Collection (10,000 items; dated 1927-1938) comprises chiefly clippings, as well as drafts of memoranda and translations of foreign new reports, given to Clyde by Hugh L. Keenleyside, secretary of the Canadian Legation in Tokyo, 1929-1936. Includes clippings from ca. 30 English language newspapers and news services in Canada, China, Great Britain, Japan, and the U.S., relating to Sino-Japanese relations, contemporary political, social, economic, military, and international affairs in China, and Japan and Manchuria. The unprocessed addition (6974 items, dated 1935-1998) consists chiefly of personal and professional correspondence, church records, manuscripts and a thesis, curriculum vita of Clyde and his wife Mary Kestler Clyde, reprints of published articles, book revisions, other printed materials, newsclippings, and photographs. Much of the professional correspondence concerns Clyde's work with the Duke Endowment, first as secretary to the Committee on Educational Institutions, and later as educational consultant to the Trustees of the Endowment. Correspondents include Mary and James H. Semans, and administrators at Davidson College, Furman University, and the University of Florida. Also included is an album of photographs, clippings, invitations, and addresses compiled for the celebration of the Duke Endowment's fortieth anniversary. Among the photographs is one of Mr. Thomas Perkins, a former chairman of the board of trustees of the Duke Endowment. Some of the personal correspondence relates to the death of Mrs. Clyde. The church records from the Independent Unitarian Church in Belleair Bluffs, Fl, include minutes and an address by Clyde on the major religions of China. A transcript of Dr. Clyde's oral history tape regarding his tenure with Duke University, as well as his tenure as director of the Educational Division of the Duke Endowment is included. There is also a description by Mrs. Clyde relating to the launching and operating of the administrative areas of the Woman's College (Duke University) in which she worked; information about her service as president of the Woman's College Alumnae Association, (1966-67); and the initiation that year of the idea of a Continuing Education Program at Duke. A 1999 addition includes personal correspondence, primarily cards from others, FLASHBACKS TO DAWN by Mary Kestler Clyde, family and office photographs, and a painting of East Duke Building (Duke University) painted by Mary Kestler Clyde.
