| collection |
SOAS Archive
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| id |
PP_MS_14.001.022
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| recordtype |
archive
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| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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| scb_order_with |
PP MS 14, Box 3
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| callnumber |
PP MS 14/001/022
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| callnumber_txt |
PP MS 14/001/022
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| callnumber-sort |
PP MS 14/001/022
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| prefix_number |
022
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| title |
Diary, 1904 - Shanghai, London, Edinburgh and while travelling
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| scb_date_creation |
1904
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| scb_level |
File
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| level_sort |
7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
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| format |
Archive
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| description |
After arrival in Scotland most entries refer to family visits and domestic events. Written by Addis and Mrs Addis.
JANUARY Receives a bonus and salary increase.
FEBRUARY 'It is an anxious time for Charlie just now. J.R.M. Smith keeps sending "urgent" telegrams for he is a nervous worrying little man.' 24.
MARCH Arrival of J.D. Smart, Addis's successor, 'He will have a trying time here', 11; Addis's speech on the introduction of the Bible into the Public School well received; family leaves Shanghai.
MAY Arrives London; sightseeing, family visits and to Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). 'Everyone very busy over the new Japanese loan which was subscribed 30 times over', 11; leaves London for Edinburgh.
OCTOBER Son Tom starts school at Edinburgh Academy.
NOVEMBER Son George born, 22; Addis visits Hamburg and Berlin, during staff illness in Hamburg. 'It was interesting to meet many men whose names I had known for years but whose faces I had never seen.' 3.
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| scb_access_status |
Open
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| scb_use_restrictions |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
PP MS 14
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| hierarchy_sequence |
PP_MS_14.00001.00022
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