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Wilder Haydn Haines Papers
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Wilder Haydn Haines was a member of the Princeton Class of 1915.
The collection consists primarily of four albums of photographs taken by Haines (Princeton Class of 1915) during a trip to China and Japan from October 27, 1920, to July 2, 1921. Included are views of Peking, the Great Wall, Tientsin, Shanghai, Nanking, the Yangtze River, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki, and Kyoto. The photographs are accompanied by a transcript of a journal kept by Haines and his wife, Mildred, during their trip, and by pamphlets, memorabilia, and a small amount of correspondence, 1921-1923, with T. M. Tsoh, a Chinese banker.
Arranged as follows: photograph albums I-IV, journal transcript, letters, memorabilia.
The collection was a gift from Haines's son, Lawrence Alan Haines (Princeton Class of 1945) (AM1992-113).
Folder list prepared by Lisa Yankowitz '13 in 2012.
No appraisal information is available.
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
Collection Inventory
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Peking and surroundings: local Chinese, street scenes, carriages and carts, wedding and funeral processions, Peking gate and wall, hotels, banks, railroad station, Peking University, Tsing Hua college, legations, temples, the Forbidden City, central park.
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Peking: Temple of Heaven, famine-relief, Mr. Gailey, boys and girls schools, YMCA foreign staff, Peking School of Finance and Commerce with students and alumni, Chinese dignitaries (Dr. P.S. Reinsch, President Hsu Shi-Chang, Premier Tuan Chi-Jin); Panting fu: Presbyterian Mission,t he Whallons, Dr. Lewis, country scenes; Tientsin; Wan Shou Shan: Summer Palace, Mrs. Donald, Jade Fountain Temple; the Western Hills; Tang Shan; Country Life.
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The voyage out: SS NIle, Honolulu; Shanghai: Whangpoo River, Shanghai harbor, street sceenes, Kianguan Race meeting; Shanghai to Peking; Nanking; Peking to Hankow; Hankow; Down the Yangtze River; Shaneen; The Canal; street scenes
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The trip home - SS Emoress of Russia; Hong Kong; Korea; Japan: Yokohama, Nagasaki, Kyoto, Nara, Nikko, Lake Chuzenjikegon, kegon falls, Hakone-Miyanashita
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Correspondence with Mr. T.M. Tsoh, Manager, National Bank of Industry of China, Peking. General Subject: banking - WHH is education Mr. Tsoh about western banking by sending him magazines and books. 15 pp.
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