Archief OS1 - China Society

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 891 OS1

Titel

China Society

Datum(s)

  • 1931 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Archief

Omvang en medium

1 archival folder

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

Henry (Harry) Thomas Silcock was born in Bath in 1882. He was educated at Bath College, Fettes College (Edinburgh) and Oriel College (Oxford). He 1908 he travelled to China to work as a teacher with the Friends Foreign Mission Association. He married Margaret Standing in Chengtu in 1909 with whom he had five children. In 1911 he worked at the West China Union University, becoming Vice-President. He also became Secretary of the the Friends Foreign Mission Association in 1920, where he served until 1932, when he became Secretary of the Universities China Committee in London. It is during this time that he was also involved in the China Society. In 1938 he returned to China to both occupied Shanghai and "Free China", encouraging the formation of a Friends Centre in Shanghai in 1939. Through the 1940s he travelled extensively around the world for the Friends World Committee for Consultation. In 1947 he returned to Chengtu, China. Between 1950-1954 he continued to work for the Friends World Committee for Consultation. He was made an Honorary Member in 1961. Silcock died in 1969, aged 86.

Naam van de archiefvormer

Institutionele geschiedenis

Geschiedenis van het archief

These papers must have been the possession of Henry Thomas Silcock. Further custodial history is unknown.

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

It is unknown how these Papers came to be part of the Society's archives.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

These papers consist predominantly of correspondence with Henry Thomas Silcock concerning the administration of the China Society in 1931.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

The material was kept as one series and arranged chronologically.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels
  • Chinees
  • Nederlands
  • Duits

Schrift van het materiaal

    Taal en schrift aantekeningen

    Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

    Toegangen

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    Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

    Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

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    Trefwoorden

    Onderwerp trefwoord

    Geografische trefwoorden

    Genre access points

    Beschrijvingsbeheer

    Identificatie van de beschrijving

    gb891-os1

    Identificatiecode van de instelling

    Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

    Status

    Niveau van detaillering

    Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

    Taal (talen)

      Schrift(en)

        Bronnen

        Aantekeningen van de archivaris

        These Papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.

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