Finding aid of the Asian travel collection
Gretchen Dempewolf
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California, 95064
Email: specoll@library.ucsc.edu
URL: http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/
© 2007
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Asian travel collection
Collection number: ms 016
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
- Processed by:
- Gretchen Dempewolf
- Date Completed:
- June 1, 2007
- Encoded by:
- Gretchen Dempewolf
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Asian travel collection
Dates: 1920-1950
Date (bulk): (Bulk 1930-1940)
Collection number: MS 016
Collector:
University of California, Santa Cruz, Special Collections
Collection Size:
2 document boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This assembled collection contains brochures, maps, guidebooks and literature documenting travel through and tourism in China,
Japan and Korea during the early twentieth century.
Physical location: Stored offsite: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Chinese
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Asian travel collection. ms 016. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Anonymous donation and purchases. No provenance information.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains ephemera related to travel and tourism in Asia in the early twentieth century. Materials include
guidebooks, brochures, pamphlets, maps, and political propaganada. The collection also contains a book of personal reflections
on the people and customs of Japan.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by geographical location. Asian names are noted in the traditional format (family name first,
then given name).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Printed ephemera
Japan--Description and travel
Korea--Description and travel
China--Description and travel
Box 1
Asia
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 folder
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes 1 map of Asia.
Box:Folder 1:1
Asia: Rand McNally Pocket Map
Box 1
China
1924-1932
Physical Description: 7 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes 8 guidebooks, 1 handbook, 3 brochures, 2 maps, 1 syllabus, 1 review and 1 theater bill for China.
Box:Folder 1:2
China for the Tourist
1931
Box:Folder 1:3
Peiping Places of Interest and Shopping Guide
Box:Folder 1:3
Guide to "Peking" published by "The Leader"
1931
Box:Folder 1:4
Imperial Palace Museum, Peking
Box:Folder 1:4
The Tourists Map of Peiping, and Vicinity
1931
Box:Folder 1:5
Tourist Guide to Shanghai-North China
1930
Box:Folder 1:6
Understanding Manchuria: A Handbook of Facts
1931
Box:Folder 1:6
Guide to South Manchuria
1932
Box:Folder 1:7
A Guide to Yenching University
1930
Box:Folder 1:8
A Syllabus of the History of Chinese Civilization and Culture
c. 1929
Box:Folder 1:8
The Economic Realities of China: A review by Pardee Lowe
Box:Folder 1:8
[Theater bill] in Chinese.
c. 1930
Box 2
Japan
1927-1949
Physical Description: 15 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes 12 guidebooks, 5 maps, 2 brochures, 1 photograph, 2 books, 1 essay and 4 booklets for Japan.
Box:Folder 2:1
Japan and South Manchuria
Box:Folder 2:1
Official Map of the Empire of Japan
Box:Folder 2:1
Travelers' Map of Japan
1927
Box:Folder 2:3
Japan [two copies]
c. 1937
Box:Folder 2:5
Tokyo With Suburban Lines
1929
Box:Folder 2:5
Photograph of students taken in Wakaba, July, 1930. Selected students identified on back of photo by Haruki Takeshi.
1930
Box:Folder 2:6
How to See Kyoto and its Environs
1931
Box:Folder 2:9
Beppu and Its Picturesque Environs
1928
Box:Folder 2:11
Miyanoshita and Vicinity: Map and Guide
Box:Folder 2:13
Pocket Guide to Japan
1935
Box:Folder 2:13
Sakai, Atsuharu,
Japan In A Nutshell, Vol. 1
1949
Box:Folder 2:14
Political Documents and Propaganda
Box:Folder 2:14
Coöperation of the Press for World Peace
1929
Box:Folder 2:14
Japan-China Pictorial Primer No. 1: What's it All About?
1937
Box:Folder 2:14
Japan-China Pictorial Primer No. 2: How About Giving Japan a Break?
1937
Box:Folder 2:15
Synopsis of the History of Japanese Art
1934
Box:Folder 2:15
The Matsuzakaya: Past and Present
Box 2
Korea
1931
Physical Description: 3 folders
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series includes 1 guidebook, 1 handbook and 1 brochure for Korea.
Box:Folder 2:16
Chosen and its Railways
1931
