Agnes Smedley

The Agnes Smedley Collection contains news clippings, photographs, speeches, lecture notes, printed matter, correspondence, and artifacts dating from 1911 to 1981. The bulk of the collection consists of news clippings, photographs, and reprints documenting Smedley's career as a journalist in China and events in China during the Japanese conflict and World War II (1938-1948).

In 2017 the Library began working on an exhibition on Agnes Smedley's life, As a former student of the Tempe Normal School (later to become Arizona State University), the Library decided to highlight our collection of Smedley's materials. After much work over two and a half years, the Library opened an exhibition in Shanghai at the Museum of the Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen in April of 2020. This was followed by an exhibition in Xi'an at the Northwest University's Center for Edgar and Helen Snow Studies in May 2020. Another offshoot of this series of exhibitions was held at the Sichuan University Library featuring Agnes Smedley's friendship with Zhu De. Lastly, the final exhibition will be held at Peking University in the spring of 2022. An online exhibition catalog will be included in this repository collection.

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Stretcher Bearers

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) One of the stretcher bearer batallions of the Army Medical Administration of the Ministry of War, transporting the wounded from the Central China front.(Bottom photo) Mass Education Institute of Tangho (Tanghe) Honan (He'nan). This institute conducted night classes in literacy for adults. Over 300 of the common people…

(Top photo) One of the stretcher bearer batallions of the Army Medical Administration of the Ministry of War, transporting the wounded from the Central China front.(Bottom photo) Mass Education Institute of Tangho (Tanghe) Honan (He'nan). This institute conducted night classes in literacy for adults. Over 300 of the common people , men and women, studied in it each night.
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Ta Pieh Shan Er Pao {Editor}

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) Editor, Ta Pieh Shan Er Pao (Da Bie Shan RiBao/ Da Bie Shan Daily), Lihwang (Lihuang), Anhwei (Anhui), This editor, now in the enemy rear, was once a young lecturer in a Peiping (Beijing) University. (Bottom photo) Soldiers of the New 4th Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment learn reading…

(Top photo) Editor, Ta Pieh Shan Er Pao (Da Bie Shan RiBao/ Da Bie Shan Daily), Lihwang (Lihuang), Anhwei (Anhui), This editor, now in the enemy rear, was once a young lecturer in a Peiping (Beijing) University. (Bottom photo) Soldiers of the New 4th Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment learn reading and writing.
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Industrial Cooperative

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo and Bottom photo) The Industrial Cooperative connected with the Orthopedic Hospital of the Chinese Red Cross Medical Corps in Kweiyang (Guiyang) teach trades to the maimed. (2 views)
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Chang Nai-chih (Zhang Naiqi)

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) Chang Nai-chih (Zhang Naiqi), one of the "seven gentlemen" imprisoned for leading the National Salvation Association for war against the Japanese; released after the war began. Later, Finance Commissioner of Anhwei (Anhui) Province -- until driven out because he was a democrat. (Bottom photo) Young men and women…

(Top photo) Chang Nai-chih (Zhang Naiqi), one of the "seven gentlemen" imprisoned for leading the National Salvation Association for war against the Japanese; released after the war began. Later, Finance Commissioner of Anhwei (Anhui) Province -- until driven out because he was a democrat. (Bottom photo) Young men and women under training as Financial administrators of Anhwei (Anhui) Province -- A Training School founded by Mr. Chang Nai-chih (Zhang Naiqi).
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Civilian Training Course

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) A short-term civilian training course in organization, sabotage and espionage against the Japanese, conducted by the New Fourth Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment. (Bottom photo) A woman's conference was called in the region in the enemy rear. Here are the delegates.
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Soldier and Army Class

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top left photo) soldier with a gun (Top right photo) soldier with a gun (a second version) (Bottom photo) an army class
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Soldiers in Class

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) a commander (duplicated) (Bottom photo) soldiers taking a class
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General Mai

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) General Mai commander-in-chief of the 84th Army of the 11th Group Army. (Bottom photo)"political soldiers" of the Kwangsi Army to whom I lectured.
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The Kwangsi (Guangxi) soldiers

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) The Kwangsi(Guangxi) soldiers (173rd Division) squat about tins of vegetables while eating. Rice is brought in baskets.(Bottom photo)I found the soldiers sitting in the barracks studying. 173rd Division of the 11th Group Army.
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84th Army

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description{Top and Bottom photos}Kwangsi(Guangxi) soldiers of the 84th Army, at Tsaoyang(Zaoyang), North Hupeh(Hubei) Province on the Central China front, learning everything about their machine guns (2 views}