Luther Carrington Goodrich (1894-1986): A Bibliography

Abstract

IN 1926 L. CARRINGTON GOODRICH began at Columbia University his graduate studies in Chinese history and soon joined the American Oriental Society. For the next sixty years he was a member of the Society and he promoted the study of Chinese history and the scholarly profession in a variety of ways.1 This article is but an indication of one of the ways, concentrating on his research and publications spanning six decades.2 His interests in Chinese history were widespread, and it is difficult to note areas in which he did not involve himself, either directly or through his colleagues and students. While he did no research in the very early eras, for example, he was fascinated with archaeology in China. I recall my personal pleasure in pulling the paper tab to open the weekly Illustrated London News, which he received at home and which provided him the most recent reports of much in the field of archaeology. (We probably received it at home so that his wife could review news of Biblical archaeology, the kids could look at the pictures, and he could keep up with cricket, which he had played at his British boarding school in Cheefoo, Shantung Province.) For about thirty years