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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78029850
Collection material in English, French, and several Asian languages
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Charles William Le Gendre, army officer and diplomat, were given to the Library of Congress in 1933 by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Le Gendre.
The Le Gendre Papers were processed in 1969 by Frank Tusa. The finding aid was revised in 2003 by Patrick Kerwin with the assistance of Joseph D. Jackson.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Charles William Le Gendre is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Charles William Le Gendre are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Part of the papers of Charles William Le Gendre is available on the Library of Congress
Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000126 .
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Charles William Le Gendre Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Charles William Le Gendre (1830-1899) span the years 1866-1893 but are concentrated in two periods, 1866-1875 and 1891-1892. The collection contains a limited amount of material on Le Gendre's personal life and focuses chiefly on his diplomatic career in the American foreign service and in the Japanese and Korean governments. It is composed primarily of correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, reports, Chinese and Japanese documents, a travel journal, and a draft of a multivolume book by an unknown author.
Le Gendre's career as United States consul at Amoy, China, and advisor in the Japanese foreign service is the central theme of the general correspondence for the years 1866-1875. His efforts to promote American interests in the Far East as well as his observations on Asian civilizations are recurring topics in his correspondence with American superiors, memoranda, reports, and dispatches. Le Gendre was particularly interested in establishing peaceful relations with Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, and his experience with the Taiwanese prompted Japanese authorities to tender him a diplomatic position in 1872. Le Gendre's activities on behalf of the Japanese government, particularly his conflict with American officials in China, is reflected in the correspondence for the years 1873-1875.
Correspondence for the years 1891-1892 is devoted to Le Gendre's service in Korea and consists primarily of dispatches, memoranda, and reports. Much of the material deals with issues concerning Korean trade relations.
The collection contains Le Gendre's description of his travel among the aborigines of Formosa in 1874 and a multivolume work by an unknown author entitled
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78029850
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