Library Research Guides: HIST 277: China and America: Evolution of a Troubled Relationship: Primary Sources

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Primary Sources: Digital Collections of Documents

Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)
Declassified U.S. intelligence documents about China and other countries, 1945-2010

Chinese in California, 1850-1925
Photographs, letters, cartoons, diary excerpts, business records, legal docs, pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music (Library of Congress). Tip: browse by theme or search by keyword.
Discrimination against the Chinese in America - timeline
This timeline (scroll down) contains useful links and references to primary sources.
Calisphere
Calisphere is a gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 1,150,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting.
Morning Sun
website & film about the Cultural Revolution
Chinese Posters: Propaganda, Politics, History, Art
from the collections of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, and Stefan R. Landsberger (University of Amsterdam, Leiden University).
Images from the Cultural Revolution (photographs)
Thomas Hahn Docu-Images. Not available for download, only linking or embedding.
Chinese Revolution Documents
Cultural Revolution documents at the bottom of the page.

Primary Sources: Newspapers

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
Broadcasts, news agency transmissions, and government statements from around the globe translated into English, with a focus on Cold War issues and communist states.
Dates: 1941-1996 CE

BBC Monitoring: International Reports
Foreign news broadcasts in translation, 1979-present
Chinese Newspapers in Translation, 1980-present
Select Country: China, then select Topic: General News Sources
Historical Newspapers
Try searching your topic in the New York Times, The Times of London, or one of the many other US & British papers listed here.

HIST 277: China and America: Evolution of a Troubled Relationship: Primary Sources

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