File 6 - Trip to China with Joseph Needham

People and horses go across Er Shun River Chieftains patrol in the morning Professor Zeng on a dangerous road Shaokou - Dianbei Dachuji Luozi (place name) Rest station Go ahead arriving Huili county City moat of Huili County, Xikang Madian -- Beside Jinsha River Go ahead in a hurry in Huili County Old lady weaving, Huili County Paddy field Highway - Xixiang Highway Highway - Xixiang Highway Copper mine, Big copper mining factory in Huili County, Xikang Mining factory in Huili County Copper smelting furnace in Huili County Mine workers, Copper mining factory in Huili County Anning River, Lifeblood of eight counties belonging to Ning, Xikang Torch, 14 June on the old calendar is the Torch Festival of the Yi People bustling with excitemen... Mine cave, Zinc mine in Tianbao Mountain, Huili Mine cave, Zinc mine in Tianbao Mountain, Huili Church, Yongdingying Catholic Church on Xihui Road, deeply rooted Catholicism in Xikang Province Church, Yongdingying Catholic Church on Xihui Road Xixiang Highway in rush repair Western-style highway under rush construction Western-style highway under rush construction Hard to cross: Tian Bao Mountain, nearby a watershed The wooden bridge that is hard to cross: Tian Bao Mountain, nearby a watershed overnight at a sacred place: Dong Yu Temple at Jiu Kan overnight at a sacred place: Dong Yu Temple at Jiu Kan Phoenix Bridge: nearby Dechang county Phoenix Bridge: nearby Dechang county Jin Chuan Bridge: made by iron chain Jin Chuan Bridge: made by iron chain Sun Shui: An Ning River Deep woods Pattern Xi Chang Basin Qiong Lake's scenery around Xi Chang county Lu Mountain Boulevard The gate of National Xikang Technical College Dormitory of National Xikang Technical College Library of National Xikang Technical College cloths dyeing Dangerous Shoal Gazing from Long Tou Mountain Yi people The Elder who carries logs on his back at Zhuhe Zhao Jue County City going forward
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JCPP/Picken/4/2/6

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Trip to China with Joseph Needham

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  • July 1941 (Creation)

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151 photographic prints, black and white, mounted on paper

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The photographs are taken by Zehan Chen, undergraduate chemistry student at Southwest Associated University. This album is possibly a gift from Chen to Professor Picken.

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Photographs taken during a scientific mission in China in 1941, on which both Laurence Picken and Joseph Needham were present. Each print is numbered and annotated in Chinese, possibly by Picken.

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On 1st July 1941, Zeng Zhaolun, a chemistry professor of the Southwest Associated University, led a group of scholars and students to investigate the southwestern area of present day Sichuan Province (which at that time was split between Sichuan and Xikang). Zeng published two books, Dian Kang Dao Shang (On the way from Yunnan to Chuankang) in 1943 and Investigation of Daliangshan Yi District in 1945. The content of those books correspond with photographs in this collection.

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No further information of Zehan Chen, the photographer, has yet been found, but some of his fellow students in this expedition group who were then undergraduates at Southwest Associated University became renowned scientists. For instance, Guangmao Dai later graduated with a PhD in chemistry at Indiana University, USA, was a chemist working in the USA and China. Shi'e Li studied in Copenhagen and the USA, and was a biochemist contributing to the study of cancer. Both of them are shown in the photographs.

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