Letter from Uncle A[lfred] Evans, Kowloon, H[ong] K[ong], to Mildred and Leslie [Pacey], Elland, Yorks[hire]
Handwritten letter. Thanks them for letters, some of which delayed reaching him. Not wise now to send letters from England directly to Pearl [his adopted daughter in China]. Letters in English are treated with suspicion and even some of his letters in Chinese are opened by the authorities. Pearl bee...
Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/Box 1409 |
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Date(s) of creation: |
16 Sep 1960 |
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Item |
Format: | Archive |
collection |
SOAS Archive |
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id |
MMS.17.02.09.21.04.05 |
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/17/02/09/21/04/05 |
callnumber_txt |
MMS/17/02/09/21/04/05 |
callnumber-sort |
MMS/17/02/09/21/04/05 |
prefix_number |
05 |
title |
Letter from Uncle A[lfred] Evans, Kowloon, H[ong] K[ong], to Mildred and Leslie [Pacey], Elland, Yorks[hire] |
scb_date_creation |
16 Sep 1960 |
scb_level |
Item |
level_sort |
8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item |
scb_extent |
1 page |
format |
Archive |
scb_acquisition |
Accepted as a deposit on behalf of the Methodist Church from Mr Arnold Pacey, November 2005 |
description |
Handwritten letter. Thanks them for letters, some of which delayed reaching him. Not wise now to send letters from England directly to Pearl [his adopted daughter in China]. Letters in English are treated with suspicion and even some of his letters in Chinese are opened by the authorities. Pearl been unwell - arthritis and headaches. Friend of hers one of the many 'volunteers' for expansion and development in Ulan Bator [Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia]. He is in good health and has been attending services at both Chinese and Englsih Methodist churches in Kowloon. J E Sandbach on furlough currently but been doing very good work here. |
scb_access_status |
Open |
scb_copyright |
Copyright vested with estate of Alfred Evans |
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 |
hierarchy_top_id_raw |
MMS |
hierarchy_sequence |
MMS.0017.0002.0009.0021.0004.0005 |