Summary Information

Title: Gaston Liebert papers,
Creator: Gaston Liebert.
Inclusive dates: 1866-1929.
3.2 cubic ft.
Correspondence, clippings, letters, photographs.
Abstract::

Letters, documents, and photographs of Gaston Liebert, including official correspondence with Paris and Hanoi and personal correspondence from other French diplomats in China and Indochina. Material emphasizes problems in the Sino-Vietnamese border area during 1899-1900 and activities of Vietnamese revolutionaries in China, Macao, and Hong Kong before and during World War I. There are also documents relating tariff and debt negotiations with China after the Boxer Rebellion and to an British commercial treaty with China.

Call number: 4435
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library