sixty librarians, archivists and researchers, these panels were entitled: "Specialized Archival and Library Resources for the Study of East Asia within the Mid- Atlantic Region" — Princeton University, October 29, 1977 "Archival and Library Resources on East Asia in the Washington, D.C. Area" — George Washington University, October 29, 1978 "Archival and Library Resources on East Asia within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" ~ Clarion State College, October 28,1979 "Archival and Library Resources on East Asia in the Metropolitan New York Area" - Drew University, October 25, 1980 "Archival and Library Resources on Japan and China within the State of Maryland" - University of Maryland at College Park, October 17, 1981 "Preserving East Asian Library and Archival Resources within the Mid-Atlantic States Region" - University of Pittsburgh, October 23, 1982 "China and Japan within the Mid-Atlantic States Region: Library and Archival Resources in New York, Philadelphia and Washington" — University of Pennsylvania, October 29, 1983 "Resources for the Study of American Involvement in East Asia and Traditional Medicine in China: Archival and Library Holdings in the Mid-Atlantic States Region" ~ Princeton University, November 11, 1984 "Archival and Library Resources in the Metropolitan Washington Area for the Study of China, Japan and Korea" — George Washington University, October 26, 1985 "East Asia Archival and Library Resources in the Philadelphia Area" — University of Delaware, November 1, 1986 1 "Modern Science, Technology and Medicine: Archival and Library Resources on China and Japan in the Mid-Atlantic States Region" ~ Lehigh University, October 31, 1987 "The Celestial Empire and the Early American Republic, 1784-1844: Old China Trade Documents in the Mid-Atlantic States Region" — Indiana University of Pennsylvania, October 22,1988 "From Georgetown to SuiUand: Archival and Library Resources on East Asia in the Washington, D.C. Area" -- Georgetown University, October 21, 1989 "Legacies from the Past: Library and Archival Resources for the Study of China and Japan in New York State and Northern New Jersey" ~ Rutgers University, October 20, 1990 "Rare and Unique Archival and Library Resources on China and Korea in the New York Metropolitan Area" — Lock Haven University, November 2, 1991 Ninety percent of the papers presented at these panels have been published—for the most part within the Committee on East Asian Libraries Bulletin (of the Association for Asian Studies, Inc.)- -and collectively they constitute an introductory guide to a significant body of research materials. In order to facilitate scholarly efforts at identifying these resources and to assist the respective archives and libraries in publicizing their holdings and services among a broader audience, the following bibliography presents a classified and indexed listing of sixty-four papers delivered at these panels. The titles of the papers, the names of their authors and their institutional affiliations (at the time of the delivery of their papers), the MAR/AAS annual meetings at which they were presented, brief descriptive annotations, and related publication data are provided. Extensive indexes—by (a) author, (b) the names and geographical locations of the various archives, collections, libraries, and universities, (c) the historical periods covered by these resources, (d) the periodicals in which the papers have appeared, and (e) the major subjects of the papers—conclude the bibliography. More papers (twenty-seven in all) deal with China than with any other Asian country. Eighteen papers in turn focus on Japan, fifteen deal with two or more East Asian countries, and the remaining four focus on Korea and on Tibet respectively. Altogether they cover many topics ranging from agriculture and the arts to medicine and European refugees. As may be expected, however, the largest number of them are concerned with resources for the study of history during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, with the China trade between the the major ports of the U.S. east coast (especially Philadelphia) and the port of Canton, and with American missionary activities in China and Japan. A collected volume of both these papers and the papers delivered at an envisaged second series of MAR/AAS panels may eventually be prepared for publication. Until that time, the following bibliography should be able to advance scholarship in East Asian Studies by assisting faculty, students and librarians in gaining a better understanding of the research opportunities available to them through the use of archival and library resources in the Mid-Atlantic States region. 2 PANEL PAPERS East Asia — General 1. The "Golden Chain": Manuscripts on East Asia at the Maryland Historical Society -- Karen A. Stuart, Maryland Historical Society. Presented at the Maryland, 1981 annual meeting. An overview of the China and Japan-related correspondence, accounts, diaries, documents, memoranda, research notes and newspaper articles concerned with maritime commerce, immigration, military and foreign relations, missionary activities, travel and exploration, and the arts and material culture held by the Manuscript Division of a private society established in Baltimore in 1844. Published in the Committee on East Asian Libraries Bulletin, no. 73 (February 1984), pp. 17-25. 2. Off the Beaten Track: Discovering Sources for East Asian History in the Historical Manuscripts and Archives Department of the University of Maryland Libraries, College Park — Lauren R. Brown, University of Maryland at College Park. Presented at the George Washington, 1985 annual meeting. An overview of the scattered historical materials concerning American interaction with East Asia that one can find in several collections including the papers of Millard E. Tydings, William J. Sebald, Bock Ark, and Gordon W. Prange. Published in the Committee on East Asian Libraries Bulletin, no. 81 (May 1987), pp. 9-12. 3. A "Scholars' Guide to Washington, D.C. for East Asian Studies" Prepared by Hong N. Kim on Behalf of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars — Frank Joseph Shulman, University of Maryland at College Park. Presented at the George Washington, 1978 annual meeting. Introductory remarks concerning the 413-page Scholars' Guide to Washington, D.C. for East Asian Studies (China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia) that was scheduled for publication in 1979 by the Smithsonian Institution Press. The Guide surveys numerous libraries, archives, manuscript depositories, museums, and map and picture collections as well as government agencies, research organizations, and academic centers dealing with East Asian affairs. 3 pp. typescript, unpublished. 4. Seventeenth to Twentieth Century Cultural and Diplomatic Materials on East Asia in the Special Collections of the Lauinger Library, Georgetown University — John W. Witek, S.J., Georgetown University. Presented at the Georgetown, 1989 annual meeting. Centers on the library's holdings of manuscripts and rare books from or about East Asia, among them letters from early Jesuit missionaries in China, manuscripts of the contemporary Japanese novelist Endo Shusaku, the papers of such Western diplomats as Hamilton King, Charles Pergler and Thomas Murray Wilson, and seventeenth and eighteenth-century rare books that provided Europeans with reports about China, Japan and other areas of Asia. Published in the Committee on East Asian Libraries Bulletin, no. 89 (February 1990), pp. 16-23. East Asia -- Agriculture 5. Historical and Contemporary East Asian Resources in the Department of Agriculture Library — Gary K. McCone, National Agricultural Library. Presented at the George Washington, 1978 annual meeting. On the National Agricultural Library's extensive multilingual holdings of publications about animal science, plant science, forestry, soils, food and nutrition, agricultural economics, and rural