Fairbank and Reischauer Lantern Slide Collection

Take a closer look at historic teaching materials developed for a class on East Asian culture in the early mid-twentieth century.
Chinese, A.D. 1362, Yuan, Ni Tsan. by Ni, Zan. 9 x 11 cm
Harvard-Yenching Library

Harvard-Yenching Library has digitized a collection of lantern slides used as visual aids for an introductory undergraduate course at Harvard University on East Asian culture and history, that was developed in 1939 by John K. Fairbank and Edwin O. Reischauer.

Accessing These Materials

  • Most of the John K. Fairbank and Edwin O. Reischauer "Rice Paddies" Lantern Slide Collection 费正清教授，海肖爾教授 “稻田” 课程教學幻燈片 has been digitized and is available to view online via Hollis.

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Sharon Li-shiuan Yang