Perry in Japan: A visual history
Cross-cultural evaluation of Perry's encounter with the Japanese, including 13 scroll painting and some books.
Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
Photographs taken by William Dana Reynolds of the devastating 1923 earthquake in Yokohama. The collection contains around 200 photographs and a small number of newspaper clippings and other ephemera related to the event.
Cuban Slavery documents
Documents including letters, contracts and certificates related to the slaves and indentured servants in Cuba, 1820-1892. Many (31 out of 126) refer to Chinese indentured servants and contract laborers brought to Cuba.
Depicting Glory: Rare Objects from the Late Qing to the Republic of China
A digital project that presents a group of rare items in Brown University's special collections, mostly dated from China's late Qing Dynasty, but also maps produced in Taiwan in the 1960s. It includes research articles written by some leading scholars in their fields and a Brown student as well.
