Showing 25 results

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 Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 6; Cho-ni to Radja [Ra-gya] and Jupar [Gyu-par], 1926 entitled ‘Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Harvard Expedition, Vol. VI. Journey from Choni to Labrang and west to the Yellow River at Radja and beyond to the Amnyi Machen from April 23rd to August 20th 1926’ [see also Volume 20 - there are similar dates here]
Includes Rock’s hand drawn maps of the area and loose note

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 9 [10 on spine]; Yunnanfu to Mu-li, Konka-ling, 1927-1928 entitled Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Director National Geographic Society Expedition, Volume VIIII, IX, from Dec. 31st 1927 to June 17th 1928.
Contains loose notes/indices.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 10 [11 on spine]; Konka-ling to Li-chiang, 1928 entitled 'My journey to Mt Konka (Konkaling) from Muli, S.W. Szechuan. Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Sunday June 18th 1928 to October 24th 1928. Vol.X.'

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 16; Yunnanfu to Lichiang A-ts’an-gko, 1931 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Vol. XVI, from January 1st 1931 to May 1st 1931'
The diary contains a pressed flower and a loose photograph of Joseph Rock taken by Edgar Snow in 1930.
There are maps drawn on some of the pages.
The diary contains information about Naxi pictograms.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 8, Cho-ni to Sung-pan, 1927 entitled Diary of Joseph F.C Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Expedition, Vol. VIII, Journey from Choni via Tebbu country to Chungking, March 9th to April 18th [22nd], 1927.
Includes Sept. 14, Oct. 11 1952; Feb. 24-26 1954, New Year 1956-1957 and Aug. 31 1951.
Diary includes Chinese maps and ink sketches of Hawaiian landscapes.
Contains loose map of Minchow ['new country'] dated to 18 Dec. 1925 (with the compliments of J, McGillivray), pressed flowers and notes.

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. 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 Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 12 [13 on spine]; Yung-ning to Ta-tsien-lu [Kanding], 1929 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Volume XII, from February 13th 1929 to June 3rd 1929.
Contains loose notes and maps.

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 14 [15 on spine]; Nyorop’u to Nv-lv-k’o Lu-feng, 1929-1930 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Volume XIV, from September 1st 1929 to January 31st 1930.'
The diary contains a map drawn inside, extensive notes and loose notes on Naxi pictograms (inserted between pp. 188 and 189) and a photograph of Rock with Chinese and Western gentlemen.