Papers of a railway and road building expert who was a director of famine relief in China for several decades. Included is extensive correspondence from Baker, chiefly to his family discussing dail...
Papers of a railway and road building expert who was a director of famine relief in China for several decades. Included is extensive correspondence from Baker, chiefly to his family discussing daily life, his work, and political events. Also included are newspaper clippings concerning Baker, an unpublished biography written by his sister Alice, and two pocket diaries containing brief entries. The microfilmed and manuscript portions of the collection overlap but are not duplicates.