Includes professional correspondence covering departmental issues such as funding and computer equipment, conferences, committees, meetings, class schedules, notes on books written by Professor Frederic E. Wakeman, visiting lecture opportunities, professional and personal appointments, invitations, thank you notes, travel details, and other documents detailing the establishment and operation of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The records were created under the auspices of the first Director of the Institute, Frederic E. Wakeman, Jr. and include some personal correspondence. Additions received in 2014 were created under director, Robert Scalapino.

Color woodblock prints, early maps of Asia and beyond, and gorgeously detailed scrolls are just some of the highlights in the collection of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Imbedded in the descriptions of the works featured is a lucidly sketched history of the countries where the works originated and the ways in which they influenced each other. The library is the second-largest academic collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean books, maps, manuscripts, and other printed matter in the U.S.

Contains architectural drawings and specifications for the new C.V. Starr Asian Library and Chiang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies building dedicated in October, 2007. Also contains one VHS videotape and other printed promotional materials used prior to construction concerning donations and the need for a new library.

Prepared especially to meet the needs of the American student who wishes to read Thai newspapers and other Thai source materials.