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World War 2 Foreign Currency saved by service member Robert Gallant

These Salem Teachers College Newsletters were compiled by History professor Edna McGlynn from letters she received from students and alumni serving in World War II. The newsletters documented the lives of Salem Teachers College service members and…

Nanking Road was one of the main streets in Shangai because it was famous for its markets. The big shops found along Nanking Road were established mainly for the tourist trade and in fact, that is where Walter Whitman state she was able to shop…

By the ports, there would be numerous American and European posts. As Whitman noticed, "the only thing to suggest China [was] the ever-present Chinese coolie and the signs in Chinese characters. Except for these two things we might have thought it an…