John Birge Sawyer diaries : holograph and typescript, 1910-1962.

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John Birge Sawyer diaries : holograph and typescript, 1910-1962.

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V.1: summary of life before 1910 with biographical information on parents; schooling in Germany, San Jose, and at University of California at Berkeley; work with U.S. Bureau of Immigration at Portland. Vols. 2-5: 1911-1936, cover his work with Immigration Bureau at Portland and Angel Island; consular service at Hong Kong and Shanghai. Comments on Chinese culture, Chinese immigration; domestic and professional life; problems and scandals of bureaucracy; foreign community in China; excursions and travels; political and civil strife in China. (V. 2: 1911-1918; v.3: 1918-1922; v.4: 1922-1930; v.5: 1930-1936). V.6: 1936-1962, covers Shanghai during WW II; internment by Japanese forces; repatriation; consular work at Ciudad Juárez and Nogales; retirement. Some volumes include financial records. v.l: summary of life to 1911; v.2: 1911-1918; v.3: 1918-1922; v.4: 1922-1930; v.5: 1930-1936; v.6: 1936-1962.

Originals : 6 v.Copy of v. 2 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2608) and positive.Copy of v. 1, 3 and 4 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3107) and positive.Copy of v. 5 and 6 : microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3122) and positive.

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