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Maud Russell papers

Title
Maud Russell papers, 1914-1990, bulk (1918-1989)
Author
Russell, Maud.
Supplementary Content
Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors
  • Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987.
  • Bentley, Mary Ingle, 1878-1940.
  • Bentley, Wilder, 1900-
  • Carlson, Evans, 1896-1947.
  • Crook, David, 1910-
  • Crook, Isabel.
  • Deng, Cora, 1900-
  • Epstein, Israel, 1915-
  • Fairfax-Cholmeley, Elsie, 1905-1984.
  • Gerlach, Talitha, 1896-
  • Gollobin, Ira, 1911-
  • Pruitt, Ida.
  • Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950.
  • Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972.
  • Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970.
  • Song, Qingling, 1893-1981.
  • Chinese Industrial Cooperatives.
  • Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy.
  • United States-China People's Friendship Association.
  • Young Women's Christian Association of China.
  • Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Description
30 linear feet (82 boxes)
Summary
  • Collection consists of correspondence, writings, subject files, photographs, printed matter, and other items documenting Russell's life and work.
  • Other items consist of photographs, which were mainly taken in China; sound recordings of speeches relating to the work of CDFEP (1946) and of radio interviews with Maud Russell (1950-1963); and the files, 1938-1990, of Ida Pruitt, field director for the American Committee in Aid of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives.
Uniform Title
Far East reporter.
Subject
  • Russell, Maud
  • Communism > China
  • Missionaries > China
  • Pottery, Chinese
  • China > History > 20th century
  • China > Politics and government > 20th century
  • China > Social conditions > 1912-1949
  • China > Social conditions > 1949-
  • China > Social life and customs > 1912-1949
  • China > Social life and customs > 1949-
Genre/Form
  • Maps.
  • Photoprints.
  • Phonograph records.
  • Audio tapes.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Additional Formats (note)
  • available on audio cassettes.
Source (note)
  • Gollobin, Ira
Biography (note)
  • Maud Muriel Russell (1893-1989) was a social worker with the YWCA in China from 1917 to 1943, and then executive director of the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy from 1946 to 1952. From 1953 to 1989 she lectured on contemporary China and edited the Far East Reporter, a newsletter on East Asian affairs.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 2649
OCLC
NYPW92-A258
Author
Russell, Maud.
Title
Maud Russell papers, 1914-1990, bulk (1918-1989)
Additional Formats
Sound recordings available on audio cassettes.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Access
Researchers must use cassette copies of sound recordings.
Biography
Maud Muriel Russell (1893-1989) was a social worker with the YWCA in China from 1917 to 1943, and then executive director of the Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy from 1946 to 1952. From 1953 to 1989 she lectured on contemporary China and edited the Far East Reporter, a newsletter on East Asian affairs.
Indexes
Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
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Finding Aid
Occupation
Social workers.
Editors.
Lecturers.
Added Author
Alley, Rewi, 1897-1987.
Bentley, Mary Ingle, 1878-1940.
Bentley, Wilder, 1900-
Carlson, Evans, 1896-1947.
Crook, David, 1910-
Crook, Isabel.
Deng, Cora, 1900-
Epstein, Israel, 1915-
Fairfax-Cholmeley, Elsie, 1905-1984.
Gerlach, Talitha, 1896-
Gollobin, Ira, 1911-
Pruitt, Ida.
Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950.
Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972.
Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970.
Song, Qingling, 1893-1981.
Chinese Industrial Cooperatives.
Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy.
United States-China People's Friendship Association.
Young Women's Christian Association of China.
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Added Title
Far East reporter.
Research Call Number
MssCol 2649
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