Introduction
This collection of shellac records, totaling 460 items, covers a wide range of topics, including traditional opera, language learning, and folk stories, with the majority being in Mandarin Chinese or other dialects and a few even being in other foreign languages. According to the size and publisher printed on the label, there are twenty-two different records: Victor Meiguo Shengli (American Victor) 10”, Victor 10”, Victor/Shangwu yinshuguan (The Commercial Press) 10”, Gramophone 10”, Dixson 10”, Columbia Gelin (transliteration of Columbia)/Shangwu yinshuguan 10”, Shanghai Baida gongsi (Pathé) 10”, Linguaphone 10”, Gaoting (transliteration of Odeon) Odeon 10”, Beikai (transliteration of Beka) Beka 10”, Hualian jipian gongsi 10”, Zhonghua shuju (Chunghwa) 10”, Yuandong changpian gongsi (Far East) 10”, Polyphonwerke 10”, Deutsche 10”, unlabeled 10”, Shanghai Baida gongsi 11¼”, Columbia 12”, Columbia Gelin 12”, Linguaphone 12”, Gramophone 12”, and U. S. [sic] Armed Forces Institute 12”.