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Earl Albert Selle papers (Ms.2007.002)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Earl Albert Selle
22 folders

Box 1, 2 (oversize)

Correspondence
2 folders

Box 1, Folder 1-2

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence regarding Selle's publications
1945-1954
Box 1, Folder 2 Empty envelopes from Hawaii

Biography
6 folders

Box 1, Folder 3-8

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 3 Baby book
1906
Box 1, Folder 4 Biographical material on Selle
Box 1, Folder 5 Calling card (Carte de visite) of journalist Mrs. J. von Krusenstern
Box 1, Folder 6 Identification cards: curfew pass, American Explorers society, Draft status
Box 1, Folder 7 Legal document regarding oyster beds in Hong Kong
Box 1, Folder 8 Sympathy cards to Ethel Selle

Photographs
4 folders

Box 1, Folder 9-12

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 9 Selle photos (undated)
Box 1, Folder 10 China Press group photo
Box 1, Folder 11 Negatives and metal image of Selle
Box 1, Folder 12 Selle family photos

Articles
10 folders

Box 1, 2 (oversize)

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 13 Donald of China New York Times book review
Box 1, Folder 14 Donald of China cover photocopy
Box 2 (oversize), Folder 1 (15) King County News, vol. 3, no. 1
Seattle, WA
1936 Dec
Box 2 (oversize), Folder 2 (16) Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu, HI
1939 June 11
Box 2 (oversize), Folder 3 (17) Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu, HI
1941 February 2
Box 2 (oversize), Folder 4 (18) Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu, HI
1941 July 27
Box 1, Folder 19 Service Force: miracle of the Pacific published by Public Information Office, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Honolulu, HI
Contents Note: the pamphlet (31 p.) was reprinted from Honolulu Advertiser
1945
Box 1, Folder 20 Providence Journal articles on Asia
1952-1954
Box 2 (oversize), Folder 5 (21) Scrapbook
1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 22 Honolulu Advertiser articles
Honolulu, HI
Contents Note: Various undated articles

Names:
Selle, Earl Albert

Series 2. William Henry Donald
10 folders

Box 1, Folder 23-32

Correspondence
3 folders

Box 1, Folder 23-25

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 23 Letters to Donald
Contents Note: Letters from different people in English and Chinese.
Genre: letters

Names:
Donald, W.H.

1912
Box 1, Folder 24 Hewlett, Merrick to Donald
Genre: letter

Names:
Donald, W.H.
Hewlett, Merrick

1935
Box 1, Folder 25 Various publishers to Donald
Genre: letters

Names:
Donald, W.H.

1937-1946

Writings/notes of Donald
2 folders

Box 1, Folder 26-27

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 26 Notes on Donald (undated)
Box 1, Folder 27 Poems by Donald
Contents Note: Also includes undated poems.
19340204

Photographs
2 folders

Box 1, Folder 28-29

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 28 Photographs of Donald
Contents Note: Also included undated photos.
Dec 1936, Feb 1946, Apr 1946
Box 1, Folder 29 Negatives of Donald
1946

Scrapbooks
2 folders

Box 1, Folder 30-31

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 30 Donald's scrapbook
1911-1912
Box 1, Folder 31 Donald's scrapbook
1934-1937

Clippings
1 folder

Box 1, Folder 32

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 32 Clippings about Donald
1936-1939

Series 3. China, 1925-1956
32 folders

Box 1, Folder 33-64

Correspondence
2 folders

Box 1, Folder 32-33

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 33 Cerf, Bennett to Chiang, May-ling Soong
Genre: letter

Names:
Cerf, Bennett
Chiang, May-ling Soong

1939
Box 1, Folder 34 Tagore, Rabindranath to Chiang, May-ling Soong
Genre: letter

Names:
Chiang, May-ling Soong
Tagore, Rabindranath

1939

Photographs
16 folders

Box 1, Folder 35-50

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 35 Photo album: Far East travel and dynamiting of a ferry S.S. Kangtai
1930
Box 1, Folder 36 Photo album: China at war
Contents Note: Inscribed in Chinese
Box 1, Folder 37 Allied commanding officers in Far East (undated)
Box 1, Folder 38 Arsenal co-op (undated)
Box 1, Folder 39 Burma road (undated)
Box 1, Folder 40 Chang Huen-Liang (undated)
Box 1, Folder 41 Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek (undated)
Box 1, Folder 42 Chiang Kai-shek's birth place and summer home (undated)
Box 1, Folder 43 China
Contents Note: Miscellaneous unidentified and undated photos
Box 1, Folder 44 Sea Dragon (ship) (undated)
Box 1, Folder 45 Shanghai (undated)
Contents Note: Sepia photograph, by Ear Albert Selle; 2 men, 1 in suit, the other in milit. uniform, perched on girders of building under construction, city below in background.
Box 1, Folder 46 Shanghai negatives (undated)
Box 1, Folder 47 Soong sisters on tour
Contents Note: Black and white photo by Earl Albert Selle; Madame Sun Yat-Sen, Madame H.H. Kung, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.
1935
Box 1, Folder 48 War orphanage (undated)
Box 1, Folder 49 Woolen co-op (undated)
Box 1, Folder 50 Roy Scott Anderson articles and photos
1925

Printed material
14 folders

Box 1, Folder 51-64

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 51 Article on the young Marshall
1933-1936
Box 1, Folder 52 Articles on Mme. Chiang Kai-shek
1934-1946
Box 1, Folder 53 Articles on Chinese politics
1934-1940
Box 1, Folder 54 Information on Chiang Kai-shek
1935
Box 1, Folder 55 Article about kidnapping of Chiang Kai-shek
1937
Box 1, Folder 56 Miscellaneous clippings on China
1937
Box 1, Folder 57 Reviews and excerpts from Mme. Chiang's book
1937
Box 1, Folder 58 Article on China by W.H. Donald
1938
Box 1, Folder 59 Material on Mme. Chiang Kai-shek
1938
Box 1, Folder 60 Pacific War backgroud (official U.S. Navy documants)
1944
Box 1, Folder 61 Background documents on Chinese coast from Hong Kong to Shanghai from U.S. Navy
1945
Box 1, Folder 62 Bulletin (Civil Air Transport)published by Civil Air Transport
Hong Kong
Contents Note: Various issues of the Bulletin.
1953-1958
Box 1, Folder 63 Time article on Hong Kong published by Time, Inc.
New York, NY

Names:
Time

1956 Jan 16
Box 1, Folder 64 Cat tales: undated newspaper columns

Series 4. Miscellaneous
5 folders

Box 1, Folder 65-69

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 65 Article on Norway
Box 1, Folder 66 Photo captions
Box 1, Folder 67 Cartoon (no caption)
Box 1, Folder 68 Photos of Hawaii
Box 1, Folder 69 Photo of a woman in Japanese dress