'Letts' diary of Arthur John Moore Bennett. Includes accounts and addresses of individuals. Also includes various press cuttings, and black and white photograph of unidentified woman.
Correspondence to Arthur Moore Bennett, including: Letters from Foreign Office, 26 Sep 1912, and H.M. Consul at Yunnanfu, 11 Feb 1914, regarding assistance in matters of trade; part of letter from Helen Latimer, undated [c1922]; copy of letter from Dr Eyioub Moussa, Paphos, 14 Oct 1939, to Gove...
Content warning: The papers of Arthur Moore Bennett (1877-1950) contain his personal views and opinions, with explicit language and terminology which today are deemed unacceptable and offensive and may cause upset. Collection of general and miscellaneous papers relating to Moore Bennett. These ...
Notebooks in the hand of Arthur Moore Bennett, relating to researches made in China. Consists of: A-Z ring binder, containing notes on a variety of subjects, including language, archaeological and cultural remains such as temples and gates, topography etc. Includes maps of area around Peking, a...
Correspondence and invoices relating to the building of the Medea
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File of letters, invoices, receipts and other papers, in English and Chinese, relating to the building of Moore Bennett's yacht Medea. Includes information on the fitting out of the ship, stores etc. Also includes correspondence regarding possible litigation over the contract between Moore Benne...
Exercise book entitled 'List of goods on Medea 1940 March'. Contains Moore Bennett's notes on the contents of the Medea when it was pirated in Mar 1940. Also brief notes on the period 10 Mar to 20 Apr 1940.
Content warning: The papers of Arthur Moore Bennett (1877-1950) contain his personal views and opinions, with explicit language and terminology which today are deemed unacceptable and offensive and may cause upset. File containing various articles and part memoirs written by Arthur Moore Bennet...
Miscellaneous material belonging to Arthur Moore Bennett. Consists of: Detailed typescript inventory of Moore Bennett's house in Peking, c1920s. Typescript description of estate, possible in Cyprus. Undated. Notebook containing rough architectural sketches in pencil. Undated. Unused coloured...