Hua Miao research materials

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 102 MS 380686/02
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1951-1998
  • Physical Description
    • 23 volumes

Scope and Content

This series compises unpublished volumes of a Miao language dictionary complied by the Parsons, and both published texts and photocopies of published texts in the Miao language collected by them: 1. Hua Miao - English Dictionary by Rev. P. Kenneth and Rev. R. Keith Parsons, which consists of 26 sections in 17 volumes. The work consists of Pollard script, tones, Pinyin script and then English translations of words and sentences in the Hua Miao language, with indexes to each section. There is also an introduction to the work which explains in detail the history behind the compilation. 2. Published Miao language text books, school primer and pamphlet using the Chuxiong Reformed Pollard script.

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