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    Museum of the American China Trade Records,

    • Title:Museum of the American China Trade Records, 1965-1982, undated
    • Author:Museum of the American China Trade.
    • Physical Description:1 box, 1 flat file (.5 linear feet)
      Organized into 4 series: Museum Governance; Correspondence; Programming; and Other.
    • Source of acquisition:Museum of the American China Trade; gift.

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    • Subjects:Commerce
      China trade silverwork.
      Historic house museums.
      Museum curators.
      Museum exhibits.
      Museum publications.
      Newsletters.
      Milton (Mass. : Town)
    • Summary:Includes governance records, correspondence, programming records, and miscellaneous items. The majority of these items are dated from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.
    • Other Author(s):Forbes, H. A. Crosby (Henry A. Crosby)
      Houqua, 1769-1843.
      Lothrop, Francis Bacon.
      Keechong Society.
      Peabody Museum of Salem.
    • Format:Mixed Material
    • Finding Aids:Finding aid available in the library and online.
    • Preferred Citation:Museum of the American China Trade Records, MH 167. Courtesy of Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Rowley, MA.
    • Biographical/Historical Note:The Museum of the American China Trade was founded by Dr. H. A. Crosby Forbes (1925-2012) in 1964, at Forbes' family home, the Forbes House Museum, in Milton, Massachusetts, (originally referred to as the Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House). It was the Museum's mission to utilize its collection as a foundation for the scholarly study of the artifacts of the China Trade. It was intended to be an institution devoted to the study of the early East-West trade, and to the fuller understanding, through research and exhibitions, of the enduring artistic legacy of that trade. In 1984, the Museum merged with the Peabody Museum of Salem, and became the Peabody Museum's Department of Asian Export Art.
    • Local notes:For permission to publish material from this collection, please contact research@pem.org.