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Agnes Smedley Photograph Collection
1911-1981
CP SPC 330
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Creator: | Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 |
Title: | Agnes Smedley Photograph Collection
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Inclusive Dates: | 1911-1981 |
Quantity: |
123 Images
(1.0 Linear Feet)
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Abstract: | The Agnes Smedley Photograph Collection contains photographs, printed matter, and copied correspondence from 1911-1981. The bulk of the collection consists of news clippings, photographs and reprints concerning Smedley's career as a journalist in China and events in China during the Japanese conflict and World War II (1938-1948). |
Identification: | CP SPC 330 |
Language: |
Material in English
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Repository: | Arizona State University Library. University Archives P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!
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Biographical Note
Agnes Smedley was born in Missouri in 1892 and lived in a number of western towns until she arrived at the Tempe Normal School in 1911. She attended the Normal School as a "Special Student" from 1911 to 1912, receiving special consideration for admission from president Arthur J. Matthews.
Sometime after her education at Tempe Normal School Smedley adopted the cause of Indian independence as a result of her acquaintance with revolutionary leader Lala Rajpat Rai. She worked for the Indian cause as a journalist first in New York and later in Germany from 1917 to 1928. After suffering a nervous breakdown and separating herself from the Indian independence movement she settled in China in 1929 serving as a foreign correspondent for a number of American and German periodicals including the Frankfurter Zeitung. During her twelve year residence in China she marched with the Red Army and became acquainted with many of China's most famous political leaders, including Mao Tse Tung and Chou En Lai.
In 1941 Smedley returned to the United States and lived at the writer's colony known as "Yaddo" through the middle forties. During this time she was a regular contributor to The Saratogian (Saratoga Springs, New York) and wrote feature articles and reviews for The New Masses, The Nation and The New Republic. Agnes Smedley was the author of a number of books including Daughter of Earth (1929), China Fights Back (1939) and Battle Hymn of China (1943).
In 1949 Smedley was accused of espionage by US Army Intelligence and spent many of her last days in political isolation. She died on May 6, 1950 and is buried at Peking, China.
Sources: "Bound Feet and Free Minds: Agnes Smedley Reclaimed", Village Voice, February 7, 1917, p.67-68 [see vol. 46]; Who Was Who in America, Vol. 3, 1960 [see vol. 44].
Scope and Content Note
The Agnes Smedley Photograph Collection contains photographs, printed matter, and copied correspondence from 1911-1981. The bulk of the collection consists of news clippings, photographs and reprints concerning Smedley's career as a journalist in China and events in China during the Japanese conflict and World War II (1938-1948).
Arrangement
This collection consists of two boxes.
Access Restrictions
To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.
Copyright
Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.
Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950
Geographic Name(s)China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
Subject(s)Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Agnes Smedley Photograph Collection, CP SPC 330, Arizona State University Library.
Provenance
The Agnes Smedley Collection was originally received from Mrs. Mildred Coy of Altamirano, Mexico (executor of the Smedley estate) in 1974 via Mrs. G.F. (Florence) Willison of Ballston Spa, New York. The Coy materials are identified in the volumes as Groups 1-13 (papers) and Groups A-H (photographs). Other materials in the collection were assembled by founding university archivist Alfred Thomas and Jan and Steven MacKinnon of the Department of History.
Container List
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Box | Folder |
1 | 1 | | CP SPC 330: 1 In Hong Kong,
Undated |
| | | | | L-R: Smedley, Emily Hahn; Mrs. Hilda Selwyn-Clarke and her daughter Mary; Miss Margaret Watson, head social worker of Queen Mary Hospital. |
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1 | 2 | | CP SPC 330: 2 Two Chinese officers,
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1 | 3 | | CP SPC 330: 3 For Sale - The child of famine victims,
Undated (Negative) |
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1 | 4 | | CP SPC 330: 4.1 With her friends Mao Tsetung and General Chu in the Yenan guerrilla base,
1937 (Page from Book) |
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1 | 4 | | CP SPC 330: 4 Agnes Smedley and Bishop Ronald O. Hall,
Undated (Page from book) |
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1 | 4 | | CP SPC 330: 5 Smedley on boat,
Undated |
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1 | 4 | | CP SPC 330: 6 Child,
Undated |
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1 | 5 | | CP SPC 330: 7 East Hall Women's Dormitory Residents,
1911-1912 |
| | | | | Agnes Smedley 4th from the left on upper porch. |
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1 | 6 | | CP SPC 330: 8 Portrait by Aino Taylor,
1939 |
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1 | 7 | | CP SPC 330: 9 Leaders of Women's Matronial [sic] Salvation Association in Central China in guerrilla territory,
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1 | 8 | | CP SPC 330: 10 Welcome Miss Smedley, Our Great Friend,
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1 | 9 | | CP SPC 330: 11 Family Portrait: Agnes at 7 years old,
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1 | 10 | | CP SPC 330: 13 Agnes Smedley,
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1 | 10 | | CP SPC 330: 12 Agnes Smedley writing,
Undated |
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1 | 11 | | CP SPC 330: 14 Smedley in her Vegetable Garden at Sneeden's Landing,
1949 Summer |
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1 | 12 | | CP SPC 330: 15 Night meeting. New 4th Storm Guerrilla Detachment in Central China - North of Hankow,
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1 | 13 | | CP SPC 330: 16 Organized the Horace Greeley Club,
1911-1912 |
| | | | | Smedley is 3rd from the left in front row. |
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1 | 14 | | CP SPC 330: 17 Portrait of Agnes Smedley,
1914 |
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1 | 15 | | CP SPC 330: 18 Ching-li - lisiao kwei - orderly Yeh Fan Kwei - my translator,
Undated |
| | | | | Agnes Smedley (center) Anna Wang (right). |
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1 | 15 | | CP SPC 330: 19 With her friends Mao Tsetung and General Chu The in the Yenan guerrilla base,
1937 |
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1 | 15 | | CP SPC 330: 20 With her friends Mao Tsetung and General Chu The in the Yenan guerrilla base,
1937 |
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1 | 16 | | CP SPC 330: 26 Billboard: Struggle against fascism,
Undated |
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1 | 16 | | CP SPC 330: 21 Soldiers,
Undated |
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1 | 16 | | CP SPC 330: 23 Soldiers,
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1 | 16 | | CP SPC 330: 24 Workers digging,
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1 | 16 | | CP SPC 330: 25 Workers Unite!,
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1 | 16 | | CP SPC 330: 28 Women and children,
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1 | 17 | | CP SPC 330: 27 Two Chinese speakers at the 8th Zone,
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1 | 18 | | CP SPC 330: 30 Talking with the Women's Committee of the 5th War Zone. Laohokuo,
Undated |
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1 | 18 | | CP SPC 330: 29 Talking with the Women's Committee of the 5th War Zone. Laohokuo,
Undated |
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1 | 19 | | CP SPC 330: 31 Track Team in front of Grand Stand,
1911-1912 |
| | | | | Agnes Smedley is front left with Umbrella. |
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1 | 20 | | CP SPC 330: 32 The Tempe Normal Student Staff,
1911-1912 |
| | | | | Agnes Smedley is third from left with ribbon in her hair. |
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1 | 21 | | CP SPC 330: 33.1 For years I was on the highways and by-ways of China's battlefields,
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| | | | | I am the figure just behind the foremost figure. |
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1 | 22 | | CP SPC 330: 33.2 Soldiers of the 18th Kwangsi Army at Tsaoyang carve Chinese,
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1 | 23 | | CP SPC 330: 34 E. W. Brundin on tractor - Imperial Valley, California,
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| | | | | Agnes Smedley's one time husband. |
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1 | 24 | | CP SPC 330: 35 Agnes Smedley in Berlin,
circa 1928 |
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1 | 25 | | CP SPC 330: 36 Agnes Smedley in uniform,
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1 | 26 | | CP SPC 330: 37 Big Buck in Clifton, Arizona,
circa 1911 |
| | | | | In 1911 staked Smedley to tuition at Tempe Normal School. |
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1 | 27 | | CP SPC 330: 38 Chinese factory workers have spiritual faces - faces filled with suffering,
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1 | 28 | | CP SPC 330: 39 VanGuard Press Photograph,
1939 |
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1 | 29 | | CP SPC 330: 40 Agnes Smedley,
circa 1948-1949 |
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1 | 30 | | CP SPC 330: 44 (L to R): Stephen MacKinnon, Ambassador Zhang Wenjin of China, Ji Zhaozhu, Chen Guogin, Alfred Thomas, Jr.,
1983 |
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1 | 30 | | CP SPC 330: 43 (L to R): Paige Mulholland, Steven MacKinnon, and Ambassador Zhang Wenjin of China,
1983 |
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1 | 30 | | CP SPC 330: 42 (L to R): Stephen MacKinnon, Ambassador Zhang Wenjin of China, Ji Zhaozhu, Chen Guogin, Alfred Thomas, Jr.,
1983 |
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1 | 31 | | CP SPC 330: 45 Portrait of Agnes Smedley,
Undated |
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1 | 32 | | CP SPC 330: 46 Chinese man with head wound,
Undated |
| | | | | "How did you get that head wound" I asked the machine gunner? Falteringly he answered, "It is for my country - it is such a little thing." |
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1 | 33 | | CP SPC 330: 47 Two Chinese Boys at the Temple in Sian,
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1 | 34 | | CP SPC 330: 48 Lottie and Annie,
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1 | 35 | | CP SPC 330: 49 Bernice and I,
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1 | 36 | | CP SPC 330: 50 I caught a Red Army truck and disappeared from what is known as civilization,
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1 | 37 | | CP SPC 330: 51 Charles Smedley,
1938 September 2 |
| | | | | Charles Smedley is Agnes Smedley's father. |
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1 | 38 | | CP SPC 330: 52 Myrtle S. Finney,
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1 | 39 | | CP SPC 330: 53 Myrtle Smedley,
1917 |
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1 | 39 | | CP SPC 330: 55 Myrtle S. Finney Middle School Dedication,
1961 |
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1 | 39 | | CP SPC 330: 54 Myrtle S. Finney,
Undated |
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1 | 40 | | CP SPC 330: 56 The Smedley Children: Agnes, John, Sam, and Myrtle,
Undated |
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1 | 41 | | CP SPC 330: 57 Special Student Kalakagathia Society of the Year,
1911 |
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1 | 42 | | CP SPC 330: 58 Clipping from article with images,
Undated |
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1 | 43 | | CP SPC 330: 59 Brundin's Cabin,
Undated |
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1 | 44 | | CP SPC 330: 60 C. H. Smedley. Possibly cabin of Smedley,
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1 | 45 | | CP SPC 330: 61 El Centro California,
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1 | 46 | | CP SPC 330: 62 House destroyed,
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1 | 47 | | CP SPC 330: 63 Brundin, Agnes Smedley's one time husband,
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Box | Folder |
2 | 48 | | CP SPC 330: 64 The Canossian Nuns of Nanyang Honan, caring for the wounded,
Undated |
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2 | 49 | | CP SPC 330: 65 Agnes Smedley on a boat,
Undated |
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2 | 50 | | CP SPC 330: 66 Charles Smedley (far left) and working crew in Trinidad, Colorado,
circa 1908-1909 |
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2 | 51 | | CP SPC 330: 67 Sarah Lydia Smedley,
Undated |
| | | | | Sarah Lydia Smedley is Agnes Smedley's mother. |
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2 | 52 | | CP SPC 330: 68 Chinese Army,
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2 | 53 | | CP SPC 330: 69 Soldiers of the 84th army (Kwangsi) at Tsaoyang, Hupeh Province, making straw mattresses for their barracks,
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2 | 54 | | CP SPC 330: 70 Two mechanics (one of them a woman) in the Red Cross Medical Corps shops,
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2 | 55 | | CP SPC 330: 71 Agnes Smedley with unidentified people,
Undated |
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2 | 56 | | CP SPC 330: 72 Sam Smedley, brother of Agnes Smedley, at age 17,
Undated |
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2 | 57 | | CP SPC 330: 73 Agnes Smedley and unidentified,
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2 | 58 | | CP SPC 330: 75 Bishop Ronald O. Hall,
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2 | 59 | | CP SPC 330: 76 Big Buck,
Undated |
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2 | 59 | | CP SPC 330: 77 Unidentified,
Undated |
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2 | 60 | | CP SPC 330: 78 Smedley on Boat,
Undated |
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2 | 61 | | CP SPC 330: 79 Troops of the New 4th Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment in snowstorm north of Hankow,
Undated |
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2 | 62 | | CP SPC 330: 80 Bishop Ronald O. Hall with cat,
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2 | 63 | | CP SPC 330: 81 Two soldiers standing,
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2 | 64 | | CP SPC 330: 82 Five soldiers standing in an entranceway,
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2 | 65 | | CP SPC 330: 83 Charles Smedley,
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2 | 66 | | CP SPC 330: 84 Soldiers and civilians come to a Field Hospital at Lihwang, Anhwei, bearing gifts from civilians for the Army sick and wounded,
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2 | 67 | | CP SPC 330: 85 Aunt Tillie Ralls in Denver, Colorado,
circa 1909-1910 |
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2 | 68 | | CP SPC 330: 86 Charles Smedley and his parents,
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2 | 68 | | CP SPC 330: 87 Agnes Smedley's Maternal Grandparents,
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2 | 68 | | CP SPC 330: 88 Agnes Smedley’s younger brother, John Smedley,
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2 | 68 | | CP SPC 330: 89 Charles and Sarah Lydia Smedley in Trinidad, Colorado,
circa 1903-1904 |
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2 | 69 | | CP SPC 330: 90 Agnes Smedley Trinidad Colorado - Smedley Kids,
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2 | 70 | | CP SPC 330: 91 Star Tobacco,
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2 | 71 | | CP SPC 330: 92 Housing in a valley,
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2 | 72 | | CP SPC 330: 93 Agnes Smedley's gravesite,
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2 | 73 | | CP SPC 330: 94 Chinese Red Cross Medical Corps ambulance units at work after a Japanese air-raid,
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2 | 74 | | CP SPC 330: 95 Soldiers,
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2 | 75 | | CP SPC 330: 96 Hua Chiao Ambulance,
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2 | 76 | | CP SPC 330: 97 Tomb of Ch'in Shih Huang Ti,
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2 | 77 | | CP SPC 330: 99 Alfred Thomas Jr., Mrs. Jan McKinnon, Pen and Ink Portrait of Agnes Smedley,
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2 | 77 | | CP SPC 330: 100 Alfred Thomas Jr., Mrs. Jan McKinnon, Pen and Ink Portrait of Agnes Smedley,
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2 | 77 | | CP SPC 330: 101 Alfred Thomas Jr., Mrs. Jan McKinnon, Pen and Ink Portrait of Agnes Smedley,
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2 | 77 | | CP SPC 330: 98 Alfred Thomas Jr., Mrs. Jan McKinnon, Pen and Ink Portrait of Agnes Smedley,
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2 | 78 | | CP SPC 330: 102 My friends of Hankow Days: Major Frank Dorn, Gen. Chou En-Lai, Evans F. Carlson, Robert Jarvis,
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2 | 79 | | CP SPC 330: 103 Man standing guard with spear: China,
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2 | 80 | | CP SPC 330: 104 Soldier with men and women in background: China,
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2 | 81 | | CP SPC 330: 105 Agnes Smedley in candid group shot,
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2 | 82 | | CP SPC 330: 106 In the uniform of the former Red Army and her HSIAO KWEY, "little devil",
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2 | 83 | | CP SPC 330: 107 Agnes Smedley with soldiers,
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2 | 84 | | CP SPC 330: 108 Chu-The, Red Army General and Lin Pao,
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2 | 85 | | CP SPC 330: 109 Agnes Smedley and John,
Undated (Negative) |
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2 | 87 | | CP SPC 330: 110 Copy of letter from mother to Agnes,
Undated (Negative) |
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2 | 87 | | CP SPC 330: 111 Men,
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2 | 88 | | CP SPC 330: 112 Boys with spears,
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2 | 89 | | CP SPC 330: 113 Agnes Smedley,
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2 | 89 | | CP SPC 330: 114 Agnes Smedley in uniform,
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2 | 90 | | CP SPC 330: 115 Smedley in Berlin hospital,
1928 Spring |
| | | | | Etching made by Smedley's friend Kathe Kollwitz. |
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2 | 90 | | CP SPC 330: 116 Smedley in Berlin hospital,
1928 Spring |
| | | | | Etching made by Smedley's friend Kathe Kollwitz. |
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2 | 91 | | CP SPC 330: 117 Agnes Smedley candid shot in China,
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2 | 91 | | CP SPC 330: 118 Group photograph in China,
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2 | 91 | | CP SPC 330: 119 National Concerts and Artists Corp. announcing Smedley lecture,
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2 | 91 | | CP SPC 330: 120 National Concerts and Artists Corp. announcing Smedley lecture,
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2 | 91 | | CP SPC 330: 121 Announcement of Smedley lecture,
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2 | 91 | | CP SPC 330: 122 Announcement of Smedley lecture,
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2 | 91 | | CP SPC 330: 123 To my dear friends, the Brundin Family: Photograph Agnes Smedley,
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