| Author | Clark, Anthony E. |
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| Publisher | --- |
| Collection | Ricci Institute [AEC] |
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| Language | Multilang. |
| Type | Archival materials |
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| Shelf | Admin. Office Gallery, Archive Cabinet |
| Call Number | [BX1665.C638] |
| Description | ca. 500 vol. + images, photos, docs, objects. |
| Note | The Anthony E. Clark Collection focuses on the Catholic Church in China, primarily from the turn of the 20th century to today, and contains a selection of books—both historical and rare—as well as images, photographs and facsimiles, as well as his collection of research papers and personal scholarly presentations and publications. Included in this collection is a folio, missionary films, dozens of pamphlets, approximately 60 files of reproductions of foundational Chinese Christian texts from the 17th and 18th century, some 200 Chinese language books focused specifically on the Church in China as well as more than 500 volumes of Western-language books concentrated especially on 19th and 20th-century Chinese Catholicism, as well as some 2,000 historical photographs, most with accompanying metadata. This entire collection was compiled over several decades of field work in China, where Prof. Clark gathered a large number of images and documents in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Rome, Paris, Krakow, as well as from a variety of rare book dealers within the United States, the UK, continental Europe, and Asia. The collection includes hundreds of materials in English, Chinese, Classical Chinese, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and a variety of other European languages. Many of the books have been inscribed by the author or are autographed. A voracious collector, Professor Clark sought after first editions, rare books, ephemera, and otherwise often-overlooked materials and objects, and recognized that these are valuable tools for the scholar of the Catholic Church in China. Materials within the Collection span from the missionary era in China from its inception to materials that continue into the contemporary era, up to this present day, late 2016. A large body of the collection is centered on China’s canonized Catholic saints, as well as the Boxer Uprising, the turbulence surrounding the events of 1900, and dilates on religious orders and their historic presence in China (including, for example, Franciscans, Jesuits, Dominicans, MEP, and PIME, to name a few). In this regard the Collection greatly enriches the current holdings of the Ricci Institute. The assemblage of historical images related to the history of Christianity in China, within this greater collection, is unique. More than a dozen archival boxes include images both original and reproduced, many of the latter of which have been under threat, have already disappeared, or have dropped out of scholarly view. In short, in this remarkable collection scholars will likely see images that they have never before seen. Similarly the collection of Professor Clark’s research papers, housed in around 40 archival boxes organized by chronology, order, and diocese, is singular in its scope and breadth regarding the Catholic Church in China, as these items were collected during his research trips that occurred annually and spanned the globe. This, too is a diverse collection of materials, including those found in archives—some of which have now closed—or made fleeting internet appearances, were downloaded and printed, which are now too no longer available in their original source. In addition to this are approximately 30 archival boxes containing Professor Clarks personal papers and publication materials. In total the Collection contains approximately 12,000 pages of documents. Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D., is the Lindaman Endowed Chair and Professor of History at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. The Ricci Institute currently holds one of the world’s most focused collections of materials and scholarship on the Catholic Church in China, and the addition of this collection assists in filling several areas of current lacunae. Prof. Clark has loaned this vast collection of research materials to the Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco for the advancement of scholarship on the history of Catholic Christianity in China.
ANTHONY E. CLARK COLLECTION RESEARCH MATERIALS/BOOKS IN ARCHIVAL BOXES COLLECTION OVERVIEW Focus: History of Christianity in China, Late-Qing and Republican Era, Boxer Uprising Collection Creator: Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. Primary Organizer: Hannah H. Tweet
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