The Harvard–Yenching Library is the primary location for East Asia-related collections at Harvard Library at Harvard University . In addition to East Asian languages ( Chinese , Japanese , Korean , Tibetan , Manchu , and Mongolian ), it houses collections in European languages and Southeast Asian language ( Vietnamese ). Totaling more than 1.5 million volumes, the Harvard-Yenching Library has one of the largest collections in East Asian studies outside of Asia.
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16-517: A symposium and the publication of a volume of scholarly articles on the history of the Library and its collections. In 2009, the library announced a six-year, multimillion-dollar project to digitize major sections of its rare books collection in cooperation with the National Library of China . In 2020, James Cheng retired. During his time as head librarian, he oversaw large-scale digitization of
24-612: A research library that encompasses East Asian materials in all academic disciplines. A. Kaiming Chiu served as head librarian of the library until his retirement in 1964, after which he was succeeded by Eugene W. Wu . In 1951, a Korean collection was added. In 1965, the Chinese-Japanese Library of the Harvard-Yenching Institute was renamed the Harvard-Yenching Library to reflect the expanded nature of
32-503: The Cambridge campus of Harvard University since around 1957. The building was originally built in 1929 for Harvard's Institute of Geographical Exploration, and currently houses part of the Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, in addition to the Harvard-Yenching Library. In 1879, Ko K'un-hua ( Chinese : 戈鯤化 ), a scholar from China ,
40-641: The Harvard College Library, thus launching Harvard's Japanese collection. In 1927, Archibald Cary Coolidge , head of Harvard's libraries, asked Alfred Kaiming Chiu, then a graduate student at Harvard, to organize and catalog these collections. The library was formally founded in 1928, as the Chinese-Japanese Library of the Harvard-Yenching Institute . Following World War II , the library began collecting more social science publications. The once predominantly humanistic collection evolved into
48-412: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harvard–Yenching&oldid=922148749 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harvard%E2%80%93Yenching Library The library has been located at 2 Divinity Avenue on
56-441: The library's collections. The Library eventually added Tibetan, Mongolian and Manchu publications, and Western language monographs and journals. In 1973, a Vietnamese collection was added. In 1976, management of the library shifted from the independent Harvard-Yenching Institute to the Harvard College Library. In 1998, Eugene Wu retired and was succeeded by James Cheng. In 2003, the library celebrated its 75th anniversary with
64-520: Was engaged to teach the first course in the Chinese language offered at Harvard University. The small collection of books that was purchased for this course became Harvard College Library's first acquisitions in any East Asian language . In 1914, two Japanese professors ( Masaharu Anesaki and Unokichi Hattori from om Tokyo Imperial University to lecture at Harvard. They donated several important sets of Japanese publications on Sinology and Buddhism to
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