Charles William Le Gendre papers, 1866-1893

Collection Summary

Title	Charles William Le Gendre papers, 1866-1893
Inclusive Dates	1866-1893
Bulk Dates	1866-1875 and 1891-1892
ID No.	MSS29850
Creator	Le Gendre, Charles William, 1830-1899
Extent	1,800 items
Extent	14 containers plus 4 oversize
Extent	6 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English, French, with Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian languages
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009095
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78029850
Summary	Army officer and diplomat. Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, reports, Chinese and Japanese documents, and other papers relating chiefly to Le Gendre's service as American consul at Amoy, China, 1866-1872; as advisor in the Japanese government and in a diplomatic post representing Japan in Taiwan, 1872-1875; and as advisor in the Korean government, 1890-1899. Includes Le Gendre's journal, with drawings and photographs, in which he recounts his travels among aborigines in Taiwan.
Online Content	Part of the papers of Charles William Le Gendre is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000126. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition.