Misc 034 (馮家昇致陳受頤信函), 1938 May 3 (民國27年5月3日)

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13, Item: 8

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: 1938 May 3 (民國27年5月3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

20.62 x 26.6 cm

Note - Chinese

本件為友人馮家昇（1904-1970，歷史學家，曾參與主編《禹貢》半月刊）所寄信函，內容為敘述來美於美國國會圖書館工作後，在學習、生活上的感觸，並提及中國故宮與一些大學的現況。

This is a letter sent by Feng Jiasheng. In this letter, he mentioned the sequential retreat of the Palace Museum as well as most universities in Peking after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Feng also talked about his life in Washington DC.