Wason Collection records, 1918-1988.
Collection Number: 13-6-1721
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Wason Collection records, 1918-1988.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
13-6-1721
Abstract:
Mostly department correspondence, largely that of Gussie Esther Gaskill, first curator
of the Wason Collection (1927-1963); materials concerning trips to China and Japan;
projects; bibliographies; acquisitions, cataloging, and other records; accessions
list; accounting statistics, and general office files, 1976-1985; annual reports of
the East Asian Librarian, 1972-1988. Correspondence relating to Charles Wason's bequest,
especially correspondence between Mrs. Charles Wason and the Arthur H. Clark Company,
correspondence between Mrs. Wason and Gussie Gaskill, drawing and photographs of the
library at the Wason home, and articles, reports and clippings about the collection.
Three handwritten notebooks by T.F. Crane listing the Wason Collection, ca. 1922.
Creator:
Cornell University. Library. Wason Collection
Quanitities:
6.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The Wason Collection was bequeathed to Cornell University in 1918 by Charles William
Wason. It began as a collection of English-language works on China and the Chinese.
Its scope and size have since been greatly enlarged, and it is now the only major
East Asian collection in the country to include all Western language materials in
the areas covered in a special collection together with the materials in the languages
of those areas.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cornell University Wason Collection records, #13-6-1721. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Mostly department correspondence, largely that of Gussie Esther Gaskill, first curator
of the Wason Collection (1927-1963); materials concerning trips to China and Japan;
projects; bibliographies; acquisitions, cataloging, and other records; accessions
list; accounting statistics, and general office files, 1976-1985; annual reports of
the East Asian Librarian, 1972-1988. Correspondence relating to Charles Wason's bequest,
especially correspondence between Mrs. Charles Wason and the Arthur H. Clark Company,
correspondence between Mrs. Wason and Gussie Gaskill, drawing and photographs of the
library at the Wason home, and articles, reports and clippings about the collection.
Three handwritten notebooks by T.F. Crane listing the Wason Collection, ca. 1922.
Files from Thomas Hahn, Wason Curator until 2006, include materials about the Encyclopedia
Maxima, Hu Shih, ships' logs, a portrait of Mao by Andy Warhol, other acquisitions,
and exhibitions.
Miscellaneous items relating to the Wason Collection include letters, description,
and notes about the Ming Treasure Note, 1934; and letter about and translation of
a Boxer Rebellion poster, 1921.
Access to Boxes 2-4 restricted to the permission of the office of origin.
Names:
Gaskill, Gussie Esther, 1898-
Wason, Charles William, 1854-1918.
Wason, Charles William, Mrs.
Crane, Thomas Frederick, 1844-1927.
Cornell University -- : Library.
Places:
East Asia.
Japan.
China.
Subjects:
Women librarians.
Librarians.
Libraries -- Special collections -- Chinese literature.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Records related to Miss Gaskill's curatorship
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General correspondence, filed alphabetically by the name of the correspondent
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Box 1 |
Correspondence
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Miscellaneous papers
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Miss Gaskill and the Far Eastern Bibliography,
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1946-1954 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Miss Gaskill and Far Eastern libraries
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Miss Gaskill and the ALA-CCS Special Committee on Far Eastern Materials,
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1953-1958 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Miss Gaskill and Cornell University
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Miss Gaskill and Wason Collection Chinese book orders
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Miss Gaskill and Japanese book orders
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Series II. Wason material sent to Archives
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Box 2 |
AAS Annual Meeting
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1980 | |
Box 2 |
AAS Convention
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Box 2 |
Acquisitions ( 1965-1976)
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1965-1976 | |
Box 2 |
Asian Studies Department
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Box 2 |
Bibliography (Society for the Humanities) (SH 391)
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Box 2 |
CALRFE
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Box 2 |
Cataloging Far Eastern Materials (1959 and 1964)
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1959, 1964 | |
Box 2 |
CEAL
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Box 2 |
China travel - brochures
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Box 2 |
China trip
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1979 | |
Box 2 |
China, Japan, and Taiwan trip
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1980 | |
Box 2 |
China trip - CEAL report
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Box 2 |
Collaborative Studies of China and Japan Newsletter
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Box 2 |
CUL Bulletins
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Box 2 |
East Asian Libraries projects
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Box 2 |
Heydecker ( 1974-1976)
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1974-1976 | |
Box 2 |
LC information
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1978 | |
Box 2 |
Library information - directors, etc. (1970, 1973-1974, 1978-1979)
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1970, 1973-1974, 1978-1979 | |
Box 2 |
Luce Foundation
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Box 2 |
Maryland (University Library) (Gordon Prange - 1979)
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1979 | |
Box 2 |
Missing books - list (1972-1975, 1980)
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1972-1975, 1980 | |
Box 2 |
Newsletters (CUL) ( 1977-1980)
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1977-1980 | |
Box 2 |
Newspaper orders
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Box 2 |
OAKS ( 1978)
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1978 | |
Box 2 |
Wason - Bibliographies (1959-1966)
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1959-1966 | |
Box 2 |
Wason - gift exchange acknowledgments (1963-1976)
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1963-1976 | |
Box 2 |
Wason - Exhibit: "China and the West" (1966); "Asia and the West" ( 1974)
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1966, 1974 | |
Box 3 |
Correspondence ( 1963-1980)
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1963-1980 | |
Box 3 |
Memoranda ( 1961-1963, 1967-1980)
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1961-1963, 1967-1980 | |
Box 4 |
Additions to shelves,
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1979 | |
Box 4 |
Accessions lists ( 1979-1980)
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1979-1980 | |
Box 4 |
Chinese Collection - reports, memos, etc. (1962-1979)
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1962-1979 | |
Box 4 |
Department heads and designated assistants meeting notes ( 1978-1980)
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1978-1980 | |
Box 4 |
Reports from the Director (1968-1980)
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1968-1980 | |
Box 4 |
Reports on various subjects (1970-1971, 1977)
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1970-1971, 1977 | |
Box 4 |
Support Staff Advisory Committee notes (1978-1980)
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1978-1980 | |
Box 5 |
Wason Accessions List,
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Jan. 1981-June 1985 | |
Box 5 |
Wason Additions to Shelves,
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Jan. 1982-June 1985 | |
Box 5 |
Title II-C,
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1979-1983 | |
Box 5 |
Accounting statistics,
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July 1981-June 1985 | |
Box 6 |
AACR2 ( 1979)
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1979 | |
Box 6 |
Annex titles
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Box 6 |
Annual Report (Asian Studies,
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1979-1980) | |
Box 6 |
Annual Report (Directors,
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1978-1979, 1981-1982) | |
Box 6 |
Annual Report (Gift & Exchange,
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1980-1981) | |
Box 6 |
Annual Report (Wason,
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1979-1980, 1980-1981, 1981-1982, 1982-1983) | |
Box 6 |
Automation ( 1979-1981)
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1979-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Chinese names
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Box 6 |
Correspondence outside Cornell (1981-1984)
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1981-1984 | |
Box 6 |
Development ( 1979-1981)
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1979-1981 | |
Box 6 |
East Asian Librarian (1979-1981)
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1979-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Employment inquiries (1979-1981)
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1979-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Equipment/maintenance (1981)
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1981 | |
Box 6 |
Figures and Fundraising (1979-1980)
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1979-1980 | |
Box 6 |
Gift & Exchange (1980-1981)
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1980-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Japan Foundation ( 1979-1980)
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1979-1980 | |
Box 6 |
Japanese Series
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Box 6 |
Journals ( 1980-1981)
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1980-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Library Committee
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Box 6 |
Mellon Grant
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Box 6 |
Memos received ( 1981)
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1981 | |
Box 6 |
Memos sent ( 1981)
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1981 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Acquisition, Gift & Exchange), 1982)
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1982 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Administration, 1981-1982)
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1981-1982 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Catalog Dept., 1982-1983)
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1982-1983 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (China & Japan Program, 1982-1983)
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1982-1983 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Circulation, Public Service, 1982)
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1982 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Mr. Finch, Mr. Oey)
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Box 6 |
Memos (Graduate School - Alison Casarett, 1982)
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1982 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Mann Library, 1983)
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1983 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (MMN, 1983)
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1983 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Serials, Binding, 1982-1983)
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1982-1983 | |
Box 6 |
Memos (Outside Library, Cornell U., 1981-1983)
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1981-1983 | |
Box 6 |
Missing books (1982-1983)
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1982-1983 | |
Box 6 |
National Union Catalog
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Box 6 |
National Repository for Chinese Agriculture Publications
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Box 6 |
Pinyin
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Box 6 |
Principles of Managing (1979)
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1979 | |
Box 6 |
Printing
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Box 6 |
Security ( 1979)
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1979 | |
Box 6 |
Selection ( 1979-1981)
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1979-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Serials cancellations (1981)
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1981 | |
Box 6 |
Serials currently received (1979-1981)
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1979-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Statistics reports ( 1979-1982)
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1979-1982 | |
Box 6 |
Syllabi
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Box 6 |
U.S. corporations in China and Japan (1980)
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1980 | |
Box 6 |
Wason budget and fund (1982)
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1982 | |
Box 6 |
Wason selection policy (1977-1981)
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1977-1981 | |
Box 6 |
Wason statistics ( 1981-1982)
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1981-1982 | |
Box 6 |
Xerox word processing
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Box 6 |
Wason staff
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Box 7 |
Annual reports of the East Asian Librarian,
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1972-1988 | |
Box 7 |
Wason miscellany including correspondence about Boxer Rebellion poster; correspondence,
etc. about Ming currency; articles from Pacific Affairs (2 folders); "Translation of Euclid's Elements"
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence relating to Wason bequest
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1918-1920 |
Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence with Mrs. Wason (mainly Gussie Gaskill)
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1921-1949 |
Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence about the Collection,
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1942-1975 |
Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Library Reports
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Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Reports and articles
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Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Clippings
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Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Desciption of Wason's library
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Box 8 | Folder 8-11 |
Photographs of Wason's library
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Box 8 |
Chinese dragon flag from Mrs. Wason
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Box 8 |
Note cards
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Box 9 |
Three handwritten notebooks by T.F. Crane listing the Wason Collection, ca.
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1922 | |
Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Cornell Rare and Manuscript Collections China related items and correspondence
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Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Kumming Hu Album, naval drawings
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Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Wason - Warhol, 2001
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Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Ship logs transcriptions
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Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Materials relating to the Yongle Encyclopedia Maxima
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Scope and Contents
Includes mateiar relating to the 600th anniversary symposium.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Drawing of the Chinese library of Charles Wason at his residence.
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