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Additional papers of Sir Cecil Clementi

Official and personal papers of Sir Cecil Clementi (1875-1947), colonial governor, with papers of his wife, Lady Penelope Clementi (1889–1970) and other family members.
Extents: 17.0 Linear metres (107 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1871-2013
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Archive of Alfred E. Hippisley

Correspondence, diary and memoirs, miscellaneous papers and photographs of Alfred E. Hippisley (1848-1939), British Customs Official in China. Predominantly in English, some Chinese material also present.
Extents: 2.5 Linear metres (18 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1842-1940
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Archive of James Legge

Archive of James Legge
Extents: 0.85 Linear metres (22 boxes)
Dates: c.1839-1951
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Archive of the Smyly family

Papers of the Smyly family, particularly H. Jocelyn Smyly (1882-1970), doctor and missionary, his wife Eileen Smyly, née Bell (1894-1987), doctor and missionary, and their sons William Smyly (1922-2018), journalist and teacher, and David Smyly (1923-1990), doctor and missionary.
Extents: 8.68 Linear metres (59 shelfmarks)
Dates: c. 1856-2015
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Papers of David Beatty

Letters home from Canton and Christmas Island, with related photographs, press cuttings and farewell addresses, 1899-1954; transcript of journal of his father Robert Beatty's voyage to India, 1856.
Extents: 3 boxes : The farewell address, 1926, written on silk and originally stored in a wooden box, was donated to the library in a large frame format, with degraded paper backing. The Conservation Section of the Bodleian Library undertook limited drycleaning, minor repairs, etc. in [March 1997], rehousing the item in a card box and placing a hollytex sheet against the silk to prevent abrasion when rolled. Future plans for the item's preservation include flat storage and remounting of the silk with new borders by an experienced Oriental conservator.
Dates: [1856], 1899-1954
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Two photographs of the Tiananmen Square protests

Two photographs of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, taken by Edgar Huang. Mounted on black board, with a description written on the reverse by the photographer.
Shelfmark: MS. 22903 photogr.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1989

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19th century 4
China 3
21st century 1
China -- History 1
China -- History -- 20th century 1
China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 1
China--Hai guan zong shui wu si shu 1
China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 1
Chinese language -- Dictionaries -- English 1
Chinese literature -- Translations into English 1
Colonial administrators 1
Correspondence 1
Customs administration -- China 1
Documentary photography 1
Eastern question (Far East) 1
Great Britain 1
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 1
Guangzhou (China) -- Description and travel -- Views 1
Guangzhou (China) -- History -- 20th century 1
Guyana -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
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Indexed names
Beatty | David | fl 1899-1952 | colonial civil servant 1
Beatty | Robert | fl 1856 1
Carrington | Mary Townsend | 1892-1980 | nee Eyres 1
Chinese Maritime Customs 1
Clementi | Augusta Mildred Warren | 1878-1969 | nee Graham 1
Clementi | Cecily Joyce | b 1915 1
Clementi | Cresswell Montagu | 1918-1981 | Air Vice-Marshal 1
Clementi | Dione Rose | 1914-2010 | lecturer in history 1
Clementi | Isabel | 1850–1930 | nee Collard 1
Clementi | Lockhart | 1881-after 1917 | Captain 1
Clementi | Marie Penelope Rose | 1889–1970 | nee Eyres | known as Penelope Clementi 1
Clementi | Montagu | 1839-1919 | Colonel, Judge Advocate-General in India 1
Clementi | Sir | Cecil | 1875-1947 | Knight | colonial governor 1
Clementi | Winifred Dorothy | d 1966 | nee Hobson | known as Dorothy Clementi 1
Eyres | Cresswell John | 1862-1949 | Admiral 1
Eyres | Rose Nankivell | 1863-1940 | nee Townsend 1
Great Britain | Colonial Administrative Service 1
Hart | Sir | Robert | 1835-1911 | 1st Baronet | Inspector General of Customs in China 1
Hippisley | Alfred Edward | 1848-1939 | Chinese Customs Official 1
Hippisley | William Frederick | fl 1820-1844 1