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Growth of Far Eastern Collections in American Libraries, 1930-1970| Growth of Far Eastern Collections in American Libraries, 1930-1970 | |||||||
| Year | Number of Volumes at end of period | Total | Additions during 5-year period |
Average annual increase |
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| CHN | JPN | KOR | Other | ||||
| 1966 - 1970 | 3,335,000 | 1,881,000 | 138,000 | 22,000 | 5,432,000* | 1,518,000 | 313,000 |
| 1961 - 1965 | 2,409,000 | 1,359,000 | 75,000 | 15,000 | 3,858,000 | 1,302,000 | 260,000 |
| 1956 - 1960 | 1,634,000 | 894,000 | 23,000 | 5,000 | 2,556,000 | 658,000 | 159,000 |
| 1951 - 1955 | 1,434,000 | 742,000 | - | - | 2,176,000 | 402,000 | 80,000 |
| 1946 - 1950 | 1,188,000 | 586,000 | - | - | 1,774,000 | 725,000 | 145,000 |
| 1941 - 1945 | 938,000 | 111,000 | - | - | 1,049,000 | 180,000 | 36,000 |
| 1936 - 1940 | 779,000 | 90,000 | - | - | 869,000 | 309,000 | 62,000 |
| 1931 - 1935 | 500,000 | 60,000 | - | - | 560,000 | 173,000 | 35,000 |
| ~1930 | 355,000 | 32,000 | - | - | 387,000 | - | - |
| *: Including 56,000 reels of microfilm not accounted earlier. | |||||||