Archives of the Shanghai AmericanSchool: the Phoebe White Wentworth Collection of Shanghai American SchoolHistory and Memorabilia, 1911-2009

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Archives of the Shanghai AmericanSchool: the Phoebe White Wentworth Collection of Shanghai American SchoolHistory and Memorabilia, 1911-2009

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During the WWII years 1941-1945,however, various spin-offs of SAS were organized by former teachers that keptthe school going (under different names), including a school established in aJapanese internment camp. A final spin-off, the Private America School,continued the basic SAS curriculum until 1950 when the Communist governmentforced the school's closure. The Shanghai American School (SAS) was founded in1912 for the purpose of educating the children of American missionaries,businessmen, and professionals. It was the culmination of years of work by theAmerican community to create a school in Shanghai that would prepare itschildren to enter American colleges and universities. The school maintainedoperations until 1941 when most members of the American community wereevacuated due to political tensions between Japan and the United States priorto Pearl Harbor. In 1946, after World War II, SAS was reorganized andmaintained operations through commencement 1949 when the Chinese Communist armyoccupied Shanghai. A period of volatile political and economic conditionsensued, causing the school to close once again.

Totalarchival boxes 33, and two oversize; total linear footage 15'

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Shanghai American School was founded in 1912 for the purpose of educating the children of American missionaries, businessmen, and professionals. It closed in 1941 because of World War II but was reopened in 1946 and remained in operation until the Communist occupation of Shanghai in 1949. From the description of Shanghai American School records, 1911-1995, n.d. (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702131765 The Shanghai American School, a day and ...