Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 8 of 8

Chinese Cultural Revolution handwritten documents

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0675
Abstract

A collection of very rare original hand written documents from the Chinese Cultural Revolution era.

Dates: 1950-1976

Chinese Cultural Revolution poster collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0677
Abstract

Collection of Chinese propaganda posters depicting Mao Zedong and scenes from Chinese life, 1956-1986.

Dates: 1956-1986

Chinese newspaper collection

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-0393
Abstract

The collection consists of several pages of a Chinese newspaper published February 3, 1940 in Canton, China (Guangzhou). At the time of publication, Canton was controlled by the Japanese army.

Dates: 1940 February 3

Chinese Public Health Campaign slides

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0582
Abstract

This collection includes Chinese public health campaign slides from the 1950s through the 1970s. Educational slides cover a wide range of public health topics, including tuberculosis, whopping cough, diarrhea, and malaria.

Dates: 1950s-1970s

Hong family ancestral tablet

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0980
Content Description

This wooden artifact is a tablet memorializing the ancestors of the Hong family. It is believed to have belonged to Frances Wu, of Huangmei in Central China.

Dates: undated

John W. Lindau Chinese language study materials

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0645
Abstract

This is a collection of Chinese language study materials, including textbooks, translations, and translation drafts dating from approximately the 1910s through the 1920s. This collection has not been processed.

Dates: approximately 1910s - approximately 1920s

Leon Fleisher papers

 Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0081
Abstract Pianist, conductor, and teacher Leon Fleisher (1928-2020) had a career in music stretching more than 70 years, including 61 years as a faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory. After making his debut at age 16 with Pierre Monteux conducting, Fleisher toured internationally as a soloist until a neurological condition caused him to lose the full use of his right hand. After three decades of focusing on performing the piano repertoire for the left hand, conducting various ensembles, and...
Dates: 1875 - 2021
Found in: Peabody Archives

Wei-Liang Chow papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0762
Abstract

Wei-Liang Chow (1911-1995), known as Chow Wei-Liang in the Chinese tradition, was a Johns Hopkins University professor and mathematician, renowned for his breakthroughs in algebraic geometry. This collection includes some of the professional papers of Professor Chow, including typed letters to and from the mathematician, as well as typed, sometimes handwritten, drafts of some of his essays. The papers range from 1948 to 1995, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1940s and 1950s.

Dates: 1946 - 1995