Guide to the Chinese Cultural Revolution Collection, 1953 - 2000, undated
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Chinese Cultural Revolution Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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This collection contains varied material, mostly from the period of China's Cultural Revolution, including a decorated Chinese handkerchief and block prints of landscapes. There is a playbill as well as an LP recording of "The White-Haired Girl," and Chinese posters, including an acupuncture diagram. There is also a personal memoir by Francis B. Tenny of the Philadelphia Orchestra's 1973 China tour.
The collection is organized alphabetically by material type.
The collection is supplemented by Zedong Mao's "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung," Peking : Foreign Languages Press, 1972.
Block prints (3): Landscapes showing agriculture and industry, [ante 1973]
Chinese handkerchief: Handkerchief decorated with flowers and weapons, n.d.
Chinese posters: "Complete Acupuncture Diagram," [1972]
Chinese posters: "Listening to Chairman Mao's Talk," [1955]
Chinese posters: "Study Diligently Marxism, Leninism...," [1953]
Chinese posters:"Young Artists," [1954]
China pictorial, no. 12 (1961)
LP recording (3 discs): "The White-Haired Girl," Peking 1971
Playbill: "The White-Haired Girl," Shanghai Dance School, [1973?]
Printout of catalog record: Mao, Zedong,"Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung" , 1972
Typescript manuscript: "Beethoven and Madame Mao: A Personal Memoir of the Philadelphia Orchestra's 1973 China Tour," Francis B. Tenny, ca. 2003