The Gee Family copyright 1937 contains extensive information on the descendants of Charles and Hannah Gee. The first few chapters contain general historical information about the Gee family in England. Succeeding chapters contain lineage and biographical information on the descendants of Charles and Hannah.

The book was originally published by the Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc. in Rutland, Vermont, recently reprinted by Evansville Bindery, Inc. - 221 E. Columbia - Evansville, Indiana 47711. Please note that Evansville Bindery does not have copies of the book for sale. This information is provided in case others have books they might want to have reprinted.

The Kin of Dr. Ned Gee of Lunenburg County, Virginia copyright 1975, Library of Congress number 75-18805, is concerned primarily with the descendants of Neville³ Gee, (Charles¹, Charles²). There is extensive biographical and lineage information. The preface contains a few details not mentioned in the book by Fletcher.

I purchased this book through my local library several years ago from the Virginia Book Company - PO Box 431 - Berryville, Virginia 22611.

China Voyager: Gist Gee's Life in Science, Armonk, NY/ London, England: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1996. ISBN 1-56324-674-0 (hardcover: alk. paper) $65. ISBN 1-56324-675-9 (softcover: alk. paper) $24.95. May be ordered directly from the publisher, M. E. Sharpe, Inc. 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, NY 10504 or from your local book reseller.

From back of book cover (paperback edition): A native of Union, South Carolina, Gist Gee spent thirty years in China as a participant in the varied avenues of Sino-American interaction that helped build science in China. As a Southern Methodist educator in Soochow from 1901-1920, a Rockefeller official in Bejing from 1922-1932, and a biological researcher through his entire sojourn, Gee was instrumental in the transfer of modern science to China.

In this biography of an important but little-known American scientist, William J. Haas touches on the key themes of religious and secular beliefs and the evolution of Chinese scientific and educational institutions during the early 1900's, while simultaneously illuminating the cultural and human dimensions of, in Jonathan Spence's phrase, Western advisers in China. The extraordinary amount of research on the cultural and political context of Gist Gee's life in both the United States and China, from Union to Soochow, from Methodists to Buddhists, provides a broad overview of the intercultural world of Sino-American scientific relations during the first part of the century. Moreover, China Voyager: Gist Gee's Life in Science discusses the importance of the Rockefeller Foundations's work in China and its support for the natural sciences. All those interested in the role of Western science and the philanthropic organizations that helped foster the scientific and cultural history of China in the early twentieth century will want to read this eloquent biography.

William J. Haas is assistant professor of history at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He was a Fulbright fellow to China, where he was sponsored by the Institute for the History of Natural Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Haas took his Ph.D. in the history of science from Harvard University.

In the words of the archivist at Cornell "A fascinating collection". Copies of some of the items are available at a cost of 20 cents/copy plus $5.00 postage and handling, but they do not routinely copy entire collections. Give the archivist your specific area of interest from the summary below.

NAME: Gee family.

TITLE: Gee family papers

DATES: 1777-1973.

QUANTITY: 1.2 cubic ft.

SUMMARY:

Orderly book, Aug. 27-Oct. 26, 1779, of Sullivan's campaign kept by Thomas Gee; correspondence, 1803-1934, concerning Thomas Gee, taxes, and his heirs; transcription, photocopy, and photos of the orderly book; photocopies and photographs of Thomas Gee's military service record and other legal documents; Gee family genealogy and family tree; correspondence with historical societies, libraries, archives, and genealogical societies concerning the compilation of the Gee genealogy, from Henrietta Gee McFarland; paper by Mrs. McFarland, "Frontier Fort,"; and photographs including Gee family gravestones and the graveyard at St. Andrew's Cemetery, Walden, N.Y., where many Gee family members were buried. Also, commission, discharge, and land grant, 1777-1790.

CITE AS: Gee Family. Papers, #4176. Division of Rare and Manuscripts Collections, Cornell University Library.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE:

Thomas E. Gee, d.1796, was quartermaster sergeant in Col. John Lamb's regiment of artillery, a detachment from which, commanded by Capt. Wool, was attached to Clinton's brigade during the Sullivan expedition.