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Tsinghua University, 1975
A rare photo in 1975 shows Tsinghua University’s Jeffersonian auditorium during the Cultural Revolution. The Chinese characters above the main entrance repeat the mantra of the decade: “Long Live Chairman Mao.” Dr. Chang might have noticed this…
Tsinghua University in 1966
This photo captures the fervor and madness in the beginning of the Cultural Revolution: on August 24, 1966, students in Beijing clamored to tear down Tsinghua University’s western-styled gate, established in 1911. A giant statue of Mao would replace…
Tsinghua University in 1930
Glass lantern slide, "Ch'ing Hua College", Tsinghua University in parkland, hand coloured glass / paper, maker unknown, China / Australia, c.1930
Hand colored glass lantern slide showing the parkland of Tsinghua University in Peking. The building…
Hand colored glass lantern slide showing the parkland of Tsinghua University in Peking. The building…
Translation: Letter from Giovanni Simeoni to James Gibbons, August 29, 1888
This is an English translation of the memorial letter from Rome in which American Catholics were granted permission to be members of the Knights of Labor and still remain in good standing in the Catholic Church. The letter was originally written in…
