Hu 006 (胡適致陳受頤信函), 1936 April 8 (民國25年4月8日)

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, Item: 6

Identifier: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series consists of letters, postcards, and radiograms from 1926 to 1977 from Ch’en’s friends, family, students, colleagues, publishers, and the Republic of China government, as well as Ch’en’s correspondence drafts. Ch’en kept in contact with Chinese scholars such as Hu Shih, Fu Ssu-nien, Lin Yutang, and Chiang Mon-lin to discuss academic issues, education methods, and contemporary political situations. Ch’en also corresponded with students such as Chu Wen-djang (朱文長) and Laurence (Larry) G. Thompson (譚維理) who asked for Ch’en’s advice on their research. This series also includes H. M. Loh (羅孝明)’s letters studying Su Manshu (蘇曼殊), and C. N. Laird’s correspondence about his life experience at Canton Christian College.

Dates

Creation: 1936 April 8 (民國25年4月8日)

Creator

From the Collection: Chʻen, Shou-yi, 1899-1977 (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Langugages represented in the collection: Chinese, English, Japanese, French.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 23.2 Linear Feet (20 records boxes, 7 document boxes, 2 half-size document boxes)

Additional Description

Dimensions

20.4 x 26.96 cm

Note

本件內容提及華文學校的代理校長希望與陳受頤會談，並想請他在華文學校舉辦英文學術講演等事。

Hu Shih wrote this letter after a meeting with the acting president of the College of Chinese Studies, Dr. John Hayle(?). Hu told Ch'en Shou-yi that Dr. Hayle hopes Ch'en could visit him next Tuesday, and he wants to invite Ch'en to give an academic speech on any topic of Ch'en’s choice, yet preferably about Jesuit missionaries in China.