A few concern Japanese foreign relations. Unpublished journal of voyage from San Francisco to Shanghai, 1887. Concerns his missionary activities in China. Includes notes on visits to Chinese industries. Concerns political events following the abdication of the Manchus.
Many entries relate to early period of the Chinese Republic.
Concerns his participation in the Paris Peace Conference. Concerns his participation in the International Conference on the Limitation of Armaments v. 9, 1924. Album commemorating recognition of the Republic of China by the United States, May 6, 1913. Photographs, signatures, menus, newspaper clippings, etc. Notebook with English-Chinese vocabulary, kept by Williams.