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Lawford, Lancelot

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380683

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

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 AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist and database.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

This material was presented by Nigel Lawford in 1997.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.