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Syracuse-in-Asia Collection
A description of its collection at the Syracuse University Archives
Finding aid created by: Hadiya Lee
Date: 2024
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Finding aid created by: Hadiya Lee
Date: 2024
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Summary |
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| Creator: | Syracuse University. |
| Title: | Syracuse-in-Asia Collection |
| Dates: | 1916-1981 |
| Size: | Approximately 12 linear feet. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, scrapbooks, printed materials, administrative records, sound recordings, photographs, and publications from the Syracuse-in-Asia/China program |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 |
Syracuse-in-Asia, formerly known as Syracuse-in-China, was founded in 1922 to serve as a missionary program of medical, evangelical and educational work in China. The association was founded by Dr. Gordon D. Hoople and Dr. Leon E. Sutton, two graduates of Syracuse University’s Medical College, who wanted to establish a hospital in Chengdu and send medicine and equipment to maintain medical facilities. Syracuse University graduates went to China volunteering as English instructors, and money was raised to provide Chinese students with scholarships to attend Syracuse University.
With the collapse of the Nationalist Party and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in October 1949, Syracuse-in-China recalled its volunteers. The association expanded to other countries in Asia and renamed itself Syracuse-in-Asia. By the 1960s, the program's purpose evolved to promoting interest in and understanding of Asian cultures. The association raised money to sponsor the graduate study of Asian students at Syracuse University, and sponsored American representatives to teach at various universities in Asia and Asian representatives to teach at Syracuse University.
Today, Syracuse-in-Asia supports students throughout Asia who come to the University to study and allows undergraduate students to explore Asia through study abroad opportunities.
The Syracuse-in-Asia Collection contains correspondence; sound recordings; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; printed materials; photographs, photographic slides, and lantern slides; administrative records such as meeting minutes, treasurer’s files, financial records, and various reports; and general subject files.
This collection may contain materials that users find objectionable due to outdated, racist, xenophobic, or otherwise derogatory, or harmful content. Such language was conventional at the time of the items’ creation, although no less harmful and inaccurate than it is today. The collection is preserved and presented for its historic and research value.
Access Restrictions:
The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact the University Archives for more information.
School, college and department records are restricted to the office of origin for 30 years. Faculty personnel files are restricted for 80 years from date of separation from the University. Requests to use restricted records must be obtained in writing from the office of origin.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Additional information about Syracuse-in-Asia and Syracuse-in-China can be found in the Syracuse University Clipping Files Collection and the Margaret Deabler Muser Papers. Photographs documenting the Syracuse-in-China program can be found in the Syracuse University Photograph Collection.
Names
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Syracuse-in-Asia.
Syracuse-in-China.
Subjects
Foreign study.
Missions -- Asia.
Missions -- China.
Missions -- Study and teaching.
Higher education.
Types of Material
45 rpm records.
Administrative records.
Correspondence.
Fliers (printed matter)
Lantern slides.
Memorabilia.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Newspaper clippings.
Pamphlets.
Phonograph records.
Photographs.
Printed ephemera.
Publications (documents)
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs)
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Syracuse-in-Asia Collection,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transfer from Syracuse-in-Asia in 1969 and 1980, gift of Dan Hoversten in 1980.
Processing Information
The collection is unprocessed.
Materials remain in their original order.
An inventory has not yet been created for this collection. Please contact the Repository listed above for more information.