University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections
Claire and Don Egge collection on China
Egge, Claire J.
Egge, Donald Ernest
Mss.026
7 cubic feet
10 boxes
1987-1999
1987-1990
Largely comprised of newspaper clippings from English-language newspapers from the People's Republic of China, 1987-1990, which focus on political and economic questions and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Also includes general books and pamphlets on Chinese education, culture, politics, economics, and business, maps, and similar material collected by an American couple living and teaching for four years in China. The most important materials are several fragmented posters with large character recording what happened inside the campus of the Heilongjiang Normal University in Northeast China, regarding what had been happening in the capital Beijing. Among them, the fragment of a poster dated 4 June 1989 at 7:30 is rare evidence of that historical event. Includes complete editions of China Daily from May 16 to June 6, 1989. Also includes articles on education, culture, politics, economics and business. Includes wall maps, tourist maps, books and booklets on Chinese history, culture, peoples, culinary arts, and folk songs, guidebooks, political pamphlets, and one video on taiqi in the original VHS PAL and a converted NTSC format.
English
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The collection contains two videos: one video on taiqi in the original VHS PAL and a converted NTSC format.
Materials on education, culture, politics, economics and business in the People's Republic of China in the late 1980s, which focus on the political turmoil in 1989 and the Tiananmen Square protests. The collection is mostly clippings of newspaper articles from China Daily (an English language newspaper published in Beijing, China), Hong Kong newspapers, and newspapers from Washington State. The collection was compiled during the first three of four years Claire and Don Egge were teaching and living in China, along with some material collected during their fourth year, between 1997 and 1999.
Claire and Don Egge are alumni of the University of Puget Sound (Don, Class of 1955, M.A. '59, and Claire, Class of '57). Don also earned an Ed.D. from Washington State University, 1967. Claire is the daughter of Lillian and Don Shotwell, who are also alumni of UPS and served on the University's Board of Trustees. Don Egge was an educator, now retired. The Egges lived and taught in China in the late 1980s and again for one year between 1997 and 1999.
This collection is available for research.
Small number of published material can be found through the Collins catalog.
China--History--1976-2002
China--Politics and government--1976-2002
Journalism--China
Chinese newspapers--Foreign language press
Journalism
Books
Pamphlets
Maps
Booklets
Newspaper
I
1985-1997
The Newspaper series includes clippings from newspapers in China and Washington State, and full length issues of the English language Chinese newspaper, the China Daily.
Clippings
i
1985-1997
The Clippings subseries consists of newspaper clippings from English language newspapers published in China as well as in Washington State.
In 2012, an undergraduate student created an annotated survey of the collection, most often listing the titles of articles and their dates, these notes are provided in the description for individual folders.
Anchorage Daily News
undated
1
1
Arches
1988
1
2
Beijing Review
1987-1989
1
3
Beijing Scene
1997
1
4
Bremerton Sun
1988-1989
1
5
Business Weekly
1997
1
6
Chicago Tribune
1989
1
7
China Daily
undated
1
8
China Daily
1987
1
9
China Daily
1988
1
10
China Daily
1989
1
11
China Daily
1990
1
12
China Daily
1997
1
13
China Facts and Figures
undated
1
14
China Pictorial
1987
1
15
China Post
1989
1
16
China Reconstructs
1985-1989
1
17
China Review
1989
1
18
China Special
1989
1
17
Hong Kong Standard
1989-1997
2
1
Journal American
1989
2
2
Los Angeles Times
1990
2
3
News, Notes, and Quotes
1990
2
4
Nexus
1987
2
5
Northern Lights
1989-1990
2
6
Parade Magazine
1988
2
7
Patriot Ledger
1989
2
8
San Francisco Chronicle
Undated
2
9
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1986-1989
2
10
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1989-1990
2
11
Seattle Times
1988-1989
2
12
Seattle Times
1990
2
13
South China Morning Post
1989-1990
2
14
Statesman Journal
1988
2
15
The Sunday Times
1988
2
16
Times Pacific Rim
1989-1990
2
17
Unidentified
undated
3
1
Unidentified
1989
3
2
Unidentified
1990
3
3
Unidentified
1997
3
4
USA Today
1990
3
5
US News and World Report
1988-1990
3
6
Wall Street Journal
1988
3
7
Full Newspapers
ii
1987-1997
The Full newspapers subseries consists of complete issues of English language newspapers printed in the Chinese newspaper, the China Daily, published in Hong Kong.
China Daily
1987-1989
8
China Daily
1996-1997
9
Ephemera
II
1989, undated
The Ephemera series includes an instructional poster for Taiji, poster fragments taken from Harbin Normal University in Harbin, China, on June 5, 1989, and a letter.
A Hanging Chart of Simplified Taiji Quan
undated
3
10
Poster Fragments
1989
7
1
A Letter to My Young Brother
undated
3
8
Audio-Visual
III
undated
The Audio-visual series includes two VHS tapes, labeled in Chinese.
VHS Tapes
undated
3
9
Includes 2 VHS tapes, labeled in Chinese.
Publications
IV
1984-1997
The Publications series includes printed books, journals, magazines, and maps. A small number of the books in the collection have been cataloged and call numbers for them can be found through the Collins Memorial Library's online catalog.
Beijing Review
1987
4
1
The Beijing Riot
1989
4
2
Cataloged Books
undated
10
China in Brief
1995
4
3
China in Focus
1988-1989
4
4
China Issues and Ideas
undated
4
5
Chinese Characters
1989
4
6
Chinese Cuisine
undated
4
7
Chinese Qigong- A Unique Fitness Art
1989
4
8
China Review
1989
4
9
Culture
undated
4
10
The Diary of a Young English Teacher
1984
4
11
Difficulties Facing Chinese Education
undated
4
12
Essential Information Concerning the Entry and Exit of Foreign Students Studying in China
1996
4
13
Far Eastern Economic Review
1988-1989
4
14
Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC 13th Central Committee
1989
4
15
Fundamental Issues in Present-Day China
1987
4
16
Getting Along with the Chinese
1992
5
1
Maps: Beijing
undated
5
2
Maps: Chonqing
undated
5
3
Maps: Dalian
undated
5
4
Maps: Gansu
undated
5
5
Maps: General
undated
3
11
Maps: Great Wall
undated
5
6
Maps: Guangzhou
undated
5
7
Maps: Guilin
undated
5
8
Maps: Hangzhou
undated
5
9
Maps: Harbin
undated
5
10
Maps: Hong Kong
undated
5
11
Maps: Nanning
undated
5
12
Maps: Qingdao
undated
5
13
Maps: Qiqihar
undated
5
14
Maps: Shanghai
undated
5
15
Maps: Suzhou
undated
5
16
Maps: Wuxi
undated
5
17
Maps: Xian
undated
5
18
Newsweek
1988-1997
5
19
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
undated
5
20
Realities Decide China's Political Road
1989
6
1
Report on Putting Down Anti-Government Riot
1989
6
2
Taijiquan
undated
6
3
Taijiquan
1989
6
4
Time
1989-1997
6
5
Tourism Brochures
undated
6
6
The Truth About the Beijing Turmoil
1989
6
7
The Ugly Chinaman
1991
6
8
Unidentified
undated
6
9
Unidentified
1989
6
10
What's New in China
1989
6
11