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Asia -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Oriental Study Expedition Archive

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0591
Abstract The Oriental Study Expedition Archive contains records and memorabilia from a year-long expedition embarked in 1929 by ten Pomona College students to immerse themselves in Chinese life, culture, and religion. The students traveled and studied throughout China, primarily in the Guangdong province, Shanghai, and Beijing, and visited Hawaii, Japan, and Korea as well. The collection includes correspondence, diary entries, dispatches, photographs, photo albums, newspaper clippings, articles,...
Dates: 1919-1989 and undated

Scudder Travel Archive,

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1070
Abstract The archive, comprised of journals and films, documents the world travels of Los Angeles attorney Eric G. E. Scudder (1887-1975) and his wife, Marie Kaplan Lazarus (1890-1973) between the years of 1906 and 1967. Unlike many travelers of the era who went on typical “European Tours”, the Scudders journeyed to lesser-traveled destinations including Manchuria, Hong Kong, Turkey, the Balkans, Russia and parts of Latin America.The collection contains 19 travel journals and 160 reels of...
Dates: 1906-1967