Tillman Durdin Papers

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

Business Number: 858-534-2533

Fax Number: 858-534-5950

spcoll@ucsd.edu

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Descriptive Summary

Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego

9500 Gilman Drive

La Jolla 92093-0175

Title: Tillman Durdin Papers

Creator: Durdin, Tillman

Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0095

Physical Description: 29.8 Linear feet (27 archives boxes, 5 card files boxes, 16 records cartons, and 1 flat box)

Date (inclusive): 1937-1974

Abstract: Papers of Frank Tillman Durdin (1907-1998), China specialist, journalist for the New York Times (1937-1974) and the first American journalist granted a visa to reenter China in 1971. During his career, Durdin reported on the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), the collapse of European colonial rule in Indo-China and the emergence of the People's Republic of China.

Languages: English .

Scope and Content of Collection

Papers of Frank Tillman Durdin, China specialist, journalist for the New York Times (1937-1974) and the first American journalist granted a visa to reenter China in 1971. Materials include correspondence between Durdin and the New York Times staff, original copies of news reports filed by Durdin, extensive subject files on the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and other East Asian countries, and photographs documenting the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. The papers focus on important events in East Asian political, economic and social history from the early 1930s to the early 1970s, including China's struggle against Japanese expansion in the late 1930s and early 1940s; the collapse of European colonialism in Indo-China; and the emergence and development of the People's Republic of China.

Arranged in eight series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS BY TILLMAN DURDIN, 4) WRITINGS BY MARGARET DURDIN, 5) FINANCIAL RECORDS, 6) SUBJECT FILES, 7) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 8) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

Biography

Frank Tillman Durdin was born on March 20, 1907, in Elkhart, Texas. He began his career in journalism during high school as editor of the weekly newspaper Pecos Enterprise. During college Durdin worked intermittently for the San Antonio Express and the Los Angeles Times.

In 1930, Durdin entered the merchant marine and shipped out as a seaman to see the world and left ship in Shanghai, China, where he took up residence. He became a reporter for the English-language daily Shanghai Evening Post, and later, the managing editor of the China Post.

On August 20, 1937, Durdin joined the staff of the New York Times as a special correspondent and covered the Sino-Japanese War. He spent the next four years reporting and photographing events while accompanying Chinese troops. He was present during the siege of the Chinese capital city of Nanking in December 1937, and reported one of the important stories of the war, usually referred to as the "Rape of Nanking." Later, Durdin lived in Chungking and came under daily Japanese aerial attack. In 1941, he was made bureau chief in China.

With the impending expansion of Japanese hostilities in East Asia, Durdin moved to Singapore in time to cover the invasion of Indochina, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies. He was evacuated shortly before Singapore fell. He continued to cover World War II in the Pacific and was the first New York Times correspondent on Guadalcanal after the Marines landed. Durdin later covered the China-Burma-India theater of operations.

After the war, Durdin re-established the New York Times China bureau in Nanking, served as its bureau chief and reported on the Communist takeover. During 1948-1949 Durdin spent a year at Harvard as a Neiman Fellow.

In the summer of 1949, Durdin returned to Southeast Asia hoping to re-enter mainland China as a correspondent. Unable to obtain an entry permit, he resigned himself to reporting the news of the region, moving between Saigon, Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Rangoon, and Djakarta. Durdin spent much of the early 1950s reporting on the war in Indo-China, taking the opportunity to cover other places and stories when the rainy season dampened hostilities.

In 1961, Durdin returned to New York to become the Far East Specialist on the editorial board of the New York Times. He also worked as a consultant for the Institute for Defense Analyses researching the possible regional impacts of Communist China's development of an atomic bomb. In late 1963 he took a year's leave to work on a study project on Taiwan for the Council on Foreign Relations. Dissatisfied with his position on the editorial board, Durdin transferred back to the news department and accepted an assignment in Australia. He left in late 1965 for Sydney to become the first permanent New York Times correspondent in the South Pacific, where he established a bureau for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

Durdin felt that Australia was out of the mainstream of world events. In 1967, he applied for a transfer to Asia to renew his focus on China and report on the region without the responsibilities of a bureau chief. Durdin loosely based himself at the Hong Kong office and followed important stories under direction from New York.

In April 1971, China issued an entry visa to Durdin to cover a British ping pong team touring the country. Durdin, the first American journalist granted a visa by the post-war Communist regime, travelled with a group of British journalists on a tour which focused more on the press than on the players. Tillman Durdin died July 7, 1998.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Preferred Citation

Tillman Durdin Papers, MSS 95. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 1976

Subjects and Indexing Terms

China -- Economic conditions -- 1912-1949

China -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945

Indochina -- History

Photographic prints -- 20th century

China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949

China -- Social conditions -- 1949-1976

China -- Economic conditions -- 1949-1976

Southeast Asia -- Description and travel

Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th century

Japan -- History -- 20th century

Japan -- Armed forces -- East Asia -- History

Indochina -- Description and travel

Indochina -- Foreign relations -- United States

East Asia -- Description and travel

East Asia -- History -- 20th century

China -- Description and travel

Japan -- Colonies -- East Asia

China -- History -- 20th century

Durdin, Tillman -- Archives

Durdin, Peggy

Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976

Jiang, Qing, 1914-1991

New York times

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Articles about Durdin, passports and identity cards of Margaret and Tillman Durdin, awards, and an interview with Durdin after his 1971 trip to China.

Box 1, Folder 1

Articles about Tillman Durdin

Box 1, Folder 2

Identity cards, vaccination certificates, driver's licenses - Margaret Durdin

Box 1, Folder 3

Identity cards, vaccination certificates, press passes - Tillman Durdin

Box 1, Folder 4

Interview with Durdin [after 1971 China trip]

Box 1, Folder 5

Overseas Press Club citation

Box 1, Folder 6

Passport materials - Margaret Durdin

Box 1, Folder 7

Passport materials - Tillman Durdin

Box 1, Folder 8

Wisner, O. F. Beginning Cantonese - Annotated by Durdin 1918

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) CORRESPONDENCE. Arranged in four subseries: A) General Correspondence, B) Family Correspondence, C) New York Times Correspondence, and D) Cables and Invitations. The general correspondence (1950-1970) is arranged in alphabetical order and contains exchanges with other journalists, institutions and family friends. The New York Times correspondence and cables document Durdin's coverage of events in East Asia and his relationship with newspaper management.

General Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 9

Unidentified

Box 1, Folder 10

A-miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 11

American Assembly (Clifford C. Nelson) 1963 - 1964

Box 1, Folder 12

American National Club 1965

Box 1, Folder 13

American Society (Sydney, Australia) 1965

Box 1, Folder 14

Armstrong, Cam 1956

Box 1, Folder 15

Asia Foundation 1955 - 1965

Box 1, Folder 16

Atlantic Monthly 1955 - 1959

Box 1, Folder 17

B-miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 18

Barnett, A. Doak 1963 - 1964

Box 1, Folder 19

Berry 1955

Box 1, Folder 20

Blake, Beth 1958

Box 1, Folder 21

Bodard, Lucien 1950 - 1952

Box 1, Folder 22

Boorman, Howard L. 1958 - 1965

Box 1, Folder 23

Buchman, Alex 1957 - 1962

Box 1, Folder 24

C-miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 25

Carnegie Institute of Technology (Ludwig F. Schaefer) 1962

Box 1, Folder 26

China News (Stanway Cheng) 1961 - 1964

Box 2, Folder 1

China Quarterly 1961 - 1965

Box 2, Folder 2

Chou, Eric 1962 - 1963

Box 2, Folder 3

Christian, Sutton 1963

Box 2, Folder 4

Columbia University 1963 - 1966

Box 2, Folder 5-6

Council on Foreign Relations 1955 - 1967

Box 2, Folder 7

Crozier, Brian ( The Economist) 1956 - 1963

Box 2, Folder 8

D-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 9

Dan 1955 - 1956

Box 2, Folder 10

Davies Brothers Limited 1961 - 1965

Box 2, Folder 11

Dinh, Tran van 1957 - 1964

Box 2, Folder 12

E-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 13

Ehrlich, Arnold W. ( Holiday) 1958

Box 2, Folder 14

F-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 15

Ford Foundation 1960 - 1964

Box 2, Folder 16

G-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 17

Grimes, Paul 1954 - 1958

Box 2, Folder 18

H-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 19

Hanna, Willard and Maybelle 1956 - 1965

Box 2, Folder 20

Hanson, Frances 1961

Box 2, Folder 21

Herald (Melbourne, Australia) 1965

Box 2, Folder 22

Herbert H. Breslin Publicity and Public Relations 1965

Box 2, Folder 23

Hudson, Ferrell, Petree, Stockton, Stockton, and Robinson [attorneys] 1965

Box 2, Folder 24

I-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 25

Institute for Defense Analyses 1961 - 1962

Box 2, Folder 26

J-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 27

Jonas, Gilbert 1959 - 1965

Box 2, Folder 28

Julian, Ira 1959

Box 2, Folder 29

K-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 30

Karnow, Stan 1957 - 1963

Box 2, Folder 31

Kerr, George H. 1964

Box 2, Folder 32

Klein, Don 1959 - 1962

Box 2, Folder 33

Klein, Steven and Madeline 1959 - 1964

Box 2, Folder 34

L-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 35

Ling, Helen D. 1956 - 1963

Box 2, Folder 36

Loh, Robert 1962 - 1965

Box 2, Folder 37

Lowe, Florence 1964

Box 2, Folder 38

Lu, Albert 1958 - 1959

Box 2, Folder 39

M-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 40

MacDonald, Lachlan ( Auckland Star) 1965

Box 2, Folder 41

McDonald, Colin 1963 - 1965

Box 2, Folder 42

McT. Kahin, George 1960 - 1963

Box 2, Folder 43

Mendel, Douglas, Jr. 1964

Box 2, Folder 44

Miller, Harry (Strait Times Press Ltd.) 1958 - 1959

Box 2, Folder 45

Moffat, Abbot Low 1961 - 1962

Box 2, Folder 46

N-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 47

New Zealand Herald (Jock Graham) 1965 - 1966

Box 2, Folder 48

Nieman Foundation 1959 - 1967

Box 2, Folder 49

O-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 50

P-miscellaneous

Box 2, Folder 51

Patsy 1957

Box 3, Folder 1

People's Republic of China 1955 - 1959

Box 3, Folder 2

Perdew, Richard M. 1962

Box 3, Folder 3

Pye, Lucien 1967

Box 3, Folder 4

Q-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 5

R-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 6

Republic of China 1963 - 1964

Box 3, Folder 7

Rich, Stanley 1958 - 1964

Box 3, Folder 8

Rockefeller, John, III 1961 - 1964

Box 3, Folder 9

S-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 10

Saturday Evening Post 1960

Box 3, Folder 11

Schram, Stuart R. 1963 - 1964

Box 3, Folder 12

Seidman and Seidman [accountants] 1959 - 1961

Box 3, Folder 13

Snow, Edgar 1959 - 1962

Box 3, Folder 14

Sol 1961 - 1962

Box 3, Folder 15

Soliven, Maximo V. 1960 - 1963

Box 3, Folder 16

Stevenson, William 1961 - 1962

Box 3, Folder 17

Sum, Peter 1958 - 1959

Box 3, Folder 18

T-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 19

Taiwan Chinglain Hue (the Formosan Association) 1964

Box 3, Folder 20

Trager, Frank N. 1957 - 1958

Box 3, Folder 21

U-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 22

United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia 1959 - 1960

Box 3, Folder 23

United States - Department of State 1957 - 1966

Box 3, Folder 24

United States - Foreign Service 1950 - 1965

Box 3, Folder 25

University of Michigan 1958 - 1964

Box 3, Folder 26

Utley, Freda

Box 3, Folder 27

V-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 28

W-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 29

Warner, Denis 1959

Box 3, Folder 30

White, Theodore 1955 - 1958

Box 3, Folder 31

Wilkins, Ford 1958 - 1960

Box 3, Folder 32

Williams, T. Jeff 1964

Box 3, Folder 33

Wilson, David 1955 - 1963

Box 3, Folder 34

Y-miscellaneous

Box 3, Folder 35

Z-miscellaneous

Family Correspondence

Box 3, Folder 36

Durdin, Margaret

Box 3, Folder 37

General

New York Times Correspondence

Box 3, Folder 38

Letter fragments

Box 3, Folder 39

Undated letters

Box 3, Folder 40

1946

Box 3, Folder 41-47

1948-1954

Box 4, Folder 1-14

1955-1968

Box 5, Folder 1-4

1969-1973

Cables and Invitations

Box 5, Folder 6

1958

Box 5, Folder 7-9

1965-1968

Box 5, Folder 10-11

1970-1971

Box 5, Folder 12

Invitations

WRITINGS BY TILLMAN DURDIN

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) WRITINGS BY TILLMAN DURDIN. Arranged in five subseries: A) Newspaper Materials, B) Book Reviews, Lectures and Broadcasts, C) Notebooks, D) Appointment Books, and E) Address Books. Tillman Durdin's work is documented in the newspaper reports that he wired to the New York Times and the "mailers" or longer articles that usually focused on geographical places. The reports are organized chronologically and the mailers are arranged alphabetically by geographical location. Also included are notebooks which Durdin created on assignment, appointment books and address books. Finally, the series contains several book reviews by Durdin, drafts of broadcasts and drafts of lectures about his 1971 return to China.

Newspaper Materials

Reports

Box 5, Folder 13

Undated

Box 5, Folder 14-17

1950 - 1951, Indochina

Box 6, Folder 1-7

1951 - 1955, Indochina

Box 7, Folder 1-2

1955, Malaya

Box 7, Folder 3-7

1957 - 1958

Box 8, Folder 1-5

1958 - 1959

Box 8, Folder 6-7

1964 - 1965

Box 9, Folder 1-8

1965 - 1970

Box 10, Folder 1-7

1970 - 1972

Box 11, Folder 1-3

1972 - 1973

Box 11, Folder 4

Graham - New Zealand undated

Box 11, Folder 5-7

MacGregor 1958

Mailers

Box 12, Folder 1

Antarctica

Box 12, Folder 2

Australia

Box 12, Folder 3

Burma

Box 12, Folder 4

Cambodia

Box 12, Folder 5

Fiji

Box 12, Folder 6

Guadalcanal

Box 12, Folder 7

Hong Kong

Box 12, Folder 8

India

Box 12, Folder 9

Indonesia

Box 12, Folder 10

Iran

Box 12, Folder 11

Japan

Box 12, Folder 12

Laos

Box 12, Folder 13

Macao

Box 12, Folder 14

Malaysia

Box 12, Folder 15

Manus

Box 12, Folder 16

New Caledonia

Box 12, Folder 17

New Guinea

Box 12, Folder 18

New Hanover

Box 12, Folder 19

New Hebrides

Box 12, Folder 20

New Zealand

Box 12, Folder 20

North America

Box 12, Folder 21

Norfolk Island

Box 12, Folder 22-23

People's Republic of China

Box 12, Folder 24

Philippines

Box 12, Folder 25

Portuguese Timor

Box 12, Folder 26

Polynesia

Box 12, Folder 27

Samoa

Box 12, Folder 28

Singapore

Box 12, Folder 29

Solomon Islands

Box 12, Folder 30

South Seas

Box 12, Folder 31

Tahiti

Box 12, Folder 32

Taiwan

Box 12, Folder 34

Thailand

Box 12, Folder 35

Tonga

Box 12, Folder 36

Vietnam

Book Reviews, Lectures and Broadcasts

Box 12, Folder 37

American Press Coverage of Communist China - Preliminary draft

Box 12, Folder 38

Book reviews by Durdin

Box 12, Folder 39

Broadcasts ca. 1965

Box 12, Folder 40

Lecture on China ca. 1960

Box 12, Folder 41

Lectures on China 1971

Notebooks

Box 13

1948 - 1970

Box 14

Titled

Box 15-16

Untitled and undated

Appointment Books

Box 16, Folder 2

Appointment books

Address Books

Box 16, Folder 3

Address books

WRITINGS BY MARGARET DURDIN

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) WRITINGS BY MARGARET DURDIN: Chapter drafts and subject files for Margaret Durdin's unpublished biography on Mao Tse-tung's wife, Chiang Ch'ing. Also included are several notebooks and a history of China and Tibet edited by Margaret Durdin.

Chiang Ch'ing Biography

Box 17, Folder 1

Correspondence with publishers 1967 - 1969

Box 17, Folder 2

Outline of book

Box 17, Folder 3-4

Chapter I - Typescript

Box 17, Folder 5-7

Chapter II - Typescripts

Box 17, Folder 8

C.T. Chow materials

Box 17, Folder 9

Early biography materials

Box 17, Folder 10

Early drafts on August 1966 and preceding months

Box 17, Folder 11

Early versions of story

Box 17, Folder 12

Forum report

Box 17, Folder 13

General

Box 17, Folder 14

General articles

Box 17, Folder 15

Life story

Box 17, Folder 16

Mao's wives

Box 17, Folder 17

Men first attacked by Maoists 1965 - 1966

Box 17, Folder 18

Miscellaneous materials

Box 17, Folder 19

Pre-cultural revolution

Box 17, Folder 20

Press translations 1967 - 1968

Box 17, Folder 21

Opera reform

Box 17, Folder 22

Red guards

Box 17, Folder 23

Shanghai Period

Box 18, Folder 1

Shatung, later years

Box 18, Folder 2

Speeches

Box 18, Folder 3

Stories for New York Times book

Box 18, Folder 4

Taiwan source

Box 18, Folder 5

Tam - Drafts

Box 18, Folder 6

Theater reform

Box 18, Folder 7

Ting Ling

Box 18, Folder 8

Tsing Tao Period

Miscellaneous

Box 19, Folder 1

Notebooks

Box 19, Folder 2

Notes

Box 19, Folder 3

Poetry

Box 19, Folder 4

Typescripts by unknown author on China-Tibet history edited by Margaret Durdin

FINANCIAL RECORDS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) FINANCIAL RECORDS: Summary expense statements and tax records.

Box 19, Folder 5-6

Expense statements November 1954 - January 1958

Box 19, Folder 7

Travel expenses July 1960 - August 1964

Box 19, Folder 8

Expense account November 1964 - December 1966

Box 20, Folder 1

Expense account - New York Times November 1966 - January 1969

Box 20, Folder 2

Expense materials - Hong Kong 1968

Income tax

Box 20, Folder 3

Australia materials 1967 - 1968

Box 20, Folder 4

Australia materials - Sydney household expense

Box 20, Folder 5

Hong Kong materials 1958 - 1959

Box 20, Folder 6-7

United States materials 1964 - 1967

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) SUBJECT FILES: Arranged in two subseries: A) General Files and B) Geographical Files. The General Files are arranged in alphabetical order. The Geographic Files are arranged by location and contain collected research materials and Durdin's notes.

General Files

Box 21, Folder 1

Addresses

Box 21, Folder 2

Boundary Street property (Hong Kong)

Box 21, Folder 3-5

China trip 1971

Box 21, Folder 6

Holzberger property

Box 21, Folder 7

Institute for Defense Analyses

Box 21, Folder 8

Kungchantang Speech [not by Durdin] at 7th National Congress

Box 21, Folder 9

Marshall Period [in China]

Box 21, Folder 10

Mexico property

Box 21, Folder 11

Nanking

Box 21, Folder 12

New York Times materials

Box 21, Folder 13

Times-Britannica book

Box 22, Folder 1

President Johnson in Australia - Press kit 1966

Box 22, Folder 2-3

South Pacific Conference (VI) 1965

Box 23, Folder 1

Taiwan/People's Republic of China research card file

Geographical Files

Box 24, Folder 1

Afghanistan 1969 - 1972

Box 24, Folder 2

Algeria - notes

Box 24, Folder 3

Asia 1967

Box 24, Folder 4-5

Australia 1965

Bangladesh

Box 24, Folder 6

General 1971 - 1972

Box 24, Folder 7

Journalist killed

Box 24, Folder 8

Borneo 1972

Box 24, Folder 9-12

Burma 1968 - 1973

Cambodia

Box 24, Folder 13-18

General 1955 - 1973

Box 24, Folder 19

Phnom Penh 1973

Box 24, Folder 20

Sihanouk

Box 24, Folder 21

Ceylon 1972 - 1973

Box 24, Folder 22

ECAFE 1967

Box 24, Folder 23

Guam

Hong Kong

Box 24, Folder 24

Americans 1972 - 1973

Box 24, Folder 25

British relations 1967

Box 24, Folder 26

Cost of living

Box 24, Folder 27

Economy 1967

Box 24, Folder 28

Oil 1973

Box 24, Folder 29

Refugees 1970 - 1972

Box 24, Folder 30

Religion 1970

Box 24, Folder 31

Shipping 1969

Box 24, Folder 32

Textiles 1970 - 1971

Box 24, Folder 33

Tourism 1963

Box 24, Folder 34

Trade 1970

Box 24, Folder 35

India 1969 - 1970

Box 24, Folder 36-39

Indonesia 1956 - 1973

Box 25, Folder 1

Indonesia 1954

Box 25, Folder 2

Iran 1970 - 1972

Box 25, Folder 3

Japan 1968 - 1972

Box 25, Folder 4-6

Korea, North 1969 - 1973

Box 25, Folder 7

Korea, South 1973

Box 25, Folder 8-11

Laos 1958 -1973

Box 25, Folder 12

Macao 1967 - 1971

Malaysia

Box 25, Folder 13-14

General 1949 - 1972

Box 25, Folder 15

Background 1954 - 1955

Box 25, Folder 16

Manus 1966

Box 25, Folder 17-18

Miscellaneous - From the Union Research Service 1968

Box 25, Folder 19

Morocco 1956 - 1957

Box 25, Folder 20

Nepal 1969 - 1973

New Guinea

Box 25, Folder 21-23

General 1962 - 1967

Box 25, Folder 24

Australian relations 1966

Box 25, Folder 25

Defense 1966

Box 25, Folder 26

Economy 1965 - 1967

Box 25, Folder 27

Education 1965 - 1966

Box 25, Folder 28

General information 1964

Box 25, Folder 29

Government 1966

Box 25, Folder 30

Health 1966

Box 25, Folder 31

Highlands 1966

Box 25, Folder 32

Independence 1965 - 1966

Box 25, Folder 33

Kuru 1965 - 1966

Box 25, Folder 34

Labor 1966

Box 25, Folder 35

Notes 1965

Box 25, Folder 36

Peg's file undated

Box 25, Folder 37

Politics 1965

Box 25, Folder 38

Population 1966

Box 26, Folder 1

Social conditions 1961

Box 26, Folder 2

United Nations 1966

Box 26, Folder 3

University 1966

New Zealand

Box 26, Folder 4

Northland

Box 26, Folder 5

Trade and finance information 1965 - 1966

Pakistan

Box 26, Folder 6-7

General 1969 - 1971

Box 26, Folder 8

Peg's file

People's Republic of China

Box 26, Folder 9

Administration 1968

Box 26, Folder 10-11

Agriculture 1971 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 12

Agriculture summary 1958

Box 26, Folder 13

Aid Programs 1970 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 14

Americans and Europeans in China 1971 - 1976

Box 26, Folder 15

Anhwei 1970 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 16

Animal husbandry

Box 26, Folder 17-20

Anniversaries 1968 - 1974

Box 26, Folder 21

Anthropology 1972

Box 26, Folder 22

Archeology 1973

Box 26, Folder 23

Art 1971

Box 26, Folder 24

Atomic bomb 1966

Box 26, Folder 25

Aviation 1970 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 26

Birth control 1958

Box 26, Folder 27-28

Border 1969 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 29-31

Cadres 1967 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 32

Canton Fair 1970 - 1973

Box 26, Folder 33

Capitalism 1969 - 1970

Box 26, Folder 34

Chekiang 1970 - 1971

Box 26, Folder 35

Chen Po-Ta 1971

Box 26, Folder 36

Chiang Ching 1971 - 1972

Box 27, Folder 1

Chinghai 1969

Box 27, Folder 2

Chou En Lai 1974

Box 27, Folder 3

Cities 1973

Box 27, Folder 4

Commerce 1969

Box 27, Folder 5

Communes 1971 - 1974

Box 27, Folder 6

Communications 1971 - 1975

Box 27, Folder 7-13

Communist Party 1967 - 1973

Box 27, Folder 14

Congress 1973

Box 27, Folder 15

Conservancy 1971 - 1972

Box 27, Folder 16

Constitution 1968

Box 27, Folder 17

Construction 1968

Box 27, Folder 18

Counterrevolutionaries 1968 - 1972

Box 27, Folder 19

Coup 1967

Box 27, Folder 20

Crime

Cultural Revolution

Box 27, Folder 21-33

1967 - 1968

Box 28, Folder 1

Chronology 1967

Box 28, Folder 2-4

Committees 1967 - 1971

Box 28, Folder 5-6

Culture 1970 - 1972

Box 28, Folder 7

Customs 1970

Comchi [Communist China]

Box 28, Folder 8

Data notes 1967

Box 28, Folder 9

Food situation 1961

Box 28, Folder 10

Defense 1969 - 1971

Box 28, Folder 11-13

Economy 1968 - 1973

Education

Box 28, Folder 14-17

General 1958 - 1972

Box 28, Folder 18-20

Higher 1968 - 1972

Box 28, Folder 21

Lower 1971 - 1972

Box 28, Folder 22

Rural 1969

Box 28, Folder 23

Urban 1969

Box 28, Folder 24

European Americans 1968

Box 28, Folder 25

Family 1970

Box 28, Folder 26

Fertilizer 1971

Box 28, Folder 27

Finance 1970

Box 28, Folder 28

Fisheries undated

Box 28, Folder 29

Foreign affairs 1972

Box 28, Folder 30

Foreign comment 1970 - 1973

Box 28, Folder 31

Foreign parties 1971

Box 28, Folder 32

Foreign relations 1971 - 1973

Box 29, Folder 1-2

Foreign relations

Box 29, Folder 3

Forestry 1972

Box 29, Folder 4

Fukien 1970

Box 29, Folder 5-6

General 1957, 1961, 1972

Box 29, Folder 7

General survey 1967 - 1968

Box 29, Folder 8-10

Government 1969 - 1973

Box 29, Folder 11

Grain 1969

Box 29, Folder 12

Guards 1968

Box 29, Folder 13

Hainan 1971 - 1972

Box 29, Folder 14

Health 1969 - 1973

Box 29, Folder 15

Heilungkiang 1969 - 1973

Box 29, Folder 16

Highways undated

Box 29, Folder 17

Honan 1967 - 1969

Box 29, Folder 18

Hopei 1971

Box 29, Folder 19-20

Hsia Fang 1969 - 1973

Box 29, Folder 21

Hunan 1973

Box 29, Folder 22-23

Hupeh 1973

Box 29, Folder 24

Ideology 1970

Box 29, Folder 25

Indo-China 1970

Box 29, Folder 26-27

Industry 1958 - 1973

Box 30, Folder 1-2

Industry 1958 - 1973

Box 30, Folder 3

Intellectual 1969

Box 30, Folder 4

Iron and steel 1958

Box 30, Folder 5

Justice 1972

Box 30, Folder 6

Kansu 1967 - 1969

Box 30, Folder 7-8

Kiangsi 1969 - 1972

Box 30, Folder 9

Kiangsu 1969 - 1970

Box 30, Folder 10

Kirin 1971

Box 30, Folder 11

Kissinger

Box 30, Folder 12

Kwangsi 1967

Box 30, Folder 13-14

Kwangtung 1972 - 1973

Box 30, Folder 15-17

Kweichow 1969 - 1972

Box 30, Folder 18

Labor 1968 - 1973

Box 30, Folder 19

Language 1973

Box 30, Folder 20

Leap 1969

Box 30, Folder 21

Left (extreme) 1971

Box 30, Folder 22

Letters 1959

Box 30, Folder 23

Liaoning 1969 - 1971

Box 30, Folder 24

Life in China 1959

Box 30, Folder 25-26

Lin Piao 1971 - 1973

Box 30, Folder 27

Literature 1972

Box 30, Folder 28

Lui Shao-chi 1967 - 1969

Box 30, Folder 29-30

Mao Tse-Tung 1960 - 1969

Box 31, Folder 1-3

Mao Tse-Tung 1969 - 1970

Box 31, Folder 4

May Day 1970

Box 31, Folder 5

Medicine Chinese 1958 - 1960

Box 31, Folder 6

Middle East 1970

Box 31, Folder 7-12

Military 1967 - 1973

Box 31, Folder 13

Militia 1960 - 1969

Box 31, Folder 14

Mining 1968 - 1971

Box 31, Folder 15

Minorities 1959 - 1973

Box 31, Folder 16

Miscellany

Box 31, Folder 17

Models 1970 - 1973

Box 31, Folder 18

Mongolia 1969 - 1972

Box 31, Folder 19

Mongolia, Inner 1959 - 1960

Box 31, Folder 20

Mongolia, Outer 1967

Box 31, Folder 21

Natural resources 1958

Box 31, Folder 22

Nisghsia 1971

Box 31, Folder 23

Nixon 1971 - 1972

Box 31, Folder 24

Northeast 1959 - 1960

Box 31, Folder 25

Northwest 1959

Box 31, Folder 26-28

Notes 1959 - 1972

Box 31, Folder 29

NPC 1970 - 1972

Box 31, Folder 30

Nuclear 1967

Box 32, Folder 1

Nuclear 1968 - 1972

Box 32, Folder 2-3

October (Lin Piao's Fall) 1971

Box 32, Folder 4

Offshore islands 1972

Box 32, Folder 5-6

Oil 1960 - 1970

Box 32, Folder 7

Overseas Chinese 1970 - 1973

Box 32, Folder 8

Peasants 1973

Box 32, Folder 9-10

Peking 1959 - 1971

Box 32, Folder 11

Personalities 1958 - 1972

Box 32, Folder 12-14

Personalities (secondary) 1967 - 1973

Box 32, Folder 15

Pollution 1971 - 1973

Box 32, Folder 16-17

Population 1973

Box 32, Folder 18-19

Press 1960 - 1972

Box 32, Folder 20

Propaganda press 1969 - 1972

Box 32, Folder 21-23

Provinces 1968 - 1973

Box 32, Folder 24-25

Railways 1959 - 1970

Box 32, Folder 26

Rations 1960

Box 32, Folder 27

Reclamation

Box 32, Folder 28-31

Rectification 1968 -1973

Box 32, Folder 32

Religion 1972

Box 33, Folder 1

Revolution 1968

Box 33, Folder 2

Science 1968 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 3

Security, internal 1972

Box 33, Folder 4

Shanghai 1971 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 5

Shansi and Shensi 1969 - 1971

Box 33, Folder 6

Shansi

Box 33, Folder 7

Shantung 1969 - 1970

Box 33, Folder 8

Shenyang undated

Box 33, Folder 9

Shipping 1970 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 10-11

Sinkiang

Box 33, Folder 12

Sino-Africa 1970 - 1971

Box 33, Folder 13

Sino-Albania 1969

Box 33, Folder 14

Sino-British

Box 33, Folder 15

Sino-Cambodia 1970

Box 33, Folder 16

Sino-Canada 1970

Box 33, Folder 17

Sino-India-Nepal 1970 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 18

Sino-Indochina 1970 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 19-20

Sino-Japan 1968 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 21

Sino-Korea (North) 1968 - 1970

Box 33, Folder 22-23

Sino-Latin America 1970 - 1973

Box 33, Folder 24

Sino-Malaysian

Box 33, Folder 25

Sino-Middle East 1970 - 1973

Box 33, Folder 26

Sino-Mongolia 1970

Box 33, Folder 27

Sino-Pakistan

Box 33, Folder 28

Sino-Satellites 1968 - 1973

Box 33, Folder 29

Sino-Singapore

Box 33, Folder 30-32

Sino-Soviet 1968 - 1970

Box 33, Folder 33

Sino-United Nations 1971 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 34-36

Sino-U.S. 1951 - 1973

Box 33, Folder 37-40

Sino-Vietnam 1967 - 1973

Box 33, Folder 41

Slogans 1968 - 1972

Box 33, Folder 42

Social conditions 1971

Box 34, Folder 1

Sports 1969 - 1973

Box 34, Folder 2

Spring 1970

Box 34, Folder 3

State enterprise 1958 - 1960

Box 34, Folder 4

Statistics 1959

Box 34, Folder 5-6

Szechwan 1971 - 1973

Box 34, Folder 7

Tachai 1970 - 1972

Box 34, Folder 8

Taiwan 1972 - 1973

Box 34, Folder 9-10

Telecommunications 1969 - 1972

Box 34, Folder 11

Theater 1972

Box 34, Folder 12-14

Tibet 1959 - 1973

Box 34, Folder 15

Tools 1958 - 1959

Box 34, Folder 16

Tourism

Box 34, Folder 17

Trade 1958 - 1971

Box 34, Folder 18-19

Transportation 1959 - 1970

Box 34, Folder 20

Tsinghai 1959

Box 34, Folder 21

United Front 1973

Box 34, Folder 22

Universities

Box 34, Folder 23

Visitors 1970

Box 34, Folder 24

Watchers (China) 1969

Box 34, Folder 25-26

Women 1958 - 1973

Box 34, Folder 27

Work, workers 1957 - 1959

Box 34, Folder 28

Writers, professional and general 1957 - 1959

Box 34, Folder 29

Yenan

Box 34, Folder 30

Young Communist League 1959

Box 34, Folder 31-33

Youth 1958-1959, 1971-1972

Box 34, Folder 34-35

Yunnan 1968 - 1971

Box 34, Folder 36

Xenophobia 1959

Philippines

General

Box 34, Folder 37-38

1969 - 1973

Box 35, Folder 1-3

1972 - 1973

Box 35, Folder 4

Aquino 1968

Box 35, Folder 5

Background and miscellany 1968 - 1972

Box 35, Folder 6

Bicol Peninsula 1968

Box 35, Folder 7-8

Economy 1968 - 1973

Box 35, Folder 9

Flood rehabilitation 1972

Box 35, Folder 10

Forestry 1973

Box 35, Folder 11

Interview with Marcos 1968

Box 35, Folder 12

Land Reform 1968

Box 35, Folder 13

Marcos 1968 - 1969

Box 35, Folder 14

Miscellaneous

Box 35, Folder 15

Notes 1972

Box 35, Folder 16

Statehood 1972

Box 35, Folder 17

U.S. relations 1968

Russia

Box 35, Folder 18

General 1967 - 1968

Box 35, Folder 19

Russo-Albania

Box 35, Folder 20

Russo-Vietnam

Box 35, Folder 21

Satellites 1969

Box 35, Folder 22

Strategy

Box 35, Folder 23

Sahara 1957

Box 35, Folder 24-27

SEATO (Southeast Asian Treaty Organization) 1961 - 1969

Box 35, Folder 28

Singapore 1955 - 1973

South Korea

Box 35, Folder 29-30

General 1970 - 1972

Box 35, Folder 31

Economy 1971 - 1972

Box 35, Folder 32

South Seas 1967

Box 35, Folder 33

Southeast Asia 1975

Taiwan

General

Box 35, Folder 34-36

1961 - 1964

Box 36, Folder 1-5

1965 - 1972

Box 36, Folder 6

Aborigines 1964

Box 36, Folder 7

Africa 1964 - 1970

Box 36, Folder 8

Agriculture 1963 - 1973

Box 36, Folder 9

Aid programs 1964 - 1973

Box 36, Folder 10

Airlines 1969

Box 36, Folder 11

American 1963 - 1973

Box 36, Folder 12

Animal husbandry 1972

Box 36, Folder 13

Anniversaries 1968 - 1972

Box 36, Folder 14

Anti-Communist League 1966

Box 36, Folder 15

Appendix 1954 - 1955

Box 36, Folder 16

Chiang Ching-Kuo 1964 - 1974

Box 36, Folder 17

Chiang Kai-Shek 1963 - 1974

Box 36, Folder 18-19

Chien Cheng economy

Box 36, Folder 20

Cinema 1970

Box 36, Folder 21

Cities 1963 - 1964

Box 36, Folder 22

Civil liberties 1964

Box 36, Folder 23-25

Civil war 1962 - 1973

Box 36, Folder 26

Color 1963

Box 36, Folder 27

Communications 1969

Box 36, Folder 28

Corruption 1963 - 1973

Box 36, Folder 29

Culture 1962 - 1972

Box 36, Folder 30

Documents 1964

Economy

Box 36, Folder 31-34

General 1961 - 1970

Box 36, Folder 35

Analyses 1956 - 1961

Box 36, Folder 36

Drafts

Box 36, Folder 37

Tables 1952 - 1964

Box 37, Folder 1

U.S. Embassy 1965 - 1966

Box 37, Folder 2

Zorich cost analyses 1953 - 1963

Box 37, Folder 3-4

Education 1963 - 1971

Box 37, Folder 5

Elections 1969 - 1972

Box 37, Folder 6

Electricity 1973

Box 37, Folder 7

Export 1963 - 1965

Box 37, Folder 8

Fertilizer

Box 37, Folder 9

Finance 1973

Box 37, Folder 10

Fisheries 1968

Box 37, Folder 11

Foreign affairs 1962 - 1963

Box 37, Folder 12

Foreign comment 1963 - 1970

Box 37, Folder 13-14

Foreign relations 1963 - 1973

Box 37, Folder 15

Geography

Box 37, Folder 16

Government 1963 - 1965

Box 37, Folder 17

Health 1964 - 1970

Box 37, Folder 18

Highway 1972

Box 37, Folder 19

History 1961 - 1965

Box 37, Folder 20

Hong Kong

Box 37, Folder 21

Important 1955 - 1962

Box 37, Folder 22-23

Independence 1961 - 1970

Box 37, Folder 24

Industry 1971 - 1973

Box 37, Folder 25

Japan 1963 - 1965

Box 37, Folder 26

Kashsiung 1969 - 1973

Box 37, Folder 27-28

Kuomintang 1963 - 1969

Box 37, Folder 29

Labor 1962 - 1964

Box 37, Folder 30

Land 1964

Box 37, Folder 31

Military 1964 - 1967

Box 38, Folder 1

Miscellaneous news releases 1963 - 1965

Box 38, Folder 2-3

Namru 2 1961 - 1965

Box 38, Folder 4

Nixon 1972

Box 38, Folder 5-6

Notes 1963 - 1967

Box 38, Folder 7

Offshore islands 1964 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 8

Oil 1973

Box 38, Folder 9

Overseas Chinese 1962 - 1968

Box 38, Folder 10

Personalities 1962 - 1964

Box 38, Folder 11

Population 1964 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 12

Press 1963 - 1966

Box 38, Folder 13

Province 1965

Box 38, Folder 14

Railway 1971

Box 38, Folder 15

Reclamation 1963 - 1965

Box 38, Folder 16

Reform 1971

Box 38, Folder 17

Refugees 1969

Box 38, Folder 18

Religion 1964

Box 38, Folder 19

Representative bodies 1972

Box 38, Folder 20

Riots 1957

Box 38, Folder 21-22

Russia [relations]

Box 38, Folder 23

Science 1965 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 24

Senkakus

Box 38, Folder 25

Shipping 1973

Box 38, Folder 26

Social conditions 1963 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 27

Sources 1963 - 1964

Box 38, Folder 28

Soviet 1963

Box 38, Folder 29

Special date Kamou 1963

Box 38, Folder 30

Sports 1963 - 1965

Box 38, Folder 31

State enterprises 1964 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 32

Status, international legal 1955 - 1963

Box 38, Folder 33

Strategy

Box 38, Folder 34

Taipei 1967 - 1969

Box 38, Folder 35

Taipei profile [Peg's File]

Box 38, Folder 36

Takeover 1964

Box 38, Folder 37

Telecommunications 1972

Box 38, Folder 38

Textiles 1973

United States

Box 38, Folder 45

Attitudes 1964

Box 38, Folder 46

Documents 1954 - 1964

Box 38, Folder 47

Investments 1964 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 48

Policy 1963 - 1970

Box 38, Folder 49-53

Relations 1963 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 54

Veterans 1970 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 39

Transport 1964 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 40

Tourism 1963 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 41-44

United Nations 1961 - 1970

Box 38, Folder 55

World Anti-Communist League 1964 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 56

Yen Chia Kan 1970 - 1972

Box 38, Folder 57

Young Marshal

Box 38, Folder 58

Youth 1970 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 59

Zones 1972 - 1973

Box 38, Folder 60

Zorich 1951 - 1963

Thailand

Box 38, Folder 61

1951 - 1954

Box 39, Folder 1-4

1970 - 1973

Box 39, Folder 5

Tunisia 1956

Box 39, Folder 6-7

United States 1956 - 1973

Vietnam

Box 39, Folder 8-11

General 1948 - 1959

Box 39, Folder 12-13

Ho Chi Minh 1952 - 1969

Box 39, Folder 14

Miscellaneous

Box 39, Folder 15-19

North 1955 - 1972

Box 39, Folder 20-21

Peace 1967 - 1973

Box 39, Folder 22

Personalities 1952

Box 39, Folder 23-25

South 1959 - 1970

Box 39, Folder 26

Vietminh

Box 39, Folder 27

War 1970 - 1972

PHOTOGRAPHS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) PHOTOGRAPHS. Arranged in three subseries: A) Personal Photographs, B) Geographical Places and C) Albums of the Sino-Japanese War. Among the photographs of geographical places are images that Durdin created while in China in 1971. Also of significance are the albums that contain photographs Durdin took between 1937 and 1945 while reporting on the Sino-Japanese War. The albums have been photocopied and the photographs have been numbered and removed.

Personal Photographs

Box 40, Folder 1

Miscellaneous

Box 40, Folder 2

Durdin, Margaret

Box 40, Folder 3

Family Photographs

Photographs of Tillman Durdin

Box 40, Folder 4

General

Box 40, Folder 5, Oversize FB-185-08

With correspondents in Saigon 1949

Box 40, Folder 6

Portraits of the Durdins

Geographical Places

Box 40, Folder 7

Afghanistan

Box 40, Folder 8

Antarctica

Box 40, Folder 9

Australia - Slides

Box 40, Folder 10

Bali

Box 40, Folder 11

Bali and Padang

Box 40, Folder 12

Burma

Box 40, Folder 13

Burma and Mandalay

Box 40, Folder 14

Cambodia

Box 40, Folder 15

Ceylon, Colombo

Box 41, Folder 1

Fiji

Box 41, Folder 2

Hong Kong - Slides, prints, "Round Table"

Box 41, Folder 3

India - Slides, contact sheet and prints

Box 41, Folder 4

Indonesia - Slides, prints

Box 41, Folder 5

Iran

Box 41, Folder 6

Laos

Box 41, Folder 7

Macao - Slides, prints

Box 41, Folder 8

Mexico

Box 41, Folder 9

New Caledonia - Slides, prints

Box 41, Folder 10

New Guinea - Slides, prints

Box 41, Folder 11

New Hebrides - Slides, prints

Box 41, Folder 12

New Zealand

Box 42, Folder 1

Pakistan - "Mr. Nainjee, Karachi," East Dacca, Tanquail

Box 42, Folder 2-4

People's Republic of China 1971

Box 42, Folder 5-6

Philippines - Slides, prints

Box 42, Folder 7

Russia

Box 42, Folder 8

Samoa

Box 42, Folder 9

San Diego and La Jolla

Box 42, Folder 10

South Seas Textile Manufacturing Plant

Box 42, Folder 11

Tahiti

Box 43, Folder 1-3

Taiwan, Korea and Japan - Slides, contact sheets

Box 43, Folder 4

Tanganyika

Box 43, Folder 5

Thailand - Bankok - Slides, prints

Box 43, Folder 6

Tunisia

Albums of the Sino-Japanese War

Album I

Box 43, Folder 7-9

Photos 1-115

Box 44, Folder 1-2

Photos 116-217

Box 44, Folder 3-6

Album II

Album III

Box 44, Folder 7-10

Photos 1-192

Box 45, Folder 1-2

Photos 193-310

Box 45, Folder 3-8

Album IV

Box 45, Folder 9

Miscellaneous

Box 43, Folder 12, Oversize FB-185-07

Original page from Number 4, page 86

Box 45, Folder 11, Oversize FB-185-01-04

Photocopies of album pages - Albums I-IV

Box 45, Folder 12, Oversize FB-185-05-06

Contact sheets

ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES: Originals of brittle or high acid content documents that have been photocopied.

Box 46

Box 1 - Box 7, Folder 4

Box 47

Box 7, Folder 5 - Box 10

Box 48

Box 11 - Box 17