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| Accession Number | CAI ARC 2006.01.02 |
| Creator |
Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954, correspondent |
| Title Statement | Letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1928 July 22 |
| Format (Extent) | 1 item (6 leaves), 1 envelope |
| Description | Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby apologizes for not writing in a while. He updates Clark on the political situation, noting that the Nationalists have been successful and the assassination of Chang Tso Lin (Zhang Zuolin). He speculates that the assassination was carried out with assistance from some other nation. Sowerby relates that around three million Chinese farmers to Manchuria. Sowerby states that he will not be shipping any specimens at present because of difficulties with customs, but that he's received information from the Smithsonian Institution about species that have been cataloged, including some that were previously unidentified. |
| Preferred Citation | Letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1928 July 22. Correspondence Series, Sterling and Francine Clark Papers, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
| Biographical-Historical Note | Arthur de Carle Sowerby was a naturalist, explorer and writer who accompanied Robert Sterling Clark on his 1908-09 expedition to the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in northern China. Sowerby remained in China collecting specimens for various museums of natural history and editing the journal he'd founded, The China Journal of Science and Arts. He was interned by the Japanese during World War II and returned to the United States in 1949. RSC funded Sowerby for many years. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1923 through 1930, with letters through 1953, the year before Sowerby's death. Most of the letters are from Sowerby, with some carbon copies of brief notes sent by RSC. The letters concern the often dire state of Sowerby’s finances as well as updates on his scientific pursuits and analyses of the tumultuous political and economic situation in China. |
| Subject |
China--Politics and government--1912-1928 Mammals -- China -- Classification Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts Manchuria (China) Sichuan Sheng (China) Beijing (China) Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) |
| Genre/Form | Envelopes -- 20th century; Letters -- 20th century |
| Personal and Corporate Names |
Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948 Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 Zhang, Zuolin, 1875-1928 Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956, recipient |
| Notes | Manuscript, signed with envelope |
| Collection | Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Correspondence Series, 1901-1957 |
| Restrictions on Access | This material is currently restricted |
| Repository | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Archives |
| Date | July 22, 1928 |
| Country | Shanghai (China); New York (N.Y.); |
| Type-ContentType | Text |
| Format-MediaType | Unmediated |
| Format-CarrierType | Sheet |
| CONTENTdm file name | 366.cpd |
Description
| Accession Number | CAI ARC 2006.01.02 |
| Creator |
Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954, correspondent |
| Title Statement | Letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1928 July 22. Page 1 |
| Format (Extent) | Page 1 of 6 |
| Description | Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby apologizes for not writing in a while. He updates Clark on the political situation, noting that the Nationalists have been successful and the assassination of Chang Tso Lin (Zhang Zuolin). He speculates that the assassination was carried out with assistance from some other nation. Sowerby relates that around three million Chinese farmers to Manchuria. Sowerby states that he will not be shipping any specimens at present because of difficulties with customs, but that he's received information from the Smithsonian Institution about species that have been cataloged, including some that were previously unidentified. |
| Preferred Citation | Letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1928 July 22. Correspondence Series, Sterling and Francine Clark Papers, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
| Biographical-Historical Note | Arthur de Carle Sowerby was a naturalist, explorer and writer who accompanied Robert Sterling Clark on his 1908-09 expedition to the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in northern China. Sowerby remained in China collecting specimens for various museums of natural history and editing the journal he'd founded, The China Journal of Science and Arts. He was interned by the Japanese during World War II and returned to the United States in 1949. RSC funded Sowerby for many years. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1923 through 1930, with letters through 1953, the year before Sowerby's death. Most of the letters are from Sowerby, with some carbon copies of brief notes sent by RSC. The letters concern the often dire state of Sowerby’s finances as well as updates on his scientific pursuits and analyses of the tumultuous political and economic situation in China. |
| Subject |
China--Politics and government--1912-1928 Mammals -- China -- Classification Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts Manchuria (China) Sichuan Sheng (China) Beijing (China) Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) |
| Genre/Form | Letters -- 20th century; |
| Personal and Corporate Names |
Feng, Yuxiang, 1882-1948 Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 Zhang, Zuolin, 1875-1928 Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956, recipient |
| Notes | Manuscript, signed with envelope |
| Collection | Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Correspondence Series, 1901-1957 |
| Restrictions on Access | This material is currently restricted |
| Repository | Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Archives |
| Date | July 22, 1928 |
| Country | Shanghai (China); New York (N.Y.); |
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