TY  - GEN
AU  - Le Gendre,Charles William
TI  - Charles William Le Gendre papers,
KW  - Civilization, Oriental
KW  - Consuls
KW  - China
KW  - Xiamen Shi
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, American
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese
KW  - Taiwan
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Taiwan aborigines
KW  - World history
KW  - Asia
KW  - History
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
KW  - Japan
KW  - 1868-1912
KW  - Korea
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - 1865-1898
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Diplomats
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, reports, Chinese and Japanese documents, and other papers relating chiefly to Le Gendre's diplomatic career in the American foreign service and in the Japanese and Korean governments.  Documents his service as American consul at Amoy (Xiamen Shi), China (1866-1872); advisor in the Japanese foreign service and in a diplomatic post representing Japan in Taiwan (1872-1875); and advisor in the Korean government (1890-1899).  Subjects include American interests in the Far East, Oriental civilizations, establishment of peaceful relations with Taiwan, and Korean trade relations.  Includes Le Gendre's journal (4 volumes), with drawings and photographs, in which he recounts his travels among aborigines in Taiwan.  Also includes a multivolume work by an unknown author, chiefly in French, pertaining to the development of various civilizations, the spread of races, and Asian history
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009095
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009095.3
ER  -