Update:

We have resumed some on-campus services, including book pickup, virtual consultations, and fulfilling scanning/digitization requests. Many library materials are available online, but our buildings remain closed until further notice.

Fung Library

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Highlights

Supporting the study of China, Japan, Russia, and Eurasia with world-class collections, expert librarians, and digital resources.

  • China’s Cultural Revolution
  • 2011 Japan Disasters archive
  • Post-WWII Soviet photographs
  • Spaces to study
Open to Harvard ID holders. We offer stacks access to external students and researchers who present an official form of ID.
Full access policy

Contact

Knafel Building, Concourse Level
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Collections

Main Collections

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Davis Center Collection

Resources related to the field of Russian and Eurasian studies at the Fung Library.
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Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Collection

A variety of Chinese-language publications not widely available in the West.
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Japan Digital Research Center

The Japan Digital Research Center at the Fung Library develops and manages digital research collections in support of Japan-related academic and teaching programs. 

Special Collections

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Helen Tisdel De Wollant Papers

Tisdel De Wollant recorded her harrowing experiences in Crimea during the Civil War.
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Soviet Information Bureau Photograph Collection

These 6,000 black and white photos were intended to document the reconstruction of the Soviet Union following World War II.
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Poliksena Shishkina-Iavein Digital Photo Collection

Digital images documenting the life and work of Poliksena Shishkina-Iavein.

History

The H.C. Fung Library was founded in 2005, bringing together the libraries of the former Coolidge Hall, including:

  • the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Library,
  • the Japan Digital Resource Center (formerly the Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan),
  • and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Library.

The library collects resources related to international politics, foreign relations, foreign policy, economics, sociology, and political science of China, Japan, Russia and Eurasia.

Librarians with expertise in a designated area of the world and affiliated with a particular research institute select the library's holdings.