Primary sources in Catalyst

• Catalyst: use Advanced Search and search Subject in the format of personal name, location, topic or event plus one of the following Subdivisions: Sources /Personal narratives /Correspondence /Biography /Interviews /Diaries /Early Works to 1900 /Speeches /Manuscripts /Pamphlets.
  For example: 

  China -- History – Sources
  Women –China- Biography
  China-- Interviews

Note: "Primary Sources" is not a valid Subject Heading. Use "Sources" instead or one of the more specific subdivisions above. 

Notable: a Hopkins-China connection: 3rd president of Johns Hopkins University,  Frank J. Goodnow served as constitutional advisor to China's president during 1913-1914. Our library holds Frank Johnson Goodnow Papers1880-1940; we have photos of him in Peking; we  also have the book on China written by Goodnow, called China, an Analysis (1926). A good many scholarly essays have been published  on Goodnow's work in China and here is an example. 

Digital Archives

English language archives mostly consist of government (foreign office) files and declassified documents; missionary publications; trade and commercial communications; travel accounts (diplomats, missionaries, etc); and general descriptions of Asian peoples and cultures. 

• Adam Mathews Databases related to East Asia: an overview; search Adam Mathew Databases: AM Explorer
• Gale Databases: overview and search engine; in particular, China and Modern World and Nineteenth Century Collection. 

Notable: Chinese Students' Monthly Online 1906-1931 (a publication by Chinese Students Alliance in the US during the time). Here is the magazine background. 

For more primary sources, check out Primary Sources in English in the research guide.