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Mss Eur F570/9/1
- Record Id:
- 041-000566715
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000179020
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000863.0x00007c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F570/9/1
- Title:
- Tributes and memoirs from international friends
- Scope & Content:
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1. Letter from David C(?)
2. A letter in French from Jean Léo Monneret, former colleague of Gladys at Foreign Language Press at Beijing in the 60s, to Hilda Brown, on the subject of Gladys’s imprisonment in Peking, post marked Paris, 1970(?) (8 pp.)
3. A poem dedicated to Gladys and Hsien Yi, by Rewi Alley, dated May 5th, 1981.
4. A short tribute from daughter Yang Zhi and related correspondence.
5. Remembered – by Mary Clark, Seaton, Devon, 2000
6. A poem by Edward Thomas, with cover letter from Mary Clark (undated).
7. A tribute in e-mail sent to Frances Wood by Don Cohn, writer and collector of Chinese books and arts. 14 Jan 2001.
8. A short memory by Rosemary Harris, Gladys’ school classmate from Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoakes, 27.11.2000.
9. Gladys Yang: Memorial Book, Contribution from David Hawkes (6 pp.) and related correspondence (4 pp.) 18 Dec 2000 – 27 Feb 2001.
10. Tribute by Thelma M. Howell, former member of British Council in Beijing, and related correspondence.
11. Gladys Yang – in memoriam, by David M. Jacobson, Canadian Assyriologist, son-in-law of Gladys Yang. Attached to an e-mail correspondence to Delia Davin, 19 Nov 1999.
12. In Memory of Gladys by Diana Lary, Professor of History at the University of British Columbia, former colleague of Gladys in Foreign Language Press, Beijing. February 2001.
13. Gladys Yang: a personal tribute by Bonnie S. McDougall, Australian sinologist, Professor of Modern Chinese at Harvard, Sydney, Oslo, and Edinburgh, former colleague of Gladys at Foreign Language Press in Beijing, including related correspondence, 18 Feb 2001.
14. A tribute to Gladys Yang – from Sue MacGregor, BBC broadcaster and writer
15. A letter from Jack Shapiro (1917-2010), ex-President of British Communist Party and of “Hands off China!”, to Frances Wood, with his personal memory of Gladys Yang, 24 November 2000.
16. A memory of Gladys by Michael Yahuda, Professor Emeritus of London School of Economics, 2 April 2001.
17. E-mail from Sally Vernon, former colleague of Gladys Yang, with two texts: 1. Interesting Times, obituary for Times. 2. Her personal recollections of life with Gladys, 10 January 2002.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000179020
040-000209205
041-000566715 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F570 : Gladys Yang Collection
Mss Eur F570/9 : Tributes and memoirs from friends
Mss Eur F570/9/1 : Tributes and memoirs from international friends - Hierarchy:
- 032-000179020[0003]/040-000209205[0001]/041-000566715
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F570
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 17 items of letters and emails
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1970
- End Date:
- 2002
- Date Range:
- 1970-2002
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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