Papers of Frank H. Canaday, 1920?-1956 (inclusive).

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Papers of Frank H. Canaday, 1920?-1956 (inclusive).

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Includes unpublished memoir, 1956, (325 pp.) describing Canaday's experiences in China in the 1920's; correspondence containing his observations on the social, political and economic climate prevailing in China at the time and notes pertaining to his business activities there; ca. 200 photographs, mostly of North China, and also some depicting the funeral of Sun Yat-sen; 9 scrapbooks, chronologically arranged, containing memorabilia and 27 notebooks, most relating to China. Also monograph on the history of the British-American Tobacco Company entitled Commemoration Number of the Yueh Pao, Twenty-First Anniversary of the Company (1923), and copy of the "Peking Students' Manifesto," a student reaction to the May 30, 1925 incident in Shanghai. Correspondents include Canaday's family members and British-American Tobacco Company business associates in Shanghai.

3 linear ft. (2 boxes and 7 v.)

Harvard University, Harvard-Yenching Library

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Harvard University, Harvard-Yenching Library

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Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925

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Sun Yat-sen (/ˈsʊn ˈjɑːtˈsɛn/; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, writer, philosopher, calligrapher and revolutionary, the first president and founding father of the Republic of China. As the foremost pioneer and first leader of a Republican China, Sun is referred to as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China (ROC) and the "forerunner of democratic revolution" in People's Republic of China (PRC). Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dyn...

British American Tobacco Company.

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Canaday, Frank H. (Frank Harrison), 1892 or 1893-1976

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Businessman. Educated at Harvard (A.B. 1914). In the 1920's Canaday was associated with the British-American Tobacco Company in China. As part of the company's advertising and promotion team, he traveled throughout China to represent the company to retailers in shops and at fairs. For further information see: Sherman Cochran's book, Big Business in China: Sino-Foreign Rivalry in the Cigarette Industry (Harvard University Press, 1980). From the description of Papers of Frank H. Canada...