02764mpc  2200385 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040002400112100002100136245003900157300001800196545047700214520053200691520049201223555002101715524011501736600001801851600002601869600001901895600002701914600003201941650002601973650004401999650005202043651005202095651004802147651003302195651004102228651004802269656002102317656001902338905002102357208997519960213120000.0891218q19011916nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV89A271  a(NIC)notisAKS8380  aNICcNICeappmdNIC1 aLiébert, Gaston.00aGaston Liebert papers,f1866-1929.  a3.2 cubic ft.  aDiplomat.bGaston Ernest Liébert was born in Paris in 1866.  He entered the Naval College in 1884 and served in the Navy for seven years.  In 1893, he entered the diplomatic corps and was sent to the Far East in 1898.  He served as French Vice-Consul to Pakhoi and Tunghing (China), 1899-1901; envoy for a special mission to the French Legation in Peking following the Boxer Rebellion, 1901-1902; French Consul to Hong Kong, 1903-1916; and Consul-General in New York, 1916  aLetters, documents, and photographs of Gaston Liébert, including official correspondence with Paris and Hanoi and personal correspondence from other French diplomats in China and Indochina.  Material emphasizes problems in the Sino-Vietnamese border area during 1899-1900 and activities of Vietnamese revolutionaries in China, Macao, and Hong Kong before and during World War I.  There are also documents relating tariff and debt negotiations with China after the Boxer Rebellion and to an British commercial treaty with China.  bIncluded is a large mss. map, 1900; copies of dispatches and political directives; personal papers from Liébert's career, from Naval School in 1887, to his naval duty, and to his diplomatic and foreign affairs responsibilities in various places; social and family correspondence from his years in New York; an album of copies of documents and photographs relating to Liébert family history and genealogy; a 1901 correspondence book; and photographs and a diary from his tenure in Peking.0 aGuide available.  aGaston Liébert. Papers, #4435.  Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Library.10aCu´`o´ng Ð?ê.10aLu´o´ng, Ngoc Quy´ên.10aMai, Lão Bang.10aNguy^~en, Thiên Thuât.10aPhan, Bôi Châu,d1867-1940. 0aNationalismzVietnam. 0aDiplomatic and consular servicezChina. 0aDiplomatic and consular servicezUnited States. 0aFrancexForeign relationszChinay20th century. 0aDiplomatic and consular service, French.    0aVietnamxHistoryy1858-1945. 0aChinaxHistoryyRepublic, 1912-1949. 0aChinaxHistoryyBoxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. 7aDiplomats.2lcsh 7aConsuls.2lcsh  a19960213120000.0