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THECHINESECIVILWARANDU.S.-
CHINARELATIONS:RECORDSOFTHE
U.S.STATEDEPARTMENT’SOFFICEOF
CHINESEAFFAIRS, 1945-1955
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1945-1955
Content
46,492 images
THECHINESERECORDERANDTHE
PROTESTANTMISSIONARYCOMMUNITY
INCHINA,1867-1941
Source
Various libraries
Period
1867-1941
Content
52,083 images
TheU.S.StateDepartment'sOfficeofChineseAffairs,chargedwithoperationalcontrolofAmerican
policy towardChina, amassed informationonvirtuallyall aspectsof life there immediatelybefore,
during, and after the revolution. Recently declassified by the State Department, the Records of
theOfficeofChineseAffairs, 1945-1955, providevaluable insight intonumerousdomestic issues in
Communist andNationalist China, U.S. containment policy as it was extended toAsia, and Sino-
American relationsduring thepost-war period.
OriginalMicroformTitle: Records of theOfficeofChineseAffairs, 1945-1955
Knowledgewasvaluable to theChristianmissionarieswhowent toChina in thenineteenthcentury.
Theywanted to spread the knowledgeofWesternChristianityand technology to theChinese, but
also theywished toexchange informationamong themselvesabout thework theyweredoing. The
need to keep informed about the activities of their counterparts inother locations in the country
wasevidentverysoonafter theyarrived inChina.Although the firstProtestantmissionary reached
China in 1807,missionarieswerenot legallypermitted to live in the interiorof thecountryuntilafter
the signingof the 1860 treatiesbetweenChinaandBritainandFrance.
OriginalMicroformTitle: TheChineseRecorder, 1867-1941
