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Introduction
The exhibition, Treasures of the Asia Collections, is designed to
showcase some of the many items in the Cornell University Library's collection
documenting the cultures of Asia. Cornell pioneered in the teaching of
Asian studies, with a one-year course in Chinese offered as early as 1870.
Cornell's first Japanese student came in 1870, the first Chinese student
graduated in 1901, and six Indian students entered in 1905. After 1900,
international students attended in increasing numbers, and many Cornellians
went to Asia to work and travel. A department of Chinese Studies, created
in 1944, was later broadened to Far Eastern Studies, including Southeast
Asia and South Asia.
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Copyright
© 2002 Division of Rare & Manuscript
Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853
Phone Number: (607) 255-3530. Fax Number: (607) 255-9524
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