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Six typewritten plain paper pages entitled "The Symbology Involved in a Chien Lung Ceiling Square Used at Jehol" by John A. Dean. In the upper right corner of the first pageis pasted a small 1.5" square photograph. The article gives a description and…

12 typewritten pages entitled "Ceiling Square" on plain white paper. They appear to be a draft copy for an article and contain numerous pencilled corrections additions and deletions It describes the ceiling tile found by John Dean in the Illi Temple…

Eleven pages of notes on white paper Notes concern Buddhist symbolism gods and goddesses procedures and interpretations. A - I: Typed on blue lined white notebook paper. Yellowing. J: Typed on plain newsprint paper. K: Hand written in pencil on plain…

Notes written on blue double fold letterhead paper of the N.Y.U. Line in black ink. A: Gives a description of the colors and the design of the Chinese ceiling square from Jehol. The notes are hand written on the front and on the top half of the…

A: A letter 8" X 10.5" written on Smithsonian Institution letterhead to John A. Dean from J.E. Lodge curator dated July 30 1934. It responds to an inquiry concerning the meaning of the letters on a Chinese ceiling tile. B: A memo 4.375" X 5.375"…

A mounted and matted opaque watercolor of a ceiling tile from the Illi Temple in Jehol. The painting is done on thin cardboard which has been pasted on a stiffened paper backing. It is framed by a mat of grey cardboard. An ink line .25 " from the…

Map of Asia produced by National Geographic Magazine dated 1933. Scale 1:15000000.

"Peiping Utility Book" is the official address list and social calendar of the Peiping International Women's Club. Published in Peiping in 1930 it has a title page 43 numbered pages an advertising section title page 9 pages of ads and the inside back…

Green paper cover illustrated with ideographs enclosed in circle. Title reads "A Guide to Yenching University" above circle and "Peping China" below. Book has been folded in half lengthwise. 23 numbered pages fold-out map attached in front. DAMAGE:…

A: Letter of Credence - Henry Welton Rotz- member of Gautama Consitory (Freemasons) 12/13/52 B: Ticket for 1952 Joint Conferral " C: Ribbon " " " "