Fu 001 (傅斯年致陳受頤信函), 1931 February 8 (民國20年2月8日)

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1

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: 1931 February 8 (民國20年2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

17.65 x 27.65 cm

Note

本件內容為傅斯年希望陳受頤到北京大學任教，函中提及職稱、待遇、課程等相關事項，並強調學術資源較嶺南大學豐富，藉此吸引陳受頤至北大教書。

In this letter, Fu Sinian invited Ch'en Shou-yi to take a teaching position at Peking University. He mentioned a few attractive terms including title, salary, benefits, and the abundant academic resources as well as the collegial harmony that Peking University had to offer.