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Cunningham, Robert

  • GB 235 CUR
  • File
  • 1920 - 1938

1 folder containing correspondence and papers regarding Tatsienlu, West China (1920-38)

Cunningham, Robert

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock; Yunnanfu to Lichiang; January 13th 1935 to January 1st 1937
Also includes:

  • June 14th 1951
  • New Year 1953-1954
  • January 30th 1954
  • Sept 6th 1954
  • New Year 1958-1959, including January 13th 1959
  • January 13th 1962.

Includes loose air ticket and newspaper article and pasted in photographs of Rock including some with the plane on the Lijiang plain in 1936 (pp153-159) and others of ‘Viennese guests’ Herr Max Reisch and Herr Helmuth Hahmann (pp174-175).
There are some views drawn into the diary including more detailed sketches of Amichou (p22) and Chapa (p34). Also a description and brief sketch of the skull of Homo Sinanthropus or ‘Peking Man’ (pp103-104), refers to Professor Weidenreich.

Rock, Joseph Francis Charles

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 10 [11 on spine]

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 10 [11 on spine]; Konka-ling to Li-chiang, 1928 entitled 'My journey to Mt Konka (Konkaling) from Muli, S.W. Szechuan. Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Sunday June 18th 1928 to October 24th 1928. Vol.X.'

Rock, Joseph Francis Charles

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 13 [14 on spine]

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 13 [14 on spine]; Minya Konka to K’u-lu and Yung-ning, 1929 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, from June 5th 1929 to August 31st 1929, Volume XIII [scored out] XIV'.
Some of the pages contain hand drawn maps.

Rock, Joseph Francis Charles

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 14 [15 on spine]; Nyorop’u to Nv-lv-k’o Lu-feng

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 14 [15 on spine]; Nyorop’u to Nv-lv-k’o Lu-feng, 1929-1930 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Volume XIV, from September 1st 1929 to January 31st 1930.'
The diary contains a map drawn inside, extensive notes and loose notes on Naxi pictograms (inserted between pp. 188 and 189) and a photograph of Rock with Chinese and Western gentlemen.

Rock, Joseph Francis Charles

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 16

Diary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 16; Yunnanfu to Lichiang A-ts’an-gko, 1931 entitled 'Diary of Joseph F. Rock, Vol. XVI, from January 1st 1931 to May 1st 1931'
The diary contains a pressed flower and a loose photograph of Joseph Rock taken by Edgar Snow in 1930.
There are maps drawn on some of the pages.
The diary contains information about Naxi pictograms.

Rock, Joseph Francis Charles

Donald Pigott Collection

  • GB 235 PIG
  • Collection
  • 1980 - 1997

4 folders containing Donald Pigott's notes and photos relating to his research on Tilia:
1: Photographs of living Tilia; folder of labelled photographs of living trees taken by Donald Pigott
2: China 1993, 1995; folder of notes on Donald Pigott's China trips in 1993 and 1995
3: Chinese Visit; folder detailing further Chinese trips taken by Pigott, includes 1993 and 1995.
4: Tilia Types, China; a folder containing good images / copies of Tilia type herbarium specimens from China.

Pigott, Donald

Farrer written material, box 3; China Kansu expedition with William Purdom

Box 3: 1914-1916; includes letter from William Purdom outlining plans for 1914 China Expedition; correspondence from 1914-15 China expedition; some letters to and from Isaac Bayley Balfour, 1915; correspondence to parents from Japan, [1916?]; various maps of Kansu, China; Farrer's writings about Kansu - published reprints and manuscripts, 1916-18; Farrer's writings about Kansu - not known if published; newspaper cuttings including articles written about the 'White Wolf' of Kansu, c.1914, some written by Farrer; invoices from Kansu expedition; list of slides relating to Kansu expedition compiled in 1985; transcriptions of two photograph albums relating to Kansu expedition [RJF/2/2/3-4]; miscellaneous ephemera.

Farrer Family

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