Knight Biggerstaff papers, 1923-2000, 1944-1961 (bulk).

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Knight Biggerstaff papers, 1923-2000, 1944-1961 (bulk).

Includes materials relating to Knight Biggerstaff's career as a scholar of Chinese history, including extensive records of travel in the Far East, and to his term as chair of the History Department at Cornell University.

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Professor of Chinese History, 1927-1978; Chairman, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, 1946-1956; Chairman, History Department, Cornell University, 1956-1965. From the guide to the Knight Biggerstaff papers, 1923-2000, 1944-1961 (bulk)., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

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