China
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Joseph Ross (1890-1969)
Collection of samples of Chinese silk threads for embroidery, Kwangtung
Collection of 15 wrappers comprising silk threads in various colours. Housed in old paper folder with ties. The name of the producers are on the upper covers, and they state that the silk is produced by natural colours and washed in clear water.
Collection relating to Eric Henry Liddell
Small collection of items, from multiple sources, relating to Eric Liddell.
Annual sports programmes of Edinburgh University Athletic Club, 1923-1925, showing Liddell's times in the races entered, and an annotated Scottish Inter-Universities programme, 1923; two photographs of a memorial stone in China; Wedding invitation.
Copy of a (typed) manuscript memoir by George and Dorothy Barbour on their mission work in Peking (Beijing), China
Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne, 1865-1899
The Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne sub-series consists of:
- 44 letters, alphabetically arranged (1865-1899)
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists, 1878-1907
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists sub-series consists of:
- 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: German geologists, 1869-1905
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: German geologists sub-series includes letters from:
- Hans Bruno Geinitz (1879-1891)
- Adolph von Koenen (1886-1891)
- Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen (1882-1896)
- August Rothpletz (1874-1902)
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Japanese geologist, 1870
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Japanese geologist sub-series includes letters from:
- 1 letter, (1870)
Dragon Bridge Scroll of the Mien or Yao People
L. C. Wood Collection (fl. 1920-1943)
The collection consists of 69 colour slides (5 cm x 5cm) with a full commentary for a lantern talk entitled A preaching walk through the Ningsia district given by Wood in England depicting scenes of life in China, church and mission work and missionaries and church leaders; and an album of 20 coloured photographs of scenes in Beijing.
Part box (including 69 slides and 20 photographs)