{"id":10618,"date":"2018-09-19T08:18:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2018-09-19T08:25:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T15:25:03","slug":"from-the-archives-special-collections-behind-the-archives-door-exploring-artifacts-from-the-1989-tiananmen-square-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-special-collections-behind-the-archives-door-exploring-artifacts-from-the-1989-tiananmen-square-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives & Special Collections: Behind the Archives Door: Exploring Artifacts from the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests, September 20, 2018, 3:00\u20134:00pm, Archives Seminar Room, Collins Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tomorrow, September 20th<\/sup>, is our first \u201cBehind the Archives Door\u201d event of the year! Join us to explore the Egge Collection on China<\/a>, which contains materials dating from 1987 through 1990, collected by Claire \u201957 and Don Egge \u201955, two Puget Sound alums who lived and taught in China during the late 1980s. The collection is centered on the democracy movement in China in 1989. It contains newspaper clippings, maps, pamphlets, government policy publications, and posters. Generally, the collection is useful for examining aspects of Chinese life and culture including education, politics, and economics. A lot of the collection consists of English-language newspapers from China, so you don\u2019t have to be able to read Mandarin to take advantage of this collection!<\/p>\n

For this event, we will be focusing on the documents specifically relating to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, which were part of a larger democratic movement in China. On June 4, 1989, students protested against Deng Xiaoping\u2019s decision to minimize the funeral of a top government official, Hu Yaobang, who had supported the democratic movement. The Chinese government suppressed the protest using armed force, which led to civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

Dr. Anthony Clark of Whitworth University, who will be giving the talk, specializes in East Asian history with a focus on late-imperial China. His research centers on the interactions between China and the West in China. Previously, he has worked with the Egge Collection transcribing some of the student posters.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Egge Collection and to hear Dr. Clark\u2019s perspective on the collection and the Tiananmen Square protests, come to the Archives Seminar Room on the second floor of the library from 3:00-4:00 PM, Thursday, September 20. We\u2019ll see you there!<\/p>\n

The Archives & Special Collections<\/a> is open Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n

By Julia Masur<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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