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Subject File 1887-1962

box 1, folder 1

Diary 1923-1927

Scope and Contents note

Notes of Martha Job while working in China as a Y.W.C.A. American Secretary.
box 1, folder 2

Printed matter relating to the University of Peking and internal problems in China 1920-1945

Scope and Contents note

Contains letters and printed matter pertaining to the Shanghai student-police riot on May 20, 1925, and following protests. Also includes a circular from the Shanghai Laundry-men's Guild discussing increases in fees for service and reduction in working hours, including price list (1927), as well as a variety of newspaper clippings and scrapbook pages pertaining to China, most notably from the San Francisco Chronicle and the North China Daily News.
box 1, folder 3

Printed matter relating to the Y.W.C.A and women in China 1921-1941

Scope and Contents note

Contains pamphlets and loose book pages regarding the Y.W.C.A and women in China, including Supplement to "The Green Year" Concerning the Events On and Since May 30 in Shanghai (July 1, 1925), and New Women in a New China, A Directory of the Young Women's Christian Association in China (1923).
box 1, folder 4

Miscellaneous 1887-1962

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters, magazine clippings, and "Catalogue of Kodachrome Slides of Chinese Life and Culture" (March, 1962).
Letter 1: Letter to Emperor Guang Xu and Empress Ci Xi (Empress Dowager) from Guang Yin of Jiang Nan Zhi Zao (Bureau of Weaving in regions south to the Yangtze River) 名称：江南织造广英奏光绪皇帝和慈禧皇太后 Date: September 6, 1887 日期：1886年9月6日（农历） Content: Report to the Emperor regarding the types, quantities, colors, expenses of supplies, fabric, papers, ink, etc. Mentioned General Zeng Guoquan participated in budget-related issues. 内容：上奏内容包括绢，纸，墨，等以及其款式，数量，颜色，材质，花销。内含曾国荃将军参办花费相关事宜。 The 5 red characters may be written by Emperor Huang Xu 亮点："该衙门知道"5字具有光绪皇帝亲笔的可能性。
Letter 2: Correspondence between Zeng Chong of Bureau of Weaving and Guang Xu Emperor 名称：江南织造增崇向光绪皇帝请安 Date: undated 日期：不详 Content: Sending a courtesy to the Emperor (contains Emperor Guang Xu's response in red) 内容：江南织造增崇向光绪皇帝请安，内含光绪皇帝亲笔回复。
Letter 3: Thank you letter to Emperor Guang Xu and Empress Ci Xi (Dowager) regarding Shi Gang's appointment as the regional minister of custom at Huai An Gate (contains Emperor's response) 名称：来自三院卿卫淮安关监督世纲的感谢信 （内含光绪皇帝答复） Date: November 28, 1902 日期：1902年11月28日（农历） Content: Shi Gang sends his appreciation and determination after his appointment as the regional minister of custom at Huai An Gate 内容：世纲向光绪皇帝表感谢和决心。
Letter 4: Empty envelope and empty letter to Qing Emperor from Ming Zhi/Zheng of Jiang Xi Province 名称：二品顶戴江西广饶九南道兼管九江关税务明徵奏清皇帝（空白信纸和信封） Date and Content: N/A 日期：不详
Magazine clippings contain images of Chinese architecture, including the Summer Palace and pagoda, and workers.
 

Maps and posters 1920s

box 1, folder 5

Travel map of Shanghai

drawer J06

Flood map of Shanghai

drawer J06

Five posters used in the "Better Babies" campaign, Hangchow, China circa 1928

Scope and Contents

See also: Photographs / Album 2, pp. 71-72
 

Photographs 1919-1929

 

Album 1 1919-1923

Scope and Contents note

The album is a combination of travel photos and Y.W.C.A. photos. Most pages contain handwritten names, dates, and accounts by Job.
Album starts in 1919 with Job's journey to China with other Y.W.C.A. foreign field secretaries (Georgia Hill, Elizabeth Wetherell, C. Huie, William Lockwood). The album contains photographs of the board and staff of Tientsin Y.W.C.A., Peking Y.W.C.A., Soochow University (1921), a baby welfare exhibit at Better Homes Institute Mokanshan (1920), and the Hangchow winter conference for non-mission schools (1921 to 1923).
box 2

Pages 1-84

Scope and Contents

Contains 360 photos relating to trip to China aboard Empress of Asia, including visits to Tientsin, Peking, Soochon, Mokan Shan, Shanghai, 1919. Includes photos of Y.W.C.A activities.
box 3

Pages 85-128 and covers with binding

Scope and Contents

Contains 360 photos relating to trip to China aboard Empress of Asia, including visits to Tientsin, Peking, Soochon, Mokan Shan, Shanghai
 

Album 2 1925-1929

Scope and Contents note

The album is a combination of travel photos and Y.W.C.A. photos. Most pages contain handwritten detail of names, dates, and accounts by Jobs.
Album starts in 1925 with Job's return journey to China. The album contains photographs of Peking Y.W.C.A., Hangchow Y.W.C.A., and photos of Pootoo, sacred island of Buddhists. Images feature: Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. conference, Y.W.C.A. girls club activities, and "Better Babies" campaign from 1928 or 1929 (original posters as seen in photographs on pages 71-72 can be found in oversize folder in map case).
box 3

Pages 1-36

Scope and Contents

Contains 190 photos relating to trip to China, 1925. Includes photos of Y.W.C.A activities in end of Sacred Island of Buddhists in Poo Too.
box 4

Pages 37-74 and covers

Scope and Contents

Contains 190 photos relating to trip to China, 1925. Includes photos of Y.W.C.A activities in end of Sacred Island of Buddhists in Poo Too.
box 4

Loose photographs 1920s

Scope and Contents note

11 loose photographs depicting Peking, the Summer Palace, Hangchow, and Shanghai.
Collection Contents
Subject File
Photographs
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