Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange

Digital archive of records documenting U.S. and British relations with a variety of Asian Nations. The collection contains U.S. State Department consular and diplomatic records; British Foreign Office political correspondance; missionary correspondance and journals; and socio-economic journals. Collections in the archive include: 

• British Foreign Office: Japan Correspondence, 1856-1905
• British Foreign Office: Japan Correspondence, 1906-1913: Dominance of the Genro
• British Foreign Office: Japan Correspondence, 1914-1923: Emergence of Japan as a Pacific Power
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Amoy, China, 1844-1906
• Despatches from US Consuls in Antung, Manchuria, China, 1904-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Bangkok, Siam, 1856-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 1818-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Canton, China, 1790-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Chefoo, China, 1863-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Chinkiang, China, 1864-1902
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Chunking, China, 1896-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Foochow, China, 1849-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Hakodate, Japan, 1856-1878
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Hangchow, China, 1904-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Hankow, China, 1861-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Hong Kong, 1844-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Iloilo, Philippine Islands, 1876-1886
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Kanagawa, Japan, 1861-1897
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Macao, China, 1849-1869
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Manila, Philippine Islands, 1817-1899
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Mukden, Manchuria, China, 1904-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Nagasaki, Japan, 1860-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Nanking, China, 1902-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Newchwang, Manchuria, China, 1865-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Ningpo, China, 1853-1896
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Osaka and Hiogo (Kobe), Japan, 1868-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, 1853-1898
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Saigon, Vietnam, 1889-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Seoul, Korea, 1886-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Shanghai, China, 1847-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Singapore, Straits Settlements, 1833-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Swatow, China, 1860-1881
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Tientsin, China, 1868-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Yokohama, Japan, 1897-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Ministers to China, 1843-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Ministers to Japan, 1855-1906
• Despatches from U.S. Ministers to Korea, 1883-1905
• Despatches from U.S. Ministers to Siam, 1882-1906
• History of the Philippine Insurrection Against the United States, 1899-1903, and Documents Relating to the War Department Project for Publishing of History, 1899-1903
• Minutes of Treaty Conferences between U.S. and Japanese Representatives, and Treaty Drafts, 1872
• Missionary and Socio-Economic Journals
• Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1846-1912 (China, Japan, Korea)
• Missionary Files: Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Correspondence, 1912-1949 (China, Japan, Korea)
• Notes from the Chinese Legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1868-1906
• Notes from the Japanese Legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1858-1906
• Notes from the Korean Legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1883-1906
• Notes from the Siamese Legation in the United States to the Department of State, 1876-1906
• Records Relating to the United States Surveying Expedition to the North Pacific Ocean, 1852-1863.
• Selected Records of the U.S. Consulate in Bangkok, Siam, 1856-1912
• Selected Records of the U.S. Legation in China, 1849-1931
• Selected Records of the U.S. Legation in Japan, 1855-1912