Inventory of the Tess Johnston papers
1953 | Joined the foreign service as an office secretary and was promoted to secretary to the consulate general in Dusseldorf, Germany |
1949 | Graduated from Harrisonburg High School in Charlottesville, Viriginia |
1958-1967 | Received Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in German from the University of Virginia |
1978 | Transferred to New Delhi, India |
1967 | Joined the Agency for International Development in Vietnam |
1986 | Named Foreign Service Secretary of the Year for her work coordinating the visit of President Ronald Reagan to Shanghai |
1986-1989 | Acted as secretary to the administrative counselor at the United States Embassy in Paris, France |
1989 | Second tour of duty in Shanghai |
1996 | Retired from the American Foreign Service |
1993 | Co-founded Old China Hand Press with Er Dongqiang (also known as Deke Ehr) |
1981-1986 | First tour of duty in Shanghai |
1994 | Published Near to Heaven : Western Architecture in China's Old Summer Resorts with Dongqiang Er |
1993 | Published A Last Look : Western Architecture in Old China with Dongqiang Er |
1996 | Published Far From Home : Western Architecture in China's Northern Treaty Ports with Dongqiang Er |
1996 | Published God And Country : Western Religious Architecture in Old China with Dongqiang Er |
2000 | Published Frenchtown Shanghai : Western Architecture in Shanghai's Old French Concession with Dongqiang Er |
1997 | Published Welcome to Shanghai : A Guide for New Expatriate Residents To Help Them Make The Most of Their Shanghai Experience and The Last Colonies : Western Architecture in China's Southern Treaty Ports with Dongqiang Er |
1962-1967 | Taught at the University of Virginia and at the College of William and Mary in Virginia |
1975 | Rejoined Foreign Service, assigned to Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany |
1976 | Transferred to Embassy in East Berlin, Germany |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence 1986-2010
Correspondence 1986-2010 (contd.)
Case audit files 1930
Membership directories and name lists 1995-1999
Clippings, book reviews and articles 1994-2000
Press and promotional materials 2009-2010
Press and promotional materials 1995-2005
Faxes and articles written by Tess Johnston 1997-1999
"President Bill Clinton's Visit" 1998
Articles written by and regarding Tess Johnston 1994-2001
Shanghai Art Deco manuscript undated
Photocopies of street maps, sections 1-118 undated
Two bound volumes of the North-China Herald 1929-1931
Two bound volumes of the North-China Herald 1932-1933
Two bound volumes of the North-China Herald 1933-1934
Two bound volumes of the North-China Herald April-September 1934
Photocopy of 1947 Shanghai Street Directory circa 1990s
Cosmopolitan Club of Wuhan bylaws undated
Reprints on China: An annotated Catalog of Western language Reprints on China circa 1990s
Map of the Western Hills : Including a detailed description of the spots of interest and of the roads leading to same 1935
Travelers' Guide : Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway 1931
City Guides and Descriptions of Theater Historian circa 1920s
The China Magazine November - December 1946
Three books in Chinese 1973-1977
Two books in Chinese 1990
Directory of the China-America Council of Commerce and Industry 1946
The China Weekly Review 1931
The China Critic 1931
"Consular List" 1956
"Cultural Cautions for U.S. Personnel Going to Southeast Asia" by John F. Embree 1950
"Psychological Aspects of Foreign Aid and Development Programs" 1949
"The Concept of Pao as a Basis for Social Relations in China" by Lien-Sheng Yang undated
"The Administration of Foreign Affairs" by Arthur W. Macmahon 1951
"Destination Shanghai: Refuge for Stateless Jews" 1996
Needham Research Institute newsletter 2012
Betwixt and Between by Margaret Sun circa 1990s-2000s
Shanghai maps undated
The Shanghai Links Executive Community correspondence 1998
"Waiting for the Glue Pot" by Kenneth R Peacock 2011
Photographs undated
"History of Wuhu Hospital" by Elsie Hayes Landstrom 1995
Photocopy of East Asian History journal 1990
Copies of photos labeled "Angulo Pictures (social society)" undated
The China Connection newsletter, issues 3-58 1994-2001
China Gunboatman newsletter 1991-2001
Articles, bibliographies, and lists regarding Shanghai history 1993-1998
Photocopies of photo album of Mukden and Harbin Treaty Ports undated
Consular General staff list and address list 1998
Sasa News newsletter 1993-1999
Information regarding missions in China 2002
Bank records 1934-1941
Bank records 1934-1941
Bank records 1939
Street sections with old names undated
Rui Jin Guest House pamphlet circa 2000s
Pamphlets undated
Reproductions of maps of Shanghai circa 2000s
Various magazines, including Shanghai Pictorial, one copy of Eastern Air, and one copy of China Review. 1992-1997
Kuliang Materials from Joan Jackson undated
Book manuscript with Malcolm Rasholt undated
Book manuscript with photographs by Malcolm Rosholt undated
Various expatriate association membership directories 1994-2008
Correspondence with Reginald C. L. Van and photocopy of China Doctor by Raymond S. Moore 1998
American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai Membership Directory 2014
American Women's Club of Shanghai Directory 1998-2001
Far From Home: Western Architecture in China's Northern Treaty Ports manuscript by Tess Johnston and Deke Erh undated
Clipping from the Shanghai Star 1994
Sheet music undated
Shanghai Library's English-language holdings undated
Newsletter in Russian from the Association of Former Residents of China 2014
Old China Hands Reunion 2000
Book agreement and travel itinerary 1992-1994
Various newsletters 2002
Pamphlets undated
Copy of China Daily newspaper 13 September 1991
Embassy Court apartments materials undated
Various materials regarding Shanghai architecture 2002
Expo 2010 Shanghai China 2010
American Women's Club of Shanghai Directories 2001-2013
Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts 1996
The Old China Hand Gazette 1995-2004
Expatriate organizations membership directories 1988-2006
Tips for Consular Personnel Living in Shanghai undated
Asia and the Pacific, McBlain books catalog 138 Circa 1990s
Various printed matter, including, History of Relations Between China and United States, Chinese Women's Club of Shanghai Annual Benefit Ball, The American Chamber of Commerce Bulletin, and Chinese Cities: a Geographical Reader 1928-1936
One bound volume of Finance and Commerce 1941
Includes four maps of Shanghai, photocopy of book in Chinese, manuscript of book titled Frenchtown Shanghai: Western Architecture in Shanghai's Old French Concession, Shanghai Talk newspaper, City documents from Harbin with translations from Russian Circa 1990s
Chinese Weekly Review 1948
Black photo album undated
Photographs from balck photo album 1928-1934
Two newspaper clippings from black photo album undated
Correspondence 1937-2001
Correspondence from Joan Munday 1987-2001
Correspondence from Jacqueline "Jackie" Tanner 1998
Various emails 1992-2001
Correspondence and clippings regarding Rosholt 1937-1997
Shanghai postcards undated
Materials regarding Daisy Kwok Circa 1990s
Only Trees Need Roots? by J.H. Jessen undated
Only Trees Need Roots? by J.H. Jessen undated
"Rambling Rose: The Life of Wilfred John Hubert Twilley" undated
Charles Campbell memoir 1998
"The Life and Times of Oliver Cary Lockhart" undated
China Doctor: the Life Story of Harry Willis Miller by Raymond S. Moore 1998
"The Celestial City" undated
"The China Letters" undated
"Betwixt and Between" by Margaret Sun undated
"Selling Souls in Sin City: Shanghai Singing and Dancing Girls in Print, Film, and Politics, 1920-1949" by Andrew D. Field undated
Interview with Joyce Mayne 1999
Growing Up In Shanghai by Wolfgang Troeger undated
"Highlights of a Life" by Mary Malcolm-Kluge undated
John R. Rawlinson correspondence 2002
Photocopies from Margaret Sun's book undated
Memoir regarding Cuba by Liliane Willens 2003
"Russian Prostitution in Shanghai, 1920-1949" by Marcia R. Ristaino and various articles 1998
One Hard Boiled Egg! The Stories of Walter Palmer by Mike Palmer, manuscript and correspondence with author 2011
Anhui Circa 1990s
Dalian undated
Harbin Circa 1990s
Harbin undated
Ningbo undated
Tianjin Circa 1990s
Qingdao Circa 1990s
Wuhan undated
Wuhan undated
Xiamen undated
Contains one copy of The Leader newspaper dated 1929 August 2, one map titled "Nanking-Shanghai and Shanghai-Hongchow-Ningpo Railways", and two newspaper clippings from Black Photo Album 1929-1932
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