2019-04-16 Guide to the Philip K. Dumaresq Diary Kept While Employed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in China and Japan, 1879 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0278 Finding aid prepared by Beth Crowner Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2019 March This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-04-16T13:44-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Philip K. Dumaresq Diary Kept While Employed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in China and Japan SPEC.RARE.CMS.0278 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1 0.2 Cubic feet 1879 Philip Kearney Dumaresq was an American special agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, founded in 1848, and primarily worked in Shanghai, China. The Philip K. Dumaresq Diary Kept While Employed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in China and Japan, dated 1879, contains entries kept by Dumaresq while employed in China and Japan, accompanied by his family. Entries are mainly concerned with the weather, family, business conducted, and traveling. (1) flat box English Dumaresq, Philip K. Acquisitions Information

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 Biographical Note

Philip Kearney Dumaresq, (1842-1911) was an American special agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, founded in 1848. Dumaresq’s parents traveled extensively, and he and his sisters were all born in China or Japan during these trips. Dumaresq worked primarily from Shanghai while in China, and was accompanied by his family there on a trip in 1879. Dumaresq died in Boston, Massachusetts in 1911.

 Scope and Contents

The Philip K. Dumaresq Diary Kept While Employed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in China and Japan, dated 1879, was recorded by Dumaresq while he was working as an American special agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in China and Japan, accompanied by his family. Entries are mainly concerned with the weather, family, business conducted, and traveling. The diary includes three news clippings in English discussing a court case Dumaresq was involved in as a plaintiff, as well as an article in French that deals with a major typhoon that hit Shanghai in June. Chinese characters and their pronunciation and meanings are included sporadically throughout the diary to remind Dumaresq of addresses or names. Dumaresq mentions areas in southern Japan, where he was persuaded by his wife, Sophie Hulbert Dumaresq, to stay due to the cooler weather after they visited Nagasaki in August, 1879. The last third of the journal contains frequent references to Japan, with a list of sites visited in Nara included at the back of the book.

 Dumaresq, Philip K. Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Businessmen--China--19th century Businessmen--Japan--19th century China--Description and travel--19th century Diaries Japan--Description and travel--19th century Travelers' writings, American--Asia--19th century