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    List of books obtained for the Committee on Collections from Eastern Asia [of the American Museum of Natural History]
    ([between 1904 and 1908]) Berthold Laufer 1874-1934.; American Museum of Natural History. Committee on Collections from Eastern Asia.; Laufer Collection (American Museum of Natural History); Jacob H. Schiff Chinese Expedition (1901-1904)
    The 610 entries in the catalog represent 16th-19th century books and other materials collected by Laufer during the Jacob H. Schiff Chinese Expedition (1901-1904) in order to provide textual sources for the artifacts, the latter collected to document the industrial and social life of the Chinese, including local histories and herbals. All are in Chinese, except for about 70 titles, in Western languages. Most of the collection (some 490 titles) is in the AMNH Library; about 90 titles are in Columbia University's East Asian Library; the remaining consist of miscellaneous items, such as maps. About 20 titles are duplicate entries.
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    Classified catalogue of Chinese books in the Library of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City : arranged in order of Imperial catalogue, Si ku quan shu zong mu (ssu k'u ch'üan shu tsung mu)
    (2015-07-08) American Museum of Natural History. Library.; Laufer Collection (American Museum of Natural History)
    The Laufer collection at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, consists of about 550 works, nearly all of them in Chinese. As they were brought back from a 1902-1904 field trip to Siberia, Central Asia, and China, they are all published before 1904. Many of the works are unavailable elsewhere in the United States. The strengths of the collection are: the Northwestern and Western regions including Xinjiang and Mongolia (local chronicles; publications by and on Chinese Muslims; Qing government publications on Chinese Muslims; maps of the region); Qing archaeological scholarship (ancient coins, stone inscriptions); and illustrated works (ritual performances, mirror for the emperor, geographical treatises, sacred edict, novels, minorities). The Museum also holds a sizeable amount of photographs brought back by Laufer. A first batch has been made accessible on-line, see . The catalogue reproduced here was compiled in 1918. It is organized according to the Siku quanshu zongmu scheme. While not really suitable for these types of books, the advantage is that works with a similar focus will appear in the catalogue in close proximity. The transcription used is Wade-Giles. This catalogue is published in this format to facilitate access while the Museum prepares a full on-line catalogue. The books can be accessed on site.