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China Trade

What collections are available at Baker Library Special Collections and Archives to support my China Trade research?


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Baker Library Special Collections and Archives has extensive collections documenting American trading firms in China during the nineteenth century, known as China Trade collections. Our online exhibit, A Chronicle of the China Trade: The Records of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877, focuses on our largest collection of records, the Heard family business records. The Nineteenth-Century China Trade Manuscript Collections page provides an overview of our major China Trade collections, including descriptions and links to finding aids/guides (for the larger collections).

Please contact us at specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu if you have any questions or are interested in using the collections.