Personal and Traveler's Writings

Traveler's Writings

Subject terms for use in HOLLIS searching:
Americans China
China Description and travel
Travelers United States 
Travelers’ writings

"A truthful impression of the country": British and American travel writing in China, 1880-1949 / Nicholas Clifford. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2001, 231 p.
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British travel writing from China, 1798-1901, ed. by Elizabeth H. Chang. 5 v. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2010.
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-- v. 1. Early encounters, 1798-1824 
-- v. 2. Mid-century explorations, 1841-1863
-- v. 3. Expanding frontiers, 1866-1877
-- v. 4. New perspectives, 1882-1889
-- v. 5. Century's end, 1892-1901

Literature of travel and exploration: an encyclopedia, ed. by Jennifer Speake. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003. 3 v.
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--Chapter on China. Articles with good references. Topical breakdown of articles at beginning of vol. 1.

Personal Writings in HOLLIS

In the HOLLIS Catalog several Subject terms refer to personal writings, for example:

  • Autobiographies
  • Autobiography
  • Diaries.
  • Correspondence
  • Personal narratives  (Attached to accounts of wars and diseases)

HOLLIS Search:

Subject contains: China "foreign relations" "United States"
AND
Subject contains: Diaries OR Correspondence OR Narratives OR Interviews OR "Oral histor*"

Document Collections

China's Cultural Revolution in Memories: The CR/10 Project (U. Pitts Libraries)

Oral History Online indexes oral history collections, with links to interview-level bibliographic records and to full-text materials, audio files and visual files where these are available.

China through western eyes: manuscript records of traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats, 1792-1942. 151 microfilm reels + guides (3 v.)
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A guide to finding additional diaries and autobiographies is available in Finding Biographical Information.