Report on the advisability of founding an American school of archaeology in Peking (1915)

How would you go about establishing a new school of Archaeology in China in the early twentieth century? Would you bring in an international set of instructors? What sites would you uncover? As you transcribe Langdon Warner's report on whether and how a school might be founded in Peking, you'll learn more about the complex international relationships at play in 1913. An American archaeologist and art historian specializing in East Asian art, Langdon Warner (1881-1955) was also a professor at Harvard. He served as the Curator of Oriental Art at Harvard’s Fogg Museum and corresponded extensively with Charles Freer, founder of the Freer Gallery of Art. Warner was also a member of the Monuments Men and is credited with saving Japanese cultural heritage during World War II. Learn more about Warner and the field of archaeology as you transcribe this report, shared by the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.