Scope and content
Dates
- 1841-1900,-1882-1900 (bulk).
Creator
- Hitchcock, Romyn, 1851-1923. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Papers of Romyn Hitchcock, a chemist and lecturer on the Orient, include correspondence, lecture notes, monographs, government bulletins and other pamphlet material, newspaper clippings, and maps. Collection is primarily concerned with Chinese-American diplomatic relations; spheres of influence; problems of Chinese immigration, including low wages, tong societies, and the Chinese Exclusion Act; and the geography, art, religion, and customs of China and Japan.
Physical Description
Correspondence, lecture notes, monographs, government bulletins and other pamphlet material, newspaper clippings, and maps.
- Art -- China.
- Art -- Japan.
- China -- Description and travel.
- China -- Emigration and immigration.
- China -- Foreign relations.
- Emigration and immigration.
- International relations.
- Japan -- Description and travel.
- Lecture notes.
- Maps.
- Religion -- China.
- Religion -- Japan.
- Sinologists.
- United States -- Emigration and immigration.
- United States -- Foreign relations.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- April 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu