Asian History and Culture Materials in Haverford Special Collections (HC)

Douglas Borgstedt (1911-2001) was an editorial cartoonist whose work appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines such as The New Yorker. The collection contains materials on the Vietnam War.

Gilbert Bowles worked with the post-World War II Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia, specifically in the Philippines and Korea.

Included in this collection are photographs of the Philippines taken between 1900 and 1914. The photos were probably taken by colonial official Dean Worcester.

The collection includes journals written by middle-class women on their travels to the Philippines, Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia.

Narciso Lapus wrote two letters to Manuel Quezon and Quintin Paredes in 1938 urging Philippine independence. Accompanying the letters are four stereographic views of Philippine life ca. 1905.

William Cadbury spent most of his life as a medical missionary in China at Canton Hospital and Lingnan University. Included in this collection are his correspondence, documents about organizations with which he was involved, and photographs. Due to his activities and travels there is much material related to other parts of East Asia.

Francis R. Cope Jr. was a farmer who took an interest in conservation and the animals and plants of New Zealand. Included in the collection are diaries detailing his travels in New Zealand between 1930 to 1945.

Rick Thompson was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. Much of the collection includes materials relating to his work at the Quang Ngai Rebabilitation Center in Vietnam.

Manuel Blanco was a Spanish friar who created this catalog of Philippine flora after traveling through the islands. The book is in Spanish.

William Dampier was an English explorer who circumnavigated the globe three times. This book collects his diaries from the first expedition and contains material particularly on the Spice Islands including descriptions of culture and geography.

This book includes photographs of men from various Philippine ethnic groups, along with physiological information on each person.

This book is an account of Henry Wilson’s experiences with the packet ship Antelope, which wrecked on Ulong Island in Palau in 1783. During the three months it took to rebuild the ship, Wilson made friendly contact with the islanders going so far as to engage in political alliances.

This book is a description of the Philippine exhibit at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair including sections on the layout of the exhibit, descriptions of its contents, photographs, and how the exhibit was made. It is of particular interest for the racial attitudes of its American author.

This folio includes 1500 illustrations about American expansion under presidents McKinley and Roosevelt including sections on Samoa, the Philippines, and Hawaii.