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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Albert W. Bash Papers
                    
                <date encodinganalog="date" normal="1890/1910" type="inclusive">Approximately 1890-1910</date></titleproper>
        <titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Bash (Albert W.) Papers</titleproper>
        <author encodinganalog="creator">Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Knight and Patt Leonard</author>
        <sponsor>Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.</sponsor>
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        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">University of Puget Sound Archives
                <extptr linktype="simple" title="image of Collins Library, University of Puget Sound logo" show="embed" actuate="onload" role="image/jpeg" href="http://library.pugetsound.edu/graphics/CollinsStampUPS_logo.jpg"/></publisher>
        <date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="2011" encodinganalog="date">©2011</date>
        <address>
          <addressline>Collins Memorial Library</addressline>
          <addressline>1500 N. Warner Street</addressline>
          <addressline>Tacoma, WA 98416-1021</addressline>
          <addressline>(253) 879-3243</addressline>
          <addressline>archives@pugetsound.edu</addressline>
          <addressline>http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/explore-the-library/university-archives/</addressline>
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        <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2011">2011</date>
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      <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="20110817">2011-08-17</date></creation>
      <langusage>
        <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="language" scriptcode="latn">English</language>
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      <descrules>Finding aid based on DACS (<title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content Standard</title>).</descrules>
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      <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Albert W. Bash Papers</unittitle>
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      <repository>
        <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">University of Puget Sound, Archives &amp; Special Collections</corpname>
        <address>
          <addressline>Collins Memorial Library</addressline>
          <addressline>1500 N. Warner Street</addressline>
          <addressline>Tacoma, WA 98416-1021</addressline>
          <addressline>(253) 879-3243</addressline>
          <addressline>archives@pugetsound.edu</addressline>
          <addressline>http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/explore-the-library/university-archives/</addressline>
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      <langmaterial>Collection materials are in <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="546">English</language>.</langmaterial>
      <physdesc>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">5.0 linear feet</extent>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">5 boxes</extent>
      </physdesc>
      <unitdate normal="1890/1910" type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f">Approximately 1890-1910</unitdate>
      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Albert Weimer Bash of Port Townsend, Washington, was involved in the development of a scheme to extend U.S. railway lines across the Pacific Ocean and on through mainland China between 1895 and 1912 and was associated with the American China Development Company and the China Investment and Construction Company. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, maps, clippings, publications and papers.</abstract>
      <origination label="creator">
        <persname rules="aacr2" source="lcnaf" role="author" encodinganalog="100">Bash, Albert Weimer</persname>
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      <p>The collection has never been calendared or organized. A summary of the collection contents is available.</p>
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      <p>The collection contains ticket stubs, correspondence and notes of meetings held in China, photographs, maps, clippings, publications and papers.</p>
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    <accessrestrict encodinganalog="506">
      <p>This collection is available for research.</p>
    </accessrestrict>
    <acqinfo encodinganalog="541">
      <p>Donated by Frank Goodman Williston.</p>
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      <controlaccess>
        <corpname rules="aacr2" source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="610">American China Development Company.</corpname>
        <corpname rules="aacr2" source="lcnaf" encodinganalog="610">China Investment and Construction Company.</corpname>
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        <geogname rules="aacr2" source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651">China</geogname>
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        <subject rules="aacr2" source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Investments, American--China</subject>
        <subject rules="aacr2" source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Railroads--China</subject>
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        <subject source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690" altrender="nodisplay">Photographs</subject>
        <subject source="archiveswest" encodinganalog="690" altrender="nodisplay">Railroads</subject>
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