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...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/Box 1409
Date(s) of creation: 16 Sep 1960
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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