MacNair, Harley F. Papers 1935-1973

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MacNair, Harley F. Papers 1935-1973

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Harley F. MacNair, professor of Far Eastern history. The Harley F. MacNair Papers mainly consist of correspondence with Donald Lach, but also include correspondence with other individuals as well as an offprint and some manuscript pages. The bulk of the correspondence took place between 1938 and 1947.

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Lach, Donald F. (Donald Frederick), 1917-

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Donald F. Lach was a professor of history at the University of Chicago and arguably the foremost authority on Asia's influence on the history and development of Modern Europe (circa 1500-1800). He was born in Pittsburgh in 1917 to German immigrants. He received his bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 1937 and his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1941. His thesis was titled "Contributions of China to German Civilization, 1648-1740," and portions of it were p...

Potts, William Sumner Appleton

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MacNair, Harley Farnsworth, 1891-1947

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Harley Farnsworth MacNair was born on July 22, 1891 in Greenfield, Pennsylvania. He received a Ph.B (1912) and a Litt.D (1935) from the University of Redlands (1912), an A.M. from Columbia University (1916), and a Ph.D from the University of California (1922). His dissertation was published in 1924 as The Chinese Abroad: Their Position and Protection. An authority on Far Eastern international relations, MacNair spent many years in China, both as a Christian missionary an...