Frank Tillman Durdin Papers, 1937 - 1974

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Frank Tillman Durdin Papers, 1937 - 1974

Frank Tillman Durdin Papers, 1937 - 1974

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Papers of Frank Tillman Durdin, China specialist, journalist for the NEW YORK TIMES (1937-1974) and the first American journalist granted a visa to reenter China in 1971. During his career, Durdin reported on the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), the collapse of European colonial rule in Indo-China and the emergence of the People's Republic of China.Materials include correspondence between Durdin and the NEW YORK TIMES staff, original copies of news reports filed by Durdin, extensive subject files on the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and other East Asian countries, and photographs documenting the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. The collection is arranged in eight series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) WRITINGS BY TILLMAN DURDIN, 4) WRITINGS BY MARGARET DURDIN, 5) FINANCIAL RECORDS, 6) SUBJECT FILES, 7) PHOTOGRAPHS, and 8) ORIGINALS OF PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPIES.

30.90 linear feet; (26 archives boxes, 5 card files boxes, 16 records cartons, and 11 oversize folders)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.