Circular letters from Alan Taylor Dale

Copies of five typed circular letters (1930-c1932) with one personal letter written by Alan Taylor Dale from the United Methodist Mission at Chu Chia Tsai and Wutingfu, North China. Circular letters (numbered 1 to 5) summarise his and his colleagues work in the region as well as his arrival and sett...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1217
Date(s) of creation: 1930-c1932
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.01.02.011
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Notes and Transcripts 2/Box 1217
callnumber MMS/17/01/02/011
callnumber_txt MMS/17/01/02/011
callnumber-sort MMS/17/01/02/011
prefix_number 011
title Circular letters from Alan Taylor Dale
scb_date_creation 1930-c1932
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 6 letters
format Archive
scb_admin_history Rev Alan Taylor Dale (1902-1979) served the (United) Methodist Missionary Society as a missionary in their North China District from 1929 to 1936.
scb_custodial_history Gift to Methodist Church Overseas Division from Mrs Alwyn Shackleton of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, 25 January 1982
description Copies of five typed circular letters (1930-c1932) with one personal letter written by Alan Taylor Dale from the United Methodist Mission at Chu Chia Tsai and Wutingfu, North China. Circular letters (numbered 1 to 5) summarise his and his colleagues work in the region as well as his arrival and settling in, the local environment and population, politics, religious sites and visitors. The personal letter, dated 23 January 1931, to Lily and Hilda, is a letter of thanks for a gift with information on his and his colleague's activities.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_related_material See also N/T Series 2, item 107
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0001.0002.00011