Journalism and other writings, bulk: Bulk, 1954-2005, 1954-2005, 2009-2015

File

MS. 6458/47

Articles and talks by William Smyly.

Comprises:

Folder 1: Articles and talks, including Tuppence to Spend (from William Smyly's time working at The Daily Mail), notes on interviews and lectures, articles on Hong Kong and China, talk for the Christchurch Ladies Luncheon Group, and article Peking in the 1920s on Jocelyn and Eileen Smyly and their work, c. 1954-2005.
Folder 2: South China Sunday Post Herald articles on William Smyly's overland journey from England to Colombo, 1954-1955.
Folder 3: Articles for the South China Morning Post, the South China Sunday Post Herald, Tung Feng Weekly Bulletin of Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East, and Radio Hong Kong, 1954-1956. Also includes letters from William Smyly to his parents dated 1948-1950, and notes by William Smyly dated 2009-2015.
Folder 4: Cuttings from the South China Morning Post, the South China Sunday Post Herald and a freelance article on the Lantao development in Hong Kong, 1955-1956. Also includes articles on the Chindits and S. D. Bell and Co. Ltd dated 1956-1957, and notes by William Smyly dated 2009.

Dates

1 box (4 folders)

MS. 6458/47

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