The Oriental Study Expedition Archive contains records and memorabilia from a year-long expedition embarked in 1929 by ten Pomona College students to immerse themselves in Chinese life, culture, and religion. The students traveled and studied throughout China, primarily in the Guangdong province, Shanghai, and Beijing, and visited Hawaii, Japan, and Korea. The collection includes correspondence, diary entries, dispatches, photographs, photo albums, newspaper clippings, articles, literature, and promotional materials. A 1988 reunion of surviving expedition members at Pomona College is also documented.

3.4 Linear Feet (5 document boxes, 1 half-size document box, 1 custom box)

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Collection open for research.