Letters

Correspondence written mainly by Leslie Pacey (and later his wife Mildred) principally to his parents. Letters mainly written from the mission field in Yunnan but also include his letters from the College of Chinese Studies in Peiping [Beijing].


Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/Box 1409
Date(s) of creation: 1933-1937
Level: Sub-series
Format: Archive           
Main author: Pacey; Albert Leslie (1910-1987); ordained missionary
Other authors: Pacey; Mildred G (1907-1993); née Button; nurse; midwife; missionary wife

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.02.09.21.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/Box 1409
callnumber MMS/17/02/09/21/01
callnumber_txt MMS/17/02/09/21/01
callnumber-sort MMS/17/02/09/21/01
prefix_number 01
title Letters
scb_date_creation 1933-1937
scb_level Sub-series
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 7 files
author Pacey; Albert Leslie (1910-1987); ordained missionary
author_facet Pacey; Albert Leslie (1910-1987); ordained missionary
Pacey; Mildred G (1907-1993); née Button; nurse; midwife; missionary wife
authorStr Pacey; Albert Leslie (1910-1987); ordained missionary
author_letter Pacey; Albert Leslie (1910-1987); ordained missionary
author2 Pacey; Mildred G (1907-1993); née Button; nurse; midwife; missionary wife
author2Str Pacey; Mildred G (1907-1993); née Button; nurse; midwife; missionary wife
format Archive
description Correspondence written mainly by Leslie Pacey (and later his wife Mildred) principally to his parents. Letters mainly written from the mission field in Yunnan but also include his letters from the College of Chinese Studies in Peiping [Beijing].
scb_arrangement Two series of page numbers created by the family for the letters (first red then green). Some gaps in sequence due to misnumbering and a few letters (such as to younger siblings) having been removed. Earlier letters (page nos 1-69) were not deposited with the Methodist Church.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright vested with Pacey family
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 Some of the letters in this series are transcribed or summarised in 'Yunnan Service' by A L Pacey (1983). Furthermore, some letters are also transcribed or summarised in the work in this collection entitled 'A Small Link: 1932-1939, memoirs and diaries of Mildred Button (Mrs MIldred Pacey)'.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0002.0009.0021.0001