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Title: Helen Praeger Young interviews
Date (bulk): 1985-1997
Collection Number: 2008C52
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
10 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(5.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Sound recordings and translations of transcripts of interviews of women veterans of the Chinese Long March of 1934-1935 used
as research material for the book by Helen Praeger Young,
Choosing Revolution: Chinese Women Soldiers on the Long March (Urbana, 2001).
Creator:
Young, Helen Praeger, 1932-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008.
[Identification of item], Helen Praeger Young interviews, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection mainly contains sound recordings and translations of transcripts of interviews of women veterans of the Chinese
Long March of 1934-1935 used as research material for the book by Helen Praeger Young,
Choosing Revolution: Chinese Women Soldiers on the Long March (Urbana, 2001). Additionally, the collection contains research material in both English and Chinese, such as biographical
material about the women interviewed, the Long March, maps of China, caligraphy samples, and other printed material and drafts
of various editions of the book with comments from editors and peers at the "Stanford Biographers Seminar."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Women -- China
China -- History -- Long March, 1934-1935