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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
Collection
Archive of James Legge
Archive of James Legge
Extents: 0.85 Linear metres (22 boxes)
Dates:
c.1839-1951
Collection
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
Single Item
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 3
- China 2
- 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
- Customs administration -- China 1
- Documentary photography 1
- Eastern question (Far East) 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration 1
- Guangzhou (China) -- Description and travel -- Views 1
- Guangzhou (China) -- History -- 20th century 1
- Hong Kong -- Description and travel -- Views 1
- Humanities 1
- International trade--China 1
- Kiribati -- History -- 20th century 1
- Macau (China) -- Description and travel -- Views 1
- Malaysia -- History -- 20th century 1
- Mauritius -- Description and travel 1
- Ocean travel -- Personal narratives 1
- Photography 1
- Protest movements 1
- Singapore -- History -- 20th century 1 ∧ less
- Indexed names
- Beatty | David | fl 1899-1952 | colonial civil servant 1
- Beatty | Robert | fl 1856 1
- Chinese Maritime Customs 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
- Huang | Edgar | b. 1962 | Photographer 1
- Legge | Hannah Mary | 1822-1881 | née Johnstone, second wife of Professor James Legge 1
- Legge | James | 1815-1897 | missionary and sinologist 1
- Rockhill | William Woodville | 1854-1914 1
- University of Oxford 1
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