Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Harvard-Yenching library holds a special collection of Naxi 纳西 manuscipts. The items are now accessible on the internet. You can explore the collection by following the link:http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/deepLink?_collection=oasis&uniqueId=hyl00002
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
A special collection of college textbooks from early twentieth-century China at Harvard-Yenching Library is now online. Check out the link: http://hollis.harvard.edu/?q=ex-Everything-1.0%3A%22Da+Xue+Jiang+Yi+digitization+project.%22+
The first generation of Chinese students studying abroud in the U.S., supported by the late Qing government. Do you find any familar names? 最先留美同學錄 Zuixian liumei tongxuelu http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:3442771 This book comes from Harvard Yenching Library Chinese Republican Period (1911-1949) digitization project. More titiles can be found athttp://hollis.harvard.edu/?q=ex-Everything-1.0%3A%22Harvard+Yenching+Library+Chinese+Republican+Period+%281911-1949%29+digitization+project%22+
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
A book on Chinese martial arts in the early twentieth century, including the image of Huo Yuanjia, a celebrated martial artist. 香港精武体育会精武实錄 (Xianggang jing wu ti yu hui jing wu shi lu), 1920. http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14559996
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Time to learn some Korean… 韓語教程 Hanŏ kyojŏng by 橋本彰美 Kyobon Chʻangmi, 1906. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:1581816 This book is part of National Library of Korea – Harvard Yenching Library Korean rare book digitization project. For more titles, please see: http://hollis.harvard.edu/?q=ex-Everything-1.0%3A%22National+Library+of+Korea+-+Harvard+Yenching+Library+Korean+rare+book+digitization+project.%22+