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Diary includes monograph on the Island of Palmyra and diary of “My trip around the World begun Honolulu, Sept 14 1913 on USA Transport Thomas”

Joseph Rock's diary covering the years 1921-1923.
The diary includes Includes:
• Dec. 30th 1921 to May 10th 1922 – Journey from Chiengmai to Li-kiang, NW Yun-nan [with 5 loose photographs];
• Ascent of Lichiang snow range up to little over 17000 feet elevation
• Ascent of Lichiang Snow Range to an altitude of 16000 feet, August 27th 1922
• Vegetation on Likiang snow range in September
• Journey from Ta-li to T’eng-Yueh, September 23rd 1922 to October 9th 1922
• Journey from T’eng-Yueh to Lung-ling, October 19th 1922 to Oct 25th 1922
• Journey from T’eng-Yueh to Sadon in Burma, November 7th to 22nd 1922
• Tengyueh to Hsuehshan-ting, November 25th [1922?]
• Journey from Tzu-ku to Champutong on the Salwin, October 21st to November 1st 1923
• Trip to Chantabum from Bangkok, November 28th

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock dating to between 1923 and 1924.
The diary has been written in three parts:

• Notes on Yunnan 1923 (Feb 1923-Mar1923)
• Journey from Nguluko to Atuntze - Liutichiang, Dokerla - Tsarong, Peimashan, Tungchuling and return to Nguluko (Oct1923-Dec1923)
• J.F. Rock Agricultural Explorer, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington D.C. (Jan1924-Apr1924)
  Naxi vocabulary, p.28; diary also features other vocabularies, including Tibetan.

Diary of J.F.C. Rock,1925 entitled “Volume III, Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Harvard University Central Asiatic Expedition from May 26th to August 31st 1925 inclusive. Locations travelled between include, Cho-ni to T’ie-Pu and Lan-Chou.
Includes loose sheets of notes.

Diary of J.F. Rock Volume 2; Ch’eng-tu to Choni, 1925
Diary is titled: "Szechuan to Kansu, Vol. II; Diary of Joseph F. Rock,
Director Harvard – Arnold Arboretum Expedition from
Chengtu to Choni, March 17th to May 23rd 1925."
The diary includes loose papers including list of Choni lamaseries in Chinese and lists and maps written on some of Rock’s Nakhi [Naxi] dictionary index cards

Diary of J.F. Rock Volume 4; Lan-Chou to Kokonor Babo, 1925
The diary is entitled “Kansu Province, Diary Vol. IV of Joseph F. Rock Director Harvard Arnold Arboretum Asiatic Expedition from August 31st in part to November 16th 1925. From Hsiangtang to Kokonor Babo and return to Sining.
Includes sheet of Chinese writing on Chinese paper and loose notes, including lists [of plants? Photographs?]

Volume 1 of a series of diaries written by Joseph Rock in China.
Volume 1 covers Yunnanfu [Kunming] to Cheng-tu between December 1924 and March 1925.