PAUL RICHARD BOHR:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Bohr, Paul Richard, creator. | |
| Title: | Paul Richard Bohr papers. | |
| Dates: | 1928-2012 (bulk 1975-2012). | |
| Language: | Materials in English, Chinese, and Japanese. | |
| Abstract: | Papers of Paul Richard Bohr, the former Executive Director and President of the Midwest China Center and professor of Asian history. The papers predominantly include records related to the Midwest China Center (1975-1994), and some materials related to his time teaching at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University (1992-2012). | |
| Quantity: | 7.9 cubic feet (9 boxes), 26 master audio files: WAV (9.5 GB), 26 user audio files: MP3 (1.2 GB), 1 master video file: MOV (38.4 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (2.8 GB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Paul Richard Bohr (more commonly known as Dr. Richard Bohr) graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian History. He later obtained a Masters of Arts in East Asian Studies and a Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Harvard University, and a Ph.D in Modern Chinese History from University of California, Davis.
Bohr's early career included the publication of his book Famine in China and the Missionary: Timothy Richard as Relief Administrator and Advocate of National Reform (1972), and he also taught at the Diocesan Boys School in Hong Kong in the early 1970s. From 1979 to 1980, Bohr served as Assistant Professor of Asian History at Ohio Wesleyen University.
In 1980, Bohr accepted a position for the Midwest China Center, a non-profit coalition of colleges, universities, foundations, corporations, religious, community, and arts organizations focused on Upper Midwest-China relations. He served in the roles of Executive Director and President from 1980 to 1987. In this period, Bohr authored Religion in the People's Republic of China: The limits of reform (1982) and he also edited the Midwest USA/China resource guide (1987).
In subsequent roles, Bohr served as Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Trade Office from 1988 to 1991. He also served as Director of Padilla Speer Beardsley International from 1991 to 1992.
Bohr returned to teaching as an Associate History Professor in the Asian Studies Department of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (St. Joseph and Collegeville, Minnesota) in 1994. He continued to teach Asian history and served as the Asian Studies Department Director before his retirement in 2015.
In his personal life, Dr. Richard Bohr married Gail Chang, who served as Executive Director of the Children's Law Center of Minnesota from 1995 to 2008, and Judge in the Second Judicial District of Ramsey County, Minnesota from 2008 to 2014. Together the couple had two children and resided in St. Paul, Minnesota.
ARRANGEMENT
These papers are organized into the following sections:
| Midwest China Center | ||
| Administrative records | ||
| Reference materials | ||
| Midwest China Oral History, Archives, and Museum Collection | ||
| Publications and information files | ||
| Audiovisual | ||
| Academic files | ||
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
The video recording in copyright in this collection is not available online, but can be accessed upon request for use in the Gale Family Library reading room. Please consult reference staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Paul Richard Bohr Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 17,988; 18,022
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the audiovisual material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audiocassettes and videocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav and mov files.
Processing Information:
Processed by: Leif Kopietz, February 2025 and December 2025
Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, August 2025.
Digital audiovisual transferred from the master audiocassettes and videocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (August 2025).
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 9989875540104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
MIDWEST CHINA CENTER
The Midwest China Center was founded in 1975. The organization's main functions were to: provide briefing and information services, resources, and programs to constituencies; stimulate academic research and study projects; and serve as a liaison for China concerns at regional, national, and international levels. Its core member institutions and constituent groups included Upper Midwestern church, academic, civic, cultural, community, and business organizations. The organization published a variety of journals, newsletters, and papers; maintained a research library and the Midwest China Oral History, Archives, and Museum Collection; provided outreach programming for religious, school, and cultural communities; and provided liaison for China-interested organizations. Dr. Donald E. MacInnis served as the organization's first Executive Director, and then was succeeded by Paul Richard Bohr in 1980.
The series includes: the organization's administrative records (1964, 1976-1989); reference materials, prints, and publications from the organization's research library, the Midwest China Oral History, Archives, and Museum Collection, and its outreach programs (undated, 1928, 1945, 1954, 1956, 1960s-1990s); and audio recordings and one video recording from various seminars and conferences hosted by or related to the organization (undated, 1986-1989).
Administrative records
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| 154.L.14.8F | 1 | Board meetings, 1986 June-December. | |||||||||||
| Accounting statements, 1984-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Commercial policy, 1982. | |||||||||||||
| Business policy, Continental Insurance, 1985-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Continental Insurance, 1987 March-April. | |||||||||||||
| Marsh & McLennan Group Associates correspondence and policy information, 1979-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Service survey, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| Treasurer's report, 1977-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center bulk mailing, 1980-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Office equipment, 1983-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center computer, 1982-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Newsletter requests, undated, 1980, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous master forms, undated, 1975, 1983. | |||||||||||||
| Various, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center accountant, 1981-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Minolta copier, 1983-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center graphics, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Donations, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Budget, income, minutes, and directory information, 1983-1988. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Department of Economic Security, 1980-1982. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center accounts, 1984-1987. | |||||||||||||
| IRS quarterly returns, 1982-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence with IRS, 1976-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Invoices sent and received, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| To invoice, 1986 May-June. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center bank statements, June 1, 1984-May 31, 1986. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Insurance, 1982-1986. | |||||||||||||
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| 154.L.14.9B | 2 | TIAA, 1986. | |||||||||||
| Expenses, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| "Film Request" calendar, 1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Audiovisual - bookings and repairs, 1984-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Printing of stationery, 1983-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center Treasurer's reports, 1980-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center audits, 1979-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Tax reports, 1982. | |||||||||||||
| Board members, fiscal year 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center bank statements, 1979-May 31, 1984. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| China Books and Periodicals, Inc., 1987. | |||||||||||||
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) briefing, 1987 May-July. | |||||||||||||
| Newsletter. | |||||||||||||
| The China letter, September 1987. | |||||||||||||
| Newsletter. | |||||||||||||
| Baker & McKenzie, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| Disbursements, 1980-1982. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| China Spectrum subscriptions, 1981-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Newsletter produced by the organization. | |||||||||||||
| UMEAS: Curriculum MTLS/resumes, 1983-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center Conferences, 1986. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center Board of Directors, 1986-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU), 1984-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Schools Outreach Committee, 1984-1985. | |||||||||||||
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| 154.L.14.10F | 3 | Chinese Performing Arts Troupe, October 17-20, 1985. | |||||||||||
| Chinese Education Delegation, October 5-8, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Schools Outreach requests, 1984-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Cultural Delegation, January 24-26, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Arts Delegation, November 17-19, 1984. | |||||||||||||
| Oral history requests, 1980, 1985, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| "The Biography of Anna Lee Wold," by Donald A. Borlaug, submitted for requirements of Middler Missions II, Luther Theological Seminary, May 1954. | |||||||||||||
| History of education in China by Ch'en Ch'ing-chih, translated by Warren Horton Stuart, Volume III (carbon copy), approximately 1964. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Budget, income, and expenses, 1975-1987. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Chronology of events in China, clippings, work paper orders, seminar information, and financial statements, 1986-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Board of Directors meeting minutes, February 13, 1985-January 19, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Executive Committee meeting minutes and Bylaws, May 8, 1984-December 13, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Museum for Doug, approximately 1981. | |||||||||||||
| Museum artifacts - inventory, undated, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| Accession book - Archives and Museum, Midwest China Oral History Collection, 1976-1984. | |||||||||||||
| Photocopy. | |||||||||||||
| By-laws of the Midwest China Center, October 1, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| People's Republic of China (PRC) Exchange Program information, roster of Minnesota China Center Board of Directors, and list of Twin Cities daily newspapers, 1983-1986. | |||||||||||||
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| 148.F.13.8F | 7 | Midwest China Center income, May 1983. | |||||||||||
| Sales and use tax information, 1975-1987. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center newsletter, 1987-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center business letter, July-August, and December 1988. | |||||||||||||
| Gladys S. Brooks - Board, 1982, 1985-1986. | |||||||||||||
| O'Connor and Hannan Law, 1985-1986. | |||||||||||||
| St. Cloud State University, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Medical and Electronic Technology Exporters Corporation, 1986-1988. | |||||||||||||
| Fred S. James of Minnesota, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota State tax, 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Cheryl Dickson, 1982, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Mankato State University, 1984-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Grant information and correspondence: | |||||||||||||
| Mardag Foundation, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Bush Foundation, 1986-1988. | |||||||||||||
| Henry Luce Foundation, 1980-1986. | |||||||||||||
| Northwest Area Foundation, 1980-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Bremer Foundation, 1987 April-June. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Grotto Foundation, 1982-1987. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| The St. Paul Foundation, 1985-1989. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul Companies Foundation, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota Foundation, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant proposal, Minnesota World Trade Center and Midwest China Center, September 1987-September 1990. | |||||||||||||
| F.R. Bigelow Foundation, 1986-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center mission statements, 1987-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center audit, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center Advisory Council, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Administration: Oral history/museum, 1982-1985. | |||||||||||||
| Siew Nang Wong, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Contractor. | |||||||||||||
| Northwest Area Foundation, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Mailing list: World Trade, March 1985. | |||||||||||||
| Chinese Consulate, January 31, 1989. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center representation in China, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| OTA outreach survey, February 25, 1987. | |||||||||||||
| Taiyuan Delegation, 1986-1987. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center audit, 1984-1985. | |||||||||||||
| St. Paul-Changsha Sister City relationship, 1985-1988. | |||||||||||||
| Includes correspondence and planning materials regarding the development and establishment of the cultural exchange sister city relationship between the city of Changsha, Hunan, China and St. Paul, Minnesota. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center insurance needs, 1989. | |||||||||||||
| Bookkeeping, 1977-1985. | |||||||||||||
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| 148.F.13.9B | 9 | Midwest China Center audit, 1985-1986. | |||||||||||
| Institutional members: | |||||||||||||
| St. Olaf College, 1979-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Augsburg College, 1978-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Hamline University, 1978-1988. | |||||||||||||
| The College of St. Catherine, 1978-1989. | |||||||||||||
| College of St. Thomas, 1976-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Macalester College, 1976-1989. | |||||||||||||
| Carleton College, 1975-1988. | |||||||||||||
| Shanxi Electronics Trade Delegation visit to Minnesota organized by the Midwest China Center, August 29-September 2, 1984. | |||||||||||||
| Labels from empty hanging folders. | |||||||||||||
Reference materials
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| 154.L.14.10F | 3 | China in focus periodical, Beijing Review Publication, 1983, 1985-1986. | |||||||||||
| Family planning pamphlets, Publicity and Education Department, State Family Planning Commission, People's Republic of China, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Far East Reporter newsletter, Maud Russell, 1978-1984. | |||||||||||||
| China Reconstructs newsletter, early 1980s. | |||||||||||||
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| 154.L.14.11B | 4 | The Strategic quadrangle: Russia, China, Japan, and the United States in East Asia edited by Michael Mandelbaum, A Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1994. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Missiology, An International Review, Volume XI, Number 3, July 1983. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Jean-Phillipe GELEY, Libraire, 1984. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Ohio directory of East Asian specialists, A Publication of the Ohio Regional China Council, 1978. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| China handbook series: Culture, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| China handbook series: History, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| China handbook series: Education and science, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1983. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous pamphlets and writings, undated, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| "China: statistics brief," compiled by State Statistical Bureau, People's Republic of China, 1984. | |||||||||||||
| Ai Qing selected poems, edited by Eugene Chen Eoyang, 1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| The China guidebook, Frediric M. Kaplan and Arne J. de Keijzer, 1982/1983. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| 15 Cities in China, China Reconstructs, Beijing, 1980. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Georgia's East Asian connection, 1733-1983, edited by Jonathan Goldstein, West Georgia College Studies in the Social Sciences, Volume XXII, June 1983. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Selected stories of Lu Hsun, translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang, Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1972. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Issues and studies, A Journal of China Studies and International Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 2, February 1988. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| "Theme: China age-old and ever-changing," Maryknoll, July 1980. | |||||||||||||
| The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Young builders of China, All-China Youth Federation, December 1984. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Teahouse, Lao She, translated by John Howard-Gibbon, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1984. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| A Survey of Hunan, Huayi Publishing House, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| "Christian witness to the Chinese people," Lausanne Occasional Papers, No. 6 Thailand report, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 1980. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| New Chinese recipes by Fred Wing, United China Relief, 1944. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Art reproduction folios: Scenes of the People's Republic of China, 1973. | |||||||||||||
| "Ancient Chinese Bronzes," Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1972. | |||||||||||||
| "Learning from Christians in Wuxi," by Theresa Chu, Canada China Programme, Canadian Council of Churches, 1988. | |||||||||||||
| "Kakuman's lacquerware," undated. | |||||||||||||
| In a Rainstorm, illustrations by Wei Chiang-fan, Wu Yen-hsiu and Chou Szu-tsung, Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1977. | |||||||||||||
| Orbit of China, Harrison E. Salisbury, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| #495 "How should we deal with Taiwan?" guests: Richard Holbrooke and Dr. Walter Judd, Firing Line, William F. Buckley Jr., Southern Educational Communications Association, January 18, 1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Debate transcript. | |||||||||||||
| 800,000,000: The Real China, Ross Terrill, An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1972. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Joint ventures in the People's Republic of China, Margaret M. Pearson, Princeton University Press, 1991. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Chinese-English dictionary of contemporary usage, compiled by Wen-shun Chi, University of California Press, 1977. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| China travel: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou, China Travel and Tourism Press, Beijing, 1975. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| "Persecution of Catholics on the Chinese Mainland," China Mainland Affairs Research Center, Taipei, Taiwan, September 1984. | |||||||||||||
| Negotiation of contract terms by Huiying Yin, Robert E. Ankli, and Mary Edmond Riedder, 1991. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| China: Violations of human rights: Prisoners of conscience and the death penalty in the People's Republic of China, Amnesty International, 1984. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| "Economic policy toward China in the post-Reagan era," Nicholas R. Lardy, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, based on the conference convened by the National Committee on United States-China Relations, Inc., January 1989. | |||||||||||||
| "Asian studies," Heffer Catalogue 123, Heffer Booksellers, Spring 1980. | |||||||||||||
| Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-hsi by Jonathon D. Spence, Vintage Books, October 1988. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Introducing Buddhism by Kenneth Scott Latourette, Friendship Press, New York, 1956. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Modern Japan: A Historical survey by Mikiso Hane, Second Edition, Westview Press, 1992. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Travels in China, 1966-1971 by Rewi Alley, New World Press, Peking, 1973. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1966-1967. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| "China: A Model for development," The Churches and social change, An Educational Series published by the Canada China Programme, Issue No. 1, 1979. | |||||||||||||
| "Rooting the Christian school in Chinese soil," an address by Dr. Francis Cho-Min Wei, Union Theological Seminary, New York, October 24, 1945. | |||||||||||||
| "The Outlook for Christian education in China," by E.W. Wallace, D.D., reprinted from The International Review of Missions, January 1928. | |||||||||||||
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| 148.F.13.9B | 9 | Bridge: Church life in China today newsletter, 1988-1989. | |||||||||||
| Asian Business & Community news, February and December 1989. | |||||||||||||
| Canada China Programme: Theological Education in China (Protestant), approximately 1984. | |||||||||||||
| "Special feature: People's Republic of China," December 1981. | |||||||||||||
Midwest China Oral History, Archives, and Museum
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| 153.A.16.8F-2 | 8 | Mounted prints of Chinese life, approximately 1983. | |||||||||||
Publications and information files
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| 154.L.14.11B | 4 | Maps of China, 1969, 1981-1982. | |||||||||||
| Teacher's PAC, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Instructions and lesson plans packet on China. | |||||||||||||
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| 154.L.14.12F | 5 | Textbook Project draft, May 5, 1983. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous travel guides, demographic information, bibliographies, and other publications, 1970s-1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Community resources on China: A guide for teachers and other folks, undated. | |||||||||||||
| U.S.-China Education Clearinghouse handbooks, 1981-1982. | |||||||||||||
| The State of Education Commission of The People's Republic of China pamphlets, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| China Pictorial pamphlets, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| Published press briefings, bibliographies, studies, guides, and lesson plans, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980s. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Published press briefings, bibliographies, studies, guides, and lesson plans, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980s. | |||||||||||||
| Upper Midwest guide to resources available on East Asia, approximately 1986. | |||||||||||||
| China: A multimedia guide by Mary Robinson Sive, Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Third World resource directory: A guide to organizations and publications, edited by Thomas P. Fenton and Mary J. Heffron, Orbis Books, 1984. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| "China - Impressions," by Binneg Y. Lao and Ping Sheng, undated. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Current - (unfiled, misc.) - to do, 1984. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Planning binder for information resources provided by the Midwest China Center. | |||||||||||||
| "A Compilation of Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) policies and proposed legislative responses to circumstances involving nationals of the People's Republic of China," prepared by Howard S. Myers, III, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., August 16, 1989. | |||||||||||||
| "Exploring the People's Republic of China: Mathematics," Division of Instruction, Minnesota Department of Education, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Membership directories, The Association of Asian Studies, Inc., 1984, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| Catalogs and guides, 1979, 1987-1988. | |||||||||||||
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| 154.L.14.13B | 6 | The People's Republic of China: A basic handbook, 2nd and 3rd Editions, compiled by Richard C. Bush and James R. Townsend, The China Council of the Asia Society, 1981-1982. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| "Immigration law basics," by Scott M. Borene, Attorney at Law, Immigration issues for Chinese students, August 15, 1989. | |||||||||||||
| Resource guide for East Asia: Audiovisual materials on China, Japan, and Korea available in Washington State, 3rd Edition, by Robert Weiss and Linda Cheever, September 1977. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest China Center: Summary of Programs, Services, and Resources, 1975-1987. | |||||||||||||
Audiovisual
| Internet | Midwest China Center: Conferences and seminars: | ||||||||||||
| New trends in Asian trade, Midwest China Center Seminar, May 5, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| Tape 1. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 36 minutes): WAV (488 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (60.8 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Tape 2. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 36 minutes): WAV (488 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (60.7 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Tape 3. 1 master audio file (53 minutes 2 seconds): WAV (488 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (33.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Business regulations in today's China, Midwest China Center Seminar, May 27, 1986. | |||||||||||||
| Tape 1. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 35 minutes): WAV (483 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (61.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Tape 2. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 36 minutes): WAV (485 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (61.2 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Opening sessions, China Careers, October 10, 1986. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 36 minutes): WAV (363 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (46 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Multinationals, China Careers, October 10, 1986. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 6 minutes): WAV (337 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (42.5 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Small business, China Careers, October 10, 1986. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 5 minutes): WAV (332 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (44 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Teaching English, China Careers, October 10, 1986. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 5 minutes): WAV (287 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (36 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Ambassador Hummel, Midwest China Center Conference, November 6, 1986. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 4 minutes): WAV (325 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (45.4 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| The 5-year plan, Simon Edwards, Midwest China Center Conference, November 6, 1986. 1 master audio file (45 minutes, 50 seconds): WAV (231 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (29.8 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| The Future..., Bing Xu and Ronald Bosrock, Midwest China Center Conference, November 6, 1986. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 3 minutes): WAV (321 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (40.6 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Bishop Ting lecture, April 14, 1988. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 29 minutes): WAV (451 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (60.1 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Li Zhijun, RTBFST, June 23, 1988. 1 master audio file (46 minutes, 40 seconds): WAV (235 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (29.8 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| SPICE Annual Meeting, September 13, 1988. 1 audiocassette. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Unable to digitize. Very distorted and not audible. | |||||||||||||
| MCC - Chen Baosheng, November 17, 1988. 1 master audio file (46 minutes, 40 seconds): WAV (580 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (63.9 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| St. Thomas professor, April 20, 1989. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 23 minutes): WAV (420 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (54 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Ed Corn: Music, theatre, and China, February 27, [year unknown]. 1 master audio file (53 minutes, 48 seconds): WAV (271 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (33.2 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Dr Paul Spickard, February 17, [year unknown]. 1 master audio file (59 minutes, 32 seconds): WAV (601 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (73.1 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Grow, undated. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 35 minutes): WAV (481 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (61.4 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Sung Won Sohn, undated. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 12 minutes): WAV (366 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (47.3 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| MCC, June 22, year unknown. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 12 minutes): WAV (332 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (47.5 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Professor Lee - University of Minnesota - MCC, undated. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 3 minutes): WAV (318 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (41.5 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| MCC, undated. 1 master audio file (7 minutes, 48 seconds): WAV (39.4 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (4.9 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Kerry McGlynn and Elizabeth Keck lunch, undated. 1 master audio file (2 hours, 3 minutes): WAV 622 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (79.5 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| OTA Round Table - Discussion, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Tape 1. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 4 minutes): WAV (325 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (40.5 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| Tape 2. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 1 minutes): WAV (309 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (39.7 MB). | |||||||||||||
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| ETV Series, Okinawa, June 23, 1987. 1 master video file (2 hours, 48 minutes): MOV (38.4 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (2.5 GB). | |||||||||||||
| In Japanese. | |||||||||||||
| In copyright. | |||||||||||||
ACADEMIC FILES
Includes materials from Bohr's time as a Professor of Asian History and Director for the Asian Studies Department at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (CSB/SJU) in Minnesota, as well as some select materials from his time with the Midwest China Center and World Trade Center of Minnesota. The series includes: correspondence, reference letters, faculty and department newsletters, lecture outlines, reference materials, symposium posters, event and program information, and publications related to his time at CSB/SJU (1992-2010, 2012); photographs from his delegation trips with the Midwest China Center (1989); and a copy his Midwest USA/China resource guide, which was co-produced by the Midwest China Center and World Trade Center of Minnesota (1987).
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| 154.L.14.13B | 6 | Recommendation letters, 2007. | |||||||||||
| 10th Annual, Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day, Saint Benedict and Saint John's: abstracts and schedule, April 28, 2010. | |||||||||||||
| The ASIANetwork Exchange newsletter, February 1999. | |||||||||||||
| Incoming and inter-office mail, publications, and newsletters, 2004-2009. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Reference: magazine articles and periodicals regarding events in Asian countries, 2007-2010. 2 folders. | |||||||||||||
| China trip photographs, approximately 1989. | |||||||||||||
| Faculty and department newsletters, alumni magazines, and miscellaneous, 2001-2010. | |||||||||||||
| Midwest USA/China resource guide, P. Richard Bohr, editor, produced by the Midwest China Center and The Minnesota World Trade Center, Bolger Publications, Inc., 1987. 1 volume. | |||||||||||||
| Photograph album: Shanghai, Nanjing, Hong Kong, May 1989. | |||||||||||||
| Disassembled binder. | |||||||||||||
| Includes photographs from delegation visits associated with the Midwest China Center to disabled children's hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and training and employment institutions for disabled in the cities of Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hong Kong. | |||||||||||||
| Relocation to China: participant guide, Wilson Learning Corporation, 1998. | |||||||||||||
| History 317. Lecture outlines, 2012. | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong related information pamphlets and newsletters, 1996-1997. | |||||||||||||
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| 153.A.16.8F-2 | 8 | Poster: "China Symposium 2007: Understanding the four systems of China," St. Cloud State University, March 25-27, 2007. | |||||||||||
| Poster: "Asians in Minnesota: Enriching the tapestry of community life," University of Minnesota Extension Service, 2003. | |||||||||||||
| Poster: "China's century of unequal treaties, 1830-1945," undated. | |||||||||||||
| Photocopy. | |||||||||||||
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| 148.F.13.9B | 9 | "Envoy's visit to give chance to revive Minnesota-China ties," P. Richard Bohr, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, September 17, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Editorials from others: Chinese Americans and Confucianism, 1994. | |||||||||||||
| "The Search for Shangri-La: Asia and America in the Modern World," P. Richard Bohr, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Director of Asian Studies, Elderhostel, 1996. | |||||||||||||
| "China, Taiwan, Hong Kong: U.S. challenges," by Joseph R. Gregory, Great Decisions, 1995. | |||||||||||||
| Benedictine mission to Chinaby Sister M. Wibora Muehlenbein, O.S.B., Saint Benedict's Convent, Saint Joseph, Minnesota, 1979. | |||||||||||||
| Poems by students, Contemporary China, 1997. | |||||||||||||
| Letter from Naomi Nakada to Dr. P. Richard Bohr, November 12, 1996. | |||||||||||||
| Minnesota-China Initiative, September 1997. | |||||||||||||
| CSB/SJU Connections newsletter, May and September 1997. | |||||||||||||
| Friends of Asian Studies Dinner invite letter, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Letter regarding Association of International Educators (NAFSA) grant application, P. Richard Bohr, September 7, 1997. | |||||||||||||
| Friends of Asian Studies Dinner guest list, undated. | |||||||||||||
| NCTA Minnesota Seminar materials, Spring 2018. | |||||||||||||
| The Chinese characters: reports from twenty-four adventurers in an Ancient Land, Vol Nos. 1, 3, 4, 1995 October-December. | |||||||||||||
| Background information on the Tibetan Institute of Performing Art (TIPA), 1997. | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous clippings, 1993, 1995. | |||||||||||||
| [0.40 cubic feet empty, letter-sized] | |||||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Education -- China.
- Missionaries -- China.
- Missions -- China.
- Chinese Americans -- Societies, etc.
- Chinese Americans -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Midwest China Oral History, Archives, and Museum Collection, author.
- Midwest China Center (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
- Minnesota World Trade Center (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
- Places:
- China -- Church history.
- China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
- China -- Commerce -- Middle West.
- Asia -- Study and teaching.
- Asia -- History.
- Document Types:
- Audio recordings.
- Photographs.
- Video recordings.
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