Lawford, Lancelot
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 MS 380683 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Lawford, Lancelot |
Date(s) | : 1913-1917 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 folder |
Name of creator(s) | : Lawford | Lancelot | fl 1913-1917 | employee of the Chinese Maritime Customs |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lancelot Lawford worked for the Chinese Maritime Customs in Shanghai and Peking at a period of political instability and fighting following the Chinese revolution of 1911 and the establishment of a republic.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopies of nine letters of Lancelot Lawford to his wife (unnamed) from Shanghai, 1913, and Peking (Beijing), 1917, describing political and military events in China.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist and database.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
This material was presented by Nigel Lawford in 1997.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Apr 2002
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