Name
Johnson, Nelson T. (Nelson Trusler), 1887-1954 (Interviewee)
Albertson, Dean, 1920- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Nelson Trusler Johnson, 1954
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Nelson Trusler Johnson, 1954
Abstract
Family background and early life; experiences as student interpreter for Consular Service in China, 1907; Battle of the Concessions, Open Door Policy; Manchuria, 1909-1910; concession railways; Taiping rebellion; Revolution of 1911; Yale-in-China activities; Chinese social life and attitudes, early 1900s; recall to Washington and preparations for the Washington Conference; appointment as inspection officer in China, 1923
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Diplomats--United States; United States Foreign relations China; China Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations 20th century; China History Republic, 1912-1949; China Social conditions; Johnson, Nelson T. (Nelson Trusler), 1887-1954; United States. Dept. of State
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1954
Physical Description
sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit); 730 pages
Note (Biographical)
Diplomat
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
Biographical interview
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Interviewed by Dean Albertson
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
7025253
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-sx63-cx71
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.