Selected List of Digital Collections
Below is a select list of digital collections for EALC. See also our guide to Digital Collections for the Study of Asian History.
- Asian Maps CollectionCollection of over 170 maps that document how the West's image of East Asia evolved over the course of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
- The Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku CollectionDocuments the post-World War II revival of interest in bunraku. More that 12,500 slides and nearly 7,000 black-and-white photographs, as well as theater programs, texts, and audio and video recordings of interviews. Most of the collection has yet to be digitized.
- Center for Japanese Studies PublicationsCollection of monographs issued by the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan.
- Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock PrintsExamples of late 17th century to early 20th century Japanese woodblock prints by the artists Chikanobu (1838-1912) and Yoshitoshi (1839-1892).
- Chinese Pamphlets: Political Communication and Mass Education in the Early Period of the People's Republic of ChinaMass education materials published in Hong Kong and in Mainland China, particularly Shanghai, in the years 1947-1954.
- Chinese Rubbings Virtual CollectionRubbings made from stone stelae, tomb tablets, rocks, bronze vessels, jade objects, ceramics, tomb bricks, and roof tiles. Source objects date from the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE) to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE).
- Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, Japan: Part 1, 1914-1918Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Japan. From ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.
- Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, Japan: Part 2, 1919-1929Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Legation, Tokyo, Japan. From ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.
- Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, Japan: Part 3, Section A, 1930-1935Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Embassy, Tokyo, Japan. Part of ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.
- Confidential U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, Japan: Part 3, Section B, 1936-1941Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Embassy, Tokyo, Japan; RG 59 Records of the Department of State. Part of ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.
- David Plath Japanese Fieldwork CollectionPhotographs, illustrations, and field notes from anthropologist David Plath's 1965 research trip to Japan, where he studied four utopian communities: Ittoen, Atarashiki Mura, Shinkyo, and Yamagishi Kai.
- Despatches from United States Consuls in Osaka and Hiogo (Kobe), Japan, 1868-1906Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
- Digital Silk RoadRare source collections for the study of Asian history, with English-language interface.
- East Asia Image CollectionMultiple sub-collections, including Japanese Empire Postcard Collection, Truku-Japanese War Commemorative Postcard Collection, Japanese Imperial House Postcard Album, Stereoviews of the Siege of Port Arthur, Imperial Postcards, Tsubokura Russo-Japanese War Postcard Album, Sino-Japanese War Postcard Album, Lin Chia-Feng Family Postcards, Japanese History Study Cards, Pacific War Postcards, Dutch East Indies Negatives, Manchuria Negatives, Taiwan Negatives, Japan Slides, Souvenirs of Beijing and Tokyo, and more.
- Gordon W. Prange CollectionCollection of print publications (newspapers, magazines, books, and pamphlets) issued in Japan during the immediate post-World War II years, 1945-1949. Includes guides to collections that haven't yet been digitized, and a section of English-language sources.
- Hedda Morrison Photographs of ChinaOver 5,000 photographs taken by Hedda Hammer Morrison (1908–1991) while resident in Beijing from 1933 to 1946.
- International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road OnlineManuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road.
- Japanese Historical Text InitiativeImportant Japanese historical documents with English-language translations.
- Peter Parker's Lam Qua Paintings CollectionCollection of portraits of patients at the Canton Hospital, China, ca. 1830s.
- Robert Henry Chandless PhotographsImages from China, 1898-1908, including images of the Boxer Rebellion.
- Tibet - From the Collections of the American Geographical Society LibraryHistorical maps and images of Tibet from the holdings of the American Geographical Society Library.
- Digital National Security ArchivesDeclassified government documents that cover U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.
- Empire Online15th century to the present. Emphasis on the British Empire. Collection tilts heavily toward the 18th century, 19th century, and early 20th centuries.
Microform Collections
Below is a list of some of our larger research collections on microform. The list is far from exhaustive, and is meant to give you a sense of the kind of material available.
Some of the collections in this list are at the Center for Research Libraries. To access these materials, request them through Interlibrary Loan.
- Archives in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokoyo, Japan, 1868-1945Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- British Foreign Office. Japan correspondenceCall Number: Center for Research Libraries1856-1905, 1930-1940, and 1941-1945.
- British intelligence on China in Tibet, 1903-1950 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- British military intelligence on China and the Boxer Rising, c. 1880-1930 : secret gazetteers of the provinces of China, confidential print and intelligence reports byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- China Inland Mission, 1865-1951 : from the School of Oriental and African Studies, LondonCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Chinese Filmscript & Advertisement CollectionCall Number: CRLScripts of documentary films and newsreels from the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), from the collections of Duke University Library.
- Chinese Secretary's Office, Peking and predecessors, Chinese registers of correspondence, 1840-1938 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Church Missionary Society archive. Section I, East Asia Missions. Parts 1-21Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Church Missionary Society archive. Section II, Missions to women. Parts 1-5Call Number: Center for Research Libraries"Society for Promoting Female Education in China, India and the East"
- Confidential print, Japan, 1859-1957 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: China, People's Republic of China, 1950-1954: Foreign AffairsCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: United States-China Relations, 1940-1949Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Documents on Contemporary China, 1949-1975 : a research collection byCall Number: MFICHE 951.05 D659
- Embassy and consular archives, China, general correspondence, Series I, 1834-1930 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Foreign Office files for Japan and the Far East. Series one, Embassy and consular archives--Japan byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- General correspondence, political. China byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- General correspondence. China, 1879-1905 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- History of the nonmilitary activities of the occupation of JapanCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Interrogation of Japanese prisoners byCall Number: FILM 940.94056 IN8I
- Japan, Korea, and the security of Asia, 1946-1976 (CIA research reports) byCall Number: FILM 952.04 J2712ISBN: 0890934509
- Korea Mission records, 1903-1957 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- The MAGIC documents : summaries and transcripts of the top secret diplomatic communications of Japan, 1938-1945Call Number: FILM 940.532 M273ISBN: 0890932441
- Maikurofirumu-ban Kenʼetsu zasshi : Shōwa 20-nen-24-nen = Microfilm of censored periodicals : 1945-1949 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Notes from the Chinese legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1868-1906Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Record of proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ... Tokyo, JapanCall Number: MFICHE 341.41 AR12R
- Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of China, 1910-1929Call Number: FILM 320.951 Un32r 1910-1929
- Records of the Department of State relating to internal affairs of Japan, 1910-1929Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between China and Japan, 1930-1944 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Records of the Department of State relating to political relations between China and Japan, 1930-1944 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Records of the Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955 byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of China, 1930-1939Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of China, 1940-1944Call Number: FILM 320.951 Un32r 1940-1944ISBN: 0842030131
- Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to the Internal Affairs of China, 1945-1949Call Number: FILM 320.951 Un32r 1945-1949
- Records of the U.S. Department of State relating to the internal affairs of Korea, 1940-1944Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Records of the United States Legation in China, 1843-1945Call Number: Center for Research Libraries
- The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 gg. from the Military Science ArchiveCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Transcripts of the China War Crimes TrialsCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: China, People's Republic of China, 1950-1954: Foreign AffairsCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: China, People's Republic of China, 1950-1954: Internal AffairsCall Number: Center for Research Libraries
- Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files: China, People's Republic of China, 1955-1959: Internal Affairs byCall Number: Center for Research Libraries