Letter, C.I.M.Sanatorium, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Constance sends pressed flowers picked on the hills above Chefoo, 2) She reflects on her faith and Christianity among missionaries, 3) Mr Sturman is given a piece of Constance’s hair to enable the barber to re-attach his ‘tail’ to his head. 4) Constance makes clothes for the doll of a s...

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Date(s) of creation: September 9, 1887
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/01/14
callnumber_txt MS 381056/01/14
callnumber-sort MS 381056/01/14
prefix_number 14
title Letter, C.I.M.Sanatorium, Chefoo
scb_date_creation September 9, 1887
scb_level Item
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format Archive
description Subjects: 1) Constance sends pressed flowers picked on the hills above Chefoo, 2) She reflects on her faith and Christianity among missionaries, 3) Mr Sturman is given a piece of Constance’s hair to enable the barber to re-attach his ‘tail’ to his head. 4) Constance makes clothes for the doll of a sick child, 5) Her working days are so full that she has little time for sewing for herself. 6) If the Judds return to Ninghai leaving the two elder boys at school at Chefoo, Constance will have more time for serious study of Chinese.
scb_access_status Restrictions apply
scb_conditions_gov_access Users should consult transcript of item in first instance. Original item can only be consulted with written agreement of the Archivist. Please apply to special.collections@soas.ac.uk
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Transcript available in J. D. Owen, J. Gullick & S. McClure (eds.), 'Married to a Missionary: Constance Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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hierarchy_sequence MS_381056.0001.0014