Memoirs of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, consisting of:
- 'The dead past', 1943
- 'Decadence Mandchoue', 1942-1943
- Final typescript version of 'The dead past', 1943
- Final typescript version of 'Decadence Mandchoue', 1943
Dates
- Creation: 1942-1943
Extent
0.20 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1223, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1223-1226
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12486
Abstract
Memoirs of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse
Biographical / Historical
Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse (1873-1944) was a historian and sinologist. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45669-45672.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The memoirs were bequeathed to the Library by Reinhard Hoeppli in 1973.
Existence and Location of Copies
For conservation reasons, microfilms are to be consulted in place of the original papers.
Bibliography
- The collection was used in H.R. Trevor-Roper, Hermit of Peking, the hidden life of Sir Edmund Backhouse (London, 1979).
Physical Facet
Each manuscript is enclosed in a Chinese folding box.
- Title
- Memoirs of Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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