Material relating to Emmanuel Hospital, Nanning, South China

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

  • Reference
    • GB 102 MS 381192
  • Dates of Creation
    • Feb 1897 - 21 Sep 1950
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Chinese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 letter; 1 publication

Scope and Content

Item 1: 1 double-sided letter (21 September 1950) addressed to 'Uncle Arthur, Dora & Rosemary [Foot]', from 'Iris', who appears to have been based at Emmanuel Hospital Nanning (Kwangsi, South China). Refers to matters such as: Children's mission, Day school / compound, the hospital, Moon festival, and that 'things are quiet in Nanning, although there are a lot of bandits in the country districts'.

Item 2: China Inland Mission publication titled "Eye-Gate or The Value of Native Art in the Mission Field with special reference to The Evangelization of China by William Wilson, M.B., C.M. of the China Inland Mission, Han-chong-fu, China - illustrated by 30 facsimile colour reproductions of Chinese paintings; published by S.W. Partridge & Co., 8 and 9, Paternoster Row London - Colour prints by Edmund Evans, dated Feb 1897".

Administrative / Biographical History

Surname of 'Iris' unknown. Presumed to be a missionary. Related to Arthur, Dora and Rosemary [Foot].

Emmanuel Hospital | Edinburgh Mission (by 1932 under Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society) [Source: The History of Western Medicine in China portal: http://ulib.iupui.edu/wmicproject/]

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Donated by Rosemary Foot to SOAS Library.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance

Related Material

See related SOAS ref: MS 381191; and China Inland Mission (CIM) Archive

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