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The Maritime Customs Service of China (1854–1949) compiled and produced publications from 1860 to 1949. These publications fall under six series: Statistical Series, Special Series, Miscellaneous Series, Service Series, Office Series, and Inspectorate Series. This collection incorporates the core of the Statistical Series, including Returns of the Import and Export Trade, 1859-1866; Returns of Trade at the Ports in China Open by Treaty, 1867-1881; Returns of Trade at the Treaty Ports and Trade Report, 1882-1919; Chinese Version of Return of Trade and Reports of Trade (missing 1885); Foreign Trade of China, 1920-1931; The Trade of China, 1932-1948 (bilingual); Decennial Reports on the Trade, Industries, etc., of the Ports Open to Foreign Commerce, and on the Condition and Development of the Treaty Port Provinces.

This series consists of reports, studies, and surveys on various topics of interest to the Department of State. The reports vary from short memorandums to detailed, documented studies. The topics range from individual commodities or countries to the economic and political characteristics of whole regions. This collection consists of research and intelligence reports prepared during 1941–1961 on Japan.

This series consists of reports, studies, and surveys on various topics of interest to the Department of State. The reports vary from short memorandums to detailed, documented studies. The topics range from individual commodities or countries to the economic and political characteristics of whole regions. This collection consists of research and intelligence reports prepared during 1941–1961 on Korea.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal is a newspaper that covers the Daytona Beach region of Florida.

The El Nuevo Herald is a Spanish-language newspaper that covers South Florida, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

This collection comprises correspondence, studies and reports, cables, maps, and other kinds of documents related to U.S. consular activities. U.S. Consulates were listening posts reporting on the activities of the German colonial governments and later the Japanese mandate authorities, and the activities of the native peoples.

An American sinologist and college professor, Owen Lattimore (1900–1989) traveled extensively and did research throughout China, Manchuria, Mongolia, and Chinese Turkistan. Most of the material in this file relates to Lattimore's leftist sympathies and catalogs how he became a victim of McCarthyism.

The rosters, which are part of the Records of the War Relocation Authority, consist of alphabetical lists of evacuees resident at the relocation centers during the period of their existence. Included for each center are summary tabulations on evacuees resident at the center and on total admissions and departures.

The Florida Times-Union is a newspaper that covers Jacksonville and Northeast Florida.

With coverage starting at the magazine’s first issue in 1917, the Forbes archive provides analysis on business leaders, politics, entertainment, technology, communication, culture, and style.

The Gainesville Sun is a newspaper that covers Gainesville and the North-Central Florida region.

The rebuilding of postwar Japan and southern Korea by Allied occupation forces is described here in a series of thirty-six monthly reports. The reports offer detailed information on industrial reparations; conversion of production from military to consumer goods; land reform; restructuring of educational, public health, and welfare programs; and the establishment of a liberal, democratic political system.

The U.S. State Department Central Classified Files are the definitive source of American diplomatic reporting on political, military, social, and economic developments throughout the world in the twentieth century.

This collection is sourced from the U.S. National Archives and includes records of the Japan-U.S. Economic Relations Group—informally known as the "Wise Men." This small group of distinguished persons drawn from private life would submit recommendations to President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira for maintaining a healthy bilateral economic relationship between the United States and Japan.

This archive reproduces microfilm of the U.S. Department of State Decimal Files 611.94 and 6194.11. The documents trace the commercial relations between the United States and Japan over the course of almost half a century. The files are predominantly instructions to—and dispatches from—diplomatic and consular officials.

This archive reproduces microfilm of the U.S. Department of State Decimal File 494. The documents trace the commercial relations between the United States and Japan over the course of almost half a century. The files are predominantly instructions to—and dispatches from—diplomatic and consular officials, which are often accompanied by enclosures.

The documents in this collection are predominantly instructions to and dispatches from U.S. diplomatic and consular staff regarding political, economic, military, social, and other internal conditions in Japan. Contained here are U.S. Department of State Decimal Files 794, 894, and 994.

The documents in this collection are predominantly instructions to and dispatches from U.S. diplomatic and consular staff regarding political, economic, military, social, and other internal conditions in Japan. Contained here are U.S. Department of State Decimal Files 794, 894, and 994.

This archive charts a key decade in U.S.-Japanese relations. It is is one of three digital collections based on the microfilm title Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to United States Political Relations with Japan, 1930–1954. The source material contains Decimal File 711.94.

This archive charts a key decade in U.S.-Japanese relations. It is is one of three digital collections based on the microfilm title Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to United States Political Relations with Japan, 1930–1954. The source material contains Decimal File 711.94.

This archive charts a key decade in U.S.-Japanese relations. It is is one of three digital collections based on the microfilm title Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to United States Political Relations with Japan, 1930–1954. The source material contains Decimal File 711.94.

Diplomatic correspondences include those of U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and discussions of U.S.-Japanese policies in the Pacific and East Asia (June 1957). Commercial documents include, for example, Pacific Ocean Fisheries Convention between the United States, Canada, and Japan (1950); finding of "radioactive radiation in the fisherman, fish and boat affected by the explosion of the hydrogen bomb at Bikini" (March 1954); and records of Philippine tourists to Japan 1953–1956.

This collection is sourced from the U.S. National Archives and covers the activities of the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan. The purpose of the mission was to survey Japanese scientific and technological developments of interest to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the Japanese islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, Hokkaido; China; and parts of Korea.

This publication consists of the documents from The Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Small Collections, “Japanese American Internment Collections,” in the custody of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

This archive documents Korea under Japanese occupation through the postwar period and includes documents from the U.S. Department of State, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The Naples Daily News is a newspaper that covers Naples and Collier County in Florida.

With coverage starting at the magazine’s first issue in 1865, the Nation archive is an important clearinghouse of primary source material in America and around the world, providing perspectives on news, politics, and culture from writers, artists, novelists, and playwrights.

With coverage starting at the magazine’s first issue in 1955, the National Review archive provides conservative insight with news, opinion, and well-reasoned editorial commentary on critical issues. Includes full text of The National Review (1955–present) and The National Review Bulletin (1959–1979).

Dr. Norman Bethune (白求恩; 1890–1939), was a Canadian thoracic surgeon and dedicated Communist who helped the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and later went to China to help the Red Army. He was lionized by Mao Zedong for his selfless dedication to others. The Norman Bethune Papers consists of letter correspondences, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and research materials selected from several sub-collections including Norman Bethune Collection, Bethune Foundation Fonds, Roderick Stewart Fonds, Louis and Irene Kon Fonds, and Maurice McGregor Fonds.

The Ocala Star-Banner is a newspaper that covers Ocala, Marion County, and surrounding areas of Florida.

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication is overseen by Jon Nussbaum, The Pennsylvania State University, and an editorial board of subject experts, ensuring a comprehensive, encyclopedic map of the field. All articles are written and peer reviewed by certified experts of the topic.

The Palm Beach Post is a newspaper that covers Palm Beach County and South Florida.

The Arthur M. Guttery collection contains sermons, religious addresses, essays on China, correspondence, and memoirs of YMCA workers in China.

The collection comprises papers of Jay C. and Lucile C. Oliver, including family and professional correspondence, personal and travel diaries, and official records of the YMCA and the Salt Inspectorate in China.

This collection consists of the papers of American missionary families who had spent years in China and India.

This collection compiles 12 subcollections of papers of American missionaries associated with Fujian and Taiwan in southeastern China, including their diaries, letters, newsletters, sermons, photographs, and manuscripts. The records chronicle daily life of their respective provinces, as well as administrative matters with churches back home in the United States.

This is a combined collection of the papers of four American missionary family and individuals who had spent years in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran between 1914 and 1975.

This is a collection featuring the papers of two American missionary families to the Philippines.

This collection comprises papers of the Ashmore family covering their time in China, Thailand, and Japan.

This collection consists of the testimony and documents from more than 750 witnesses: Japanese Americans and Aleuts who had lived through the events of WWII, former government officials who ran the internment program, public figures, internees, organizations such as the Japanese American Citizens League, interested citizens, historians, and other professionals who had studied the subjects of the Commission's inquiry.

The records in this collection relate to political relations between China and Japan for the period 1930–1939 and include dispatches from diplomatic and consular officials, notes between the U.S. Department of State and foreign diplomatic representatives in the United States, and memorandums prepared by officials of the Department.

All the activities of the multinational Far Eastern Commission (FEC), which oversaw the postwar governing and reconstruction of Japan, are fully documented in this collection.

This collection of U.S. Information Service collections on the Civil War period provides a unique opportunity to understand immediate post-World War II Chinese history, comparative revolution, and early Cold War history. This combination of smaller press collections weave together the strands of military, social, political, and free world history and includes an analysis of how the Chinese Communist Party achieved victory in the Chinese civil war.

This collection provides researchers with a unique opportunity to review the development of the Korean peninsula under a reactionary communist regime in the north and a quasi-democratic government in the South. The documents in this collection highlight the internal affairs of the Koreas. Subjects covered include political parties and elections, unrest and revolution, human rights, government administration, fiscal and monetary issues, labor, housing, police and crime, public health, national defense, foreign policy-making, wars and alliances, education, religion, culture, trade, industry, natural resources, and more.

This collection consists of inter and intradepartmental memorandums, reports, position papers, summaries, maps, photographs, and dispatches (from U.S. Foreign Service officers and military personnel) relating to the internal political affairs of China and United States foreign policy toward China.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is a newspaper that covers Sarasota, Bradenton, and Venice in Florida.

Scite, an AI-powered citation analysis tool, allows researchers to discover scientific literature and comprehend research findings more efficiently. By displaying the context of citations and indicating whether they provide supporting or contrasting evidence, Scite helps researchers understand how cited articles relate to the citing text. FSU Libraries provides a 1-year pilot subscription to Scite until March 6, 2026.  
 

This collection of U.S. State Department files relating to the internal and foreign affairs of Thailand contains a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats.

This collection of U.S. State Department files relating to the internal and foreign affairs of Thailand contains a wide range of materials from U.S. diplomats.

With coverage starting at the magazine’s first issue in 1923, the Time archive provides an extensive collection of the prominent weekly news magazine, providing reports of national and international current events, politics, sports, and entertainment.

U.S. participation in the war, plus U.S. relations with Korea immediately before and after, is documented in this unique collection of never-before published documents produced by the Military History Section of the Far East Command.

With coverage starting at the magazine’s first issue in 1912, the U.S. News & World Report archive is unique in that it covers the magazine from the beginning of its three predecessor titles, providing coverage of a broad variety of topics in current events, politics, and business.

This collection covers World War I and its immediate aftermath, concentrating on America's role in the Russian Civil War and early relations between the United States and the newly formed Soviet Union. Additional topics include Allied attempts to reopen the Eastern Front after the collapse of Imperial Russia, the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Allied intervention in Russia, the Czech-Bolshevik conflict, the clash of the United States and Japan in eastern Siberia, and U.S. policy toward Russia at the Paris Peace Conference. This material is the result of decades of research by historian Betty Miller Unterberger, renowned professor of American diplomacy and international history at Texas A&M University and former president of the Society for the History of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).

United States-Vietnam Relations reproduces a 12-volume set prepared by the Department of Defense for the House Committee on the Armed Services and printed by the Government Printing Office in 1971 (also known as the Hebert edition). This collection relates how the United States was drawn into the war and gives accounts of crucial policy meetings and why decisions were made.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online provides annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1960 and the present. The scope is international, with coverage extending to more than 120 languages and representing every country in North America, South America, and Europe, and nearly every country in Asia, Africa, and Australasia.