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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Student demonstrating

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1928 to 1940
Description{Top and Bottom photos} Student demonstrations against the Japanese in the streets of Shanghai. Leaflets covered the streets like snow (2 views}
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Dr. Li Ping

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo) Dr. Li Ping, Junan, Honan(Henan), in charge of Junan Self-Defense Corp Clinic (he is on the right side) (Bottom photo) Communist youth doing "Sabbotnik" work for the peasants of North Shensi (Shaanxi).
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Leaders of the Women's National Salvation Association

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
DescriptionLeaders of the Women's National Salvation Association in Central China, in guerrilla territory.
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Women's Conference

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) A village conference of the Women's National Association? Ta Hung Shan, Central Hupeh (Hubei). (Bottom photo) From Shanghai thousands of educated youth have poured into the New 4th Army. This is a group of singers trained by a well-known Chinese musician from Shanghai. This musician introduced the first…

(Top photo) A village conference of the Women's National Association? Ta Hung Shan, Central Hupeh (Hubei). (Bottom photo) From Shanghai thousands of educated youth have poured into the New 4th Army. This is a group of singers trained by a well-known Chinese musician from Shanghai. This musician introduced the first four-part singing into a Chinese army.
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Government leaders

ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
DescriptionLeaders, Bureau of Finance of Anhwei Province (top photo)

X-78-15 Report

DescriptionConflict In North China - 8th Route Army Report to Chiang Kai-Shek

X-78-17 Song Meiling(Madame Chiang Kai-shek)'s Letter

ContributorsSong Meiling (Author)
Created1940-10-02
DescriptionLetter from Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) to Agnes Smedley October 2, 1940.

X-78-19 Wu Wei Daily

Created1939-09-08
DescriptionWu Wei Daily - Wuwei hsien (Xi?an), Anhwei (Anhui) - September 8 Announcement of World War - First news of war Date: September 5.

X-78-20 Saodang Newspaper

Created1940-01-01
DescriptionPublished Slogans for Civilians to put up on their door on New Year's Day. FIGHT FOR THE SCHOOL - FOR THE ARMY. SLOGAN for the House: "Lost Territory is not yet recovered. We should not talk of small things - National Revenge not yet achieved. Abandon selfish conflicts.

X-78-21 Block Prints

DescriptionThree Block Prints