Found 2 collections related to Shanghai (China) -- Description and travel

Diary of Clifton Greenwell, Chief carpenter, United States Navy. Diary (Dec. 1911-Jan.1913) records his leaving Key West after being ordered to an Asiatic station; his trip home to Washington, D.C., from there to San Francisco and then to Olongapo, Zambales, P.I., aboard the U.S.S. "Buffalo," via Honolulu, Shanghai, Amoy (Xiamen), and Hong Kong. Reported aboard the U.S.S. "Monadnock," on duty in the Philippines. Gives details of life on a U.S. Naval ship, daily duties, changes in personnel, scenery, and customs in ports visited. Includes photographs of the Philippines and Shanghai, and two printed orders printed on the Asiatic flag ship less

The Beeks family papers consist mainly of personal correspondence. Also included are manuscripts, a commonplace book, a few photographs, and other personal miscellany. The bulk of the material dates between 1899-1928, and includes a letterpress copybook documenting the law practice of James Beeks between 1899-1901; correspondence written to his wife, Sarah Jane Brackinridge Beeks during his business trip to Cuba in 1902; and the correspondence of his eldest son, Edward Beeks, while living in Shanghai from 1911-1928. Other correspondents include Beeks' children McCary W. Beeks, Gertrude Beeks Easley, Helen Beeks Lounsbury, and various members of the extended family less