The East Asian Collection
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EastAsian
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About the East Asian Collection
The East Asian Collection includes historical images that present a visual archive of 20th century East Asian cultural heritage. Currently, the collection consists of images that document early 20th century China including the the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1937-1945), a visual history of Buddhist practices and temples in China, and other images of daily life in both rural and urban China. The completed project will be a valuable resource for research into this region and its history.
More Information about Selected Subcollections
Jump to: The China in the 1930's Collection/Tianjin Collection | The Holmes Welch Collection | The William Hervie Dobson Collection
The China in the 1930s Collection/Tianjin Collection
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The Holmes Welch Collection
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The William Hervie Dobson Collection
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The majority of images in this collection are connected with the military, including the Chinese 19th Route Army, the US 15th Infantry Regiment at China Service, and the Japanese Army. Many depict scenes of the Japanese invasion and Chinese defense, the Sino-Japanese Conflict (1937-1945), and the World War II theatre in China.
Holmes Hinkley Welch (1921-1981) was a twentieth century eminent scholar on modern Chinese religions, especially Buddhism. After Welch's death, his family donated his library collection to Memorial Library, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This collection includes different materials and media, among which are hundreds of photographs, where most have never been published or circulated. In an effort to make these photographs more accessible, a digitization project of selected photographs is underway.
The William Hervie Dobson collection presents images of the Yeungkong area in southern China, and its residents, as documented by Dr. William Hervie Dobson, pioneer missionary, doctor, and lifelong inhabitant of this area.
