Copies of mostly primary publications but also secondary sources on or by the (Boy) Scout Association of China and/or its local/provincial branches in various parts of China ranging in dates from the 1910s to 1970s, mostly rare items difficult to obtain either inside or outside China and useful for research on the earlier history of Scouting in China in the early postpre-WWII days, acquired during research trips conducted by the donor to restricted or special collections of central or main public and academic libraries of Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong and elsewhere.