Oral history interview with Nelson Trusler Johnson, 1954.

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Oral history interview with Nelson Trusler Johnson, 1954.

Family background and early life; experiences as student interpreter for Consular Service in China, 1907; Battle of the Concessions, Open Door Policy; Manchuria, 1909-1910; concession railways; Taiping rebellion; Revolution of 1911; Yale-in-China activities; Chinese social life and attitudes, early 1900s; recall to Washington and preparations for the Washington Conference; appointment as inspection officer in China, 1923.

Transcript: 730 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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