University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives

Ref: MS 372

Title: Peter and Rose Townsend Archive

Scope: Documents donated by the family of Peter and Rose Townsend, including booklets, newspaper cuttings, newsletters, reports and translated articles relating to China, from the 1940s to the 1990s.

Dates: 1945-1995

Level: Fonds

Extent: 5 boxes

Name of creators: Peter and Rose Townsend

Administrative / biographical history:

The documents include booklets, newspaper cuttings, newsletters, reports and translated articles relating to China, including many items dating from the early 1950s concerning the Cultural Revolution.

Peter Townsend was born on 24th August, 1919 at Canterbury, the son of a Harley Street dentist who was also a Quaker and socialist. His interest in China was awakened at the age of 8 or 9 by a talk given by a visiting Chinese politician. After attending King’s School, Canterbury, he went up to Worcester College, Oxford, to read history. After his first year, he did not return, preferring instead to volunteer for the Friends’ Ambulance Unit in 1939. He hoped to go to China with the Unit, and began to learn Mandarin before setting sail from England in 1941. He arrived in Singapore and then Rangoon in the midst of Japanese air raids, then drove a truck along the Burma Road to Kunming in southwest China.

After a short spell of work in the local hospital, Townsend was invited to become the English secretary at the northwest headquarters of the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives in Baoji, Sha’anxi province. These co-operatives were small-scale industrial units supported by foreign charities but highly unpopular with the Kuomintang government. In 1943, Townsend moved to a post in Chengdu in West China, overseeing the use of foreign relief funds to the co-operatives, then in 1945 he relocated to Shanghai where his work involved advertising the social and economic benefits of the co-operatives to influential people, who included Chou Enlai and Mao Zedong.

In 1947, Townsend married Rose Yardumian, an Armenian American journalist for the English-language daily newspaper People’s China. By then, Peter Townsend was also working as a journalist, sending regular articles about China to the New Statesman. By the end of 1949, the Townsends had become sufficiently concerned about the future for foreigners in the People’s Republic to decide, reluctantly, to leave for London. Initially, Rose trained as teacher while Peter edited the magazine China Monthly and in 1955 published the book China Phoenix giving a favourable view of the revolution.

Between 1964 and 1976, Peter Townsend was editor of the monthly art journal Studio, and later founded two further art periodicals, Art Monthly and Art Monthly Australia.

Rose died in 1990, and Peter in 2006, leaving two daughters.

Related collections: Goddard Papers, Winnington Papers

Source: Donated in June 2007

System of arrangement: By category

Subjects: China – History – 20th century

Names: Townsend, Peter (1919-2006); Townsend, Rose (d. 1990)

Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment

Restrictions: None

Copyright: According to document

Finding aids: Listed

MS 372 Peter and Rose Townsend Archive Section A Translated Articles

A/1 From brown folder labelled “Industrial workers, Trade Unions”

A/1/1 Review of workers’ movement in Canton after liberation and principal tasks of the future (a summary). Comrade Liao Ssu-kuang’s report… February 1, 1950. 9 l. Ts.

A/1/2 Conclusion of discussions on new record movement at the joint congress of bureau directors and managers of mines and factories of the Ministry of Industry of the Northeast. Chung Kuo Kung Jen, February 15, 1950. 8 l. Ts.

A/1/3 Experience in democratization of management. Chang Li-chih. Ghung Kuo Kung Jen, March 15, 1950. 8 l. Ts.

A/1/4 Cadres’ interference with workers’ reasonable proposals opposed (“Jen Min Jih Pao”, Port Arthur & Dairen). Chungkuo Kung Jen, no. 3, April 1950. 3 l. Ms.

A/1/5 Report on the present policy and mission of labor movement in Shanghai made at the Labor Congress of Shanghai. Liu Chang-sheng. Chung Kuo Kung Jen, no. 3, April 15, 1950. 38 l. Ms.

A/1/6 Anti-foremen movement in Tsinghsing coal mine. Kung Jen Erh Pao, Peking, May 8th, 1950. 4 l. Ts.

A/1/7 Decision of the Administrative Yuan of the Central People’s Government on the proposal for the establishment of the transportation company and abolition of the feudal monopoly system in the transportation business in various areas. “Chung Kuo Kung Jen”, no. 4, May 15, 1950. 5 l. Ms.

A/1/8 Review of labor union works of the past half year & plan in outline for the coming half year of Tsinan City. “Chung Kuo Kung Jen”, no. 4, May 15, 1950. 5 l. Ms.

A/1/9 Three months’ experience in workers’ educational organisation in Chengchow. By Mia Ching and Chuang Hsiao. Chung Kuo Kung Jen, no. 4, May 15, 1950. 10 l. Ms.

A/1/10 Railway factory director refuses to accept criticism. Grumbling against correspondents. Kung Jen Erh Pao, Peking, May 25. 1950. 12 l. Ts.

A/1/11 N.E. military works bureau shouldn’t oppress criticism: a letter from Comrade Liu Tzu-Chiu of the All-China Federation of Labourers to Jen Min Jih Pao. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, Peking, August 16, 1950. 3 l. Ts.

A/1/12 Steel factory neglectful of duty. Waster-reports continuing. Kung Jen Jih Pao, Peking, Aug 24, 1950. 2 l. Ts.

A/1/13 Labour leader punished for striking labourer. Kung Jen Jih Pao, Peking, Aug 24, 1950. 1 l. Ts.

A/1/14 Chinese labour movement in the past year. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao”, no. 1, vol. 3. 3 l. Ts.

A/1/15 Manager makes self-criticism for illegal discharge of workers. A letter from Manager Liu Yi. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, Dec 6, 1950. 1 l. Ts.

A/1/16 Self-examination of military representative – Pao Yu-kuang, Military Representative, Huo Lung Kang coal mine. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, Dec 7, 1950. 1 l. Ts.

A/1/17 Responsible members punished for colliery leakage. “Kung Jen Jih Pao, Dec 9, 1950. 2 l. Ts.

A/1/18 Trade union law disregarded in Hupei Province. Labourers’ interest infringed. Kung Jen Jih Pao, Dec 12, 1950. 2 l. Ts.

A/1/19 Criticism on the erroneous viewpoint of ‘Valueing machinery but not human-being”, by Shih Tung. (From Sefang Jupao, Shanghai, Dec 26, 1950). 3 l. Ms.

A/1/20 Learning from the eldest brother Soviet Union. By Miao Pei-shih and Chang Huan-chung. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, March 18, 1951. 5 l. Ts. & ms.

A/1/21 Before and after the lathe work team picking up the challenge. Stated by Chiao Yao-tsung and recorded by Wang Hsu… Kung Jen Jih Pao, March 20, 1951. 3 l. Ts.

A/1/22 To struggle against workers is mistake in principle. (Letters from the Readers Column). Jen Min Jih Pao, April 4, 1951. 4 l. Ts.

A/1/23 Heroic underground struggles of Shanghai factory party branch. Cheng Ching-mei, correspondent of this paper. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, June 27, 1951. 4 l. Ts.

A/1/24 Glorious struggle stories of Peking railway workers. By Lu Ssu-Liang. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, Jun 30, 1951. 4 l. Ts.

A/1/25 Chinese Communist Party and Shanghai workers. Written on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. By Liu Ch’ang-Sheng. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, June 30, 1951. 8 l. Ts.

A/1/26 Ping Hsiang coal miners of today. darkness under the KMT reign. “Kung Jen Jih Pao, July 3, 1951. 2 l. Ts.

A/1/27 Communist Party members not afraid of Chiang’s jail. By Chang Ming, Communist Party member, Men T’ou Kou coal miner. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, July 3, 1951. 2 l. Ts.

A/1/28 Families of our team members united. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, July 3, 1951. 2 l. Ts.

A/1/29 A working room party branch unites the masses. By Ch’i Wu. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, July 4, 1951. 5 l. Ts.

A/1/30 Scientific news: ‘No. resist America and aid Korea’ tractors. “Kung Jen Jih Pao”, July 8, 1951. 1 l. Ts.

A/1/31 Important medium men executed. Responsible for ‘February 27th’ incident. “Kung Jen Jih Pao, July 22, 1951. 1 l. Ts.

Section A Translated Articles

A/2 From brown folder labelled “Rural scene – Land reform, mutual aid, etc”

A/2/1 Kang Chuang Hsiang after land reform. “Chan Wang”, no. 6, vol. 1. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/2 Poor farmers in the paradise. “D.T.S.”, 22/8/1949. 2 l. Ts. & ms.

A/2/3 Guided, unrestrained (unhampered? Fang Shou) mobilisation of the masses. (Translated from “Giefang Rhbao”, Shanghai, Dec 25, 1950). 6 l. Ms.

A/2/4 Land reform in full swing in Chekiang. “Giefang Rhbao” (Emancipation Daily), Dec 25, 1950. 6 l. Ms.

A/2/5 Calamity-ridden peasants guided to pass through dearth by help of production in South Anhui. “Giefang Rhbao”, Shanghai, Dec 26, 1950. 2 l. Ms.

A/2/6 Collective fishing under guidance of village branch. (From “Giefang Rhbao”, Shanghai, Dec 26, 1950). 3 l. Ms.

A/2/7 Disruption of the implementation of land reform by lawless landlords in East, Central and South China. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao”, no. 1, vol. 3. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/8 Provisional regulations governing the punishment of unlawful landlords in east China. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao”, no. 1, vol. 3. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/9 New atmosphere in the rural villages. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao”, no. 1, vol. 3. 14 l. Ts. & ms.

A/2/10 Reform of cadres’ attitude through village congress. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao”, no. 1, vol. 3. 6 l. Ts.

A/2/11 Severe punishment for landlords’ crimes in violation of the agrarian reform. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao” (New China Monthly), no. 1, vol. 3. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/12 Striving for the completion of the agrarian reform plan in the coming winter and spring. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao”, no. 1, vol. 3. 16 l. Ts.

A/2/13 Viewing the law on land reform from rural conditions in Central and South China. Chang Ken-Sheng, Director of the Investigation and Research department of the Land Committee, Military and Administrative Committee of Central and South China. “Hsin Hua Yueh Pao, no. 1, vol. 3. 9 l. Ts.

A/2/14 Emancipated peasants of Shao Yang. “Hsin Kuan Ch’a” or “New Observer”, no. 1, vol. 1. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/15 Most farms in 14th Ward of Peking’s suburbs ploughed. Hsin Min Pao, Peking, April 20, 1950. 1 l. Ts.

A/2/16 How did Yu Hsien-Chang’s team solve surplus labour? Yu Hung-po. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 33. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/17 Why did Liang Kuang-Sheng’s team waste more labour? Ch’en Tien-chung. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 33. 1 l. Ts.

A/2/18 Why Ku Shan-Ch’en’s mutual assistance group works better than individual workers? Wang Pan-ch’ing. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 33. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/19 Cow-pulled reaping machine. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 34. 1 l. Ts.

A/2/20 A review of “model mutual assistance team” – Editor. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 34. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/21 Why everybody wishes to join Chang The-Fu’s group? Chao Ti. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 34. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/22 Nationwide upkeep of the party’s policy of developing economy of agriculture (a reference for study). By Wu Ming. “Hsia Nung Tsun”, no. 35. 4 l. Ts.

A/2/23 Correct enforcement of policy: a review of works and study of policy made by the cadres of Shuang Shan district, by Lee Yao and Sung Tien-ch’i. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 36. 5 l. Ts. & ms.

A/2/24 How did Tsao Tien Tsun village branch thoroughly enforce the credit policy? “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 36. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/25 How to develop credit relations in farming villages? “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 36. 6 l. Ts.

A/2/26 Liu Kuang-Jen, Director of Supply and Consumptive Co-operative of Hsueh Tien District in T’u Ch’uan County. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 36. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/27 Our policy towards rich peasants. Wu Ming. “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 36. 4 l. Ts.

A/2/28 What is the correct way to treat individual workers? “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 36. 6 l. Ts.

A/2/29 Will open criticism injure cadres’ prestige? “Hsin Nung Tsun”, no. 36. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/30 The day of emancipation. Says Chao Fu-chen, Representative (woman) from Hsiangyanf. “Hupei Wen Yi”, no. 5, vol. 1. 1 l. Ts.

A/2/31 Dictatorial rogue Tsai Chin-Chieh. “Hupei Wen Yi”, no. 5, vol. 1. 2 l. Ts. & ms.

A/2/32 “We have been waiting for today!” says Yen Yung-yang, Representative from Tsao Yang. “Hupei Wen Yi”, no. 5, vol. 1. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/33 I was saved from misery, says Wang Chung-cheng. Translated from “Hupei Wen Yi” (Hupei Literature), no. 5, vol. 1. 3 l. Ms.

A/2/34 I will work wholeheartedly. Chao Feng-ying of Chun Hsien. “Hupei Wen Yi”, no. 5, vol. 1. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/35 “No personal emotion in service” says Chang Fu-kui, Representative from Chiangling. “Hupei Wen Yi”, no. 5, vol. 1. 1 l. Ts.

A/2/36 Does nature economy still exist after land reform? Jen Min Erh Pao, Peking, May 19, 1950. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/37 House allotment problems. letter from An Kuo County Government of Hopei. Jen Min Erh Pao, Peking, May 19, 1950. 4 l. Ts. & cutting.

A/2/38 Experience in regulating peasant league of the 8th Hsiang, Ta Chao District, Chang An county. By Shih Ju-kang. “Jen Min Hsi Pei”, no. 2, vol. 1. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/39 Regulation and expansion of peasant leagues in Ch’ang An county. Hsu Yun-Cheng. “Jen Min Hsi Pei” (People’s Northwest), no. 2, vol. 1. 5 l. Ts.

A/2/40 People in San Ai Tsun village stand up. “Jen Min Hsi Pei”, no. 3, vol. 1. 5 l. Ts.

A/2/41 How to reform the intellectuals in land reform. By Chin Feng. (Translated from “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Feb 27th, 1950). 5 l. Ts. & cutting.

A/2/42 The most fruitful and animated lesson. Experience and impression from land reform movement in Peking’s suburbs. By Li Yi-tien, Assistant of the Law department, Peking University. (Translated from “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Feb 27th, 1950). 8 l. Ts.

A/2/43 Chow Chuan-Hai overcomes natural calamities and human disasters, by Wang P’ei-yu. (Translated from ‘New Mass’ column, “Jen Min Jih Pao” (Ren Min Erh Bao), Peking, March 12, 1950). 4 l. Ts.

A/2/44 New atmosphere of Pa Li Chung. By P’ei Lan. Translated from “Jen Min Jih Pao”, April 3, 1950. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/45 Thoughtful calculation helps peasant pass through spring of dearth. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 20, 1950. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/46 ‘King of Yu Ma’ executed. By Chang Hsing. “Jen Min Jeh Pao”, Peking, May 14, 1950. 4 l. Ts.

A/2/47 Land reform experiment and retaining of rich peasant property. By Wang Yung-yi. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, Aug 24, 1950. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/48 Protection of rich peasants’ property in Tientsin District. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, Aug 24, 1950. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/49 Why is it necessary to implement agrarian reform? (A summary of propaganda programme). “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Dec 12, 1950. 6 l. Ts.

A/2/50 Tea planters come to life again. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Dec 13, 1950. 3 l. Ms.

A/2/51 Weng Nu T’eh ?? on the way to prosperity. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, December 13, 1950. 8 l. Ms.

A/2/52 Propagandist work. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, March 20, 1951. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/53 Experience gained in the agrarian reform. Prof. Wu Ching-ch’ao, Tsing Hua University. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 1, 1951. 4 l. Ts.

A/2/54 Answers to readers’ criticism. Comments on County Committee’s Secretary partly true. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 2, 1951. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/55 A few points of perceptions through inspection of the agrarian reform. Land Reform Inspection Corps of Tientsin. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 2, 1951. 10 l. Ts.

A/2/56 Things learned from the agrarian reform. Prof. Hsu Yu-tung, Tsinghua University. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 3, 1951. 10 l. Ts.

A/2/57 Land reform and suppression of counter-revolution. Hsu Shou-t’ao, Assistant, Engineering Department, North China University. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 5, 1951. 9 l. Ts.

A/2/58 Education in the agrarian reform. Ma the, Professor of Normal University, Peking. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 6. 8 l. Ts.

A/2/59 Experience in the agrarian reform. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Peking, April 7, 1951. 6 l. Ts.

A/2/60 Struggling peasants in Hunan Province. By Lee Chun-lung, Councillor of the Administrative Yuan. “Jen Min Jih Pao”, Ref 10, 1951. 27 l. Ms.

A/2/61 Land reform lyrics in Peking’s suburbs. By K’ang Ao. “Kuang Ming Jih Pao”, Peking, March 15, 1950. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/62 Fruitful participation in agrarian reform. By Prof. Feng Yu-lan. (Translated from “Learning” magazine, April 1, 1950). 13 l. Ts. & cutting.

A/2/63 “Knock down the native emperor Cho yao-Yi” says Representative from An Lu, Fang Huai-yen. Translated from “Literature and Arts of Hupei”, March, 1950. Special edition for the First farmers Congress of Hupei. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/64 “Fight against stubborn landlords” says representative from Yuanan, Chow Shu-tsun. (Translated from “Literature and Arts of Hupei…”2 l. Ts. Badly damaged.

A/2/65 Eight-point discipline for cadres in course of land reform. “New China Monthly”, no. 4, vol. 2 (July 1950). 1 l. Ts.

A/2/66 From “abused by three sides” to “satisfactory to three sides”. “New China Monthly”, no. 4, vol. 2. 5 l. Ts.

A/2/67 Landlords and rich peasants seize farms and houses. “New China Monthly”, no. 4, vol. 2. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/68 Lee Shun-Ta’s mutual assistance group submits report on production to Chairman Mao. “New China Monthly”, no. 4, vol. 2. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/69 Striving for abundance of peasant living materials in North China. “New China Monthly”, no. 4, vol. 2, August 1950. 6 l. Ts.

A/2/70 To strive for accomplishment of agrarian reform in Eastern China. Report made at the Second All-committeemen Conference of the Military and Political Committee of Eastern China on July 14, 1950. By Jao Shu-shih. “New China Monthly”, no. 4, vol. 2. 11 l. Ts.

A/2/71 Lessons in land reform movement. By Chuan Wei-t’ien. (Translated from “New Construction” magazine, March 26, 1950). 10 l. Ts. & cutting.

A/2/72 “Eating together” – a mistaken conception. “New Observer”, no. 2, vol.1. 1 l. Ts.

A/2/73 Experience of land reform movement & preservation of rich farmers’ economy. By Sun Chih-chung. “New Observer”, no. 2, vol. 1. 7 l. Ts.

A/2/74 High concentration of land and condition of exploitation in Szechuan Province. “New Observer”, no. 2, vol. 1. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/75 How landlords exploited peasants in Anhui province. “New Observer”, no. 2, vol. 1. 1 L. Ts.

A/2/76 Land reform – Basic content of China’s new democratic revolution. By Wu Leng-hsi. “New Observer”, no. 2, vol. 1. 10 l. Ts.

A/2/77 New aspect in rural villages after land reform. “New Observer”, no. 2, vol. 1. 4 l. Ts.

A/2/78 Why is Liu Kui’s mutual assistance team so firmly consolidated? By Yu Keng-tien and Yu Hsu. “New Rural Village”, no. 33. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/79 “We’ll never let the ambitious American imperialistic wolves come to eat us again!” Hatred of 400,000 peasants in Peking’s suburbs for American imperialists. By Lu Sheng, our own correspondent. “People’s Daily”, Nov 2, 1950. 4 l. Ts.

A/2/80 How should cadres in rural district behave – Continued. Yi Teh. (Translated from “Southern Kiangsu Mass” magazine, January 20, 1950). 5 l. Ts.

A/2/81 Beware of the landlords’ labyrinth. Never fall in their draft of oblivion. By Hsiang Yang-hung. “Su Nan Ta Chung”, no. 5, vol. 3. 2 l. Ts.

A/2/82 Utilizing fruits of victories on production. Chiang Yang. “Su Nan Ta Chung”, no. 5, vol. 3. 3 l. Ts.

A/2/83 Looking at the land reform law from the villages in the Central and South China area. By Chang Ken-sheng, Director, Investigation and Research department, Land Reform Committee, Central and South China Military Control Commission. 9 l. Ts. & ms. (On reverse of news bulletin, 1950)

A/2/84 Unravelling a knot. 9 l. Ts. & ms. (On reverse of printed newssheet, 1949)

A/2/85 Village feud. 36 l. Ts. & ms. (On reverse of printed newssheet, 1949)

Section B Booklets

B/1 Dr. Endicott speaks. Toronto Peace Council and Canadian Peace Congress. 11 May [1952]. 1 l. Printed

B/2 My son, by Very Rev. James Endicott. Verbatim record of introductory address given at a peace Rally sponsored by the Canadian Peace Congress, Toronto, 11 May 1952. 2 l. Printed.

B/3 After the Twentieth Congress. (Advance proof – to readers of Monthly Review). 15 Jun 1956. 1 l. Printed

B/4 Catalogue of Exhibition of Paintings by Ch’i Pai-shih, organised by the Arts and Sciences Committee of the Britain-China Friendship Association. [mid-1950s] 2 copies

B/5 Exhibition catalogue for “Chinese paintings of the Sung and Yuan dynasties”, an exhibition in the Gallery of Oriental Art at the British Museum, 19 May to Oct 1961. 4 l. Ts.

B/6 Fidel Castro, Closing speech to the Congress of Women of the Americas. (Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1964). 25pp. Printed.

B/7 “E.R.C. and the allies”. Inside “(Part One) Rescue work in Hong Kong By Raymond Wong”; “Part Two (Co-operation with the United State Ally in Fighting against the Japanese) by Raymond Wong”; “(Part III) Articles”.

B/8 The situation in the Far East, with a review of the historical background both of Manchuria and of Shanghai. Published by the Union of Democratic Control, London. 19 l. Printed.

Section C Newscuttings

C/1 “Sketch map guides to the Chinese government proposal for the withdrawal of the Chinese and Indian armed forces 20 kilometres from the line of actual control”, reproduced by the Britain-China Friendship Association. From Peking Review, 9 Nov 1962. 1 l. Printed.

C/2 Newscutting – “Communist parties’ alignment in the Sino Soviet dispute”. From the Times, 2 Apr 1964. 1 l. Printed.

C/3 Newscutting – “In the London galleries now”. 19 Mar 1965. 1 l. Printed.

C/4 Page from Sunday Telegraph, 22 Jan 1967. ?Article on ‘B52s above the Buddhist temples’?. 1 l. Printed.

C/5 Newscutting – “Why I married an American” by Chen Yuanchi. From New York Times, Jan ?, 1972. 1 l. printed.

C/6 Newscutting – “And now a Chinese view of the U.S.” by Chen Yuanchi. From New York Times, 23 Feb 1972. 1 l. Printed.

C/7 Newscutting – “A missionary to China makes a sentimental journey” (Honsinger Fisher). From San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, 1978

C/8 Newscutting – obituary for Mr Kuo Mo-Jo, from Times, June 14 1978.

C/9 Newscutting – U.S. turns back Cedric Belfrage on Havana trip. 1 l. Printed.

C/10 Newscutting – obituary of Professor Owen Lattimore, sinologist. From the Independent, 12 Jun 1989. 1 l. Printed.

C/11 Newscutting – obituary of Basil Gray, orientalist. From the Independent, 14 Jun 1989. 1 l. Printed.

C/12 Newscutting – obituary of I.F. Stone, journalist and writer. From the Independent, 20 Jun 1989. 1 l. Printed.

C/13 Newscutting – “The tyranny of time” by John W. Powell. From the San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jun 1989. 1 l. Printed.

C/14 Newscutting – letter “Monitoring repression in China” from the Comité International Contre La Répression En Chine, Paris. From the Independent, 27 Jun 1989. 1 l. Printed.

C/15 Photocopy of two articles: obituary of Sol Adler from the Guardian, 6 Aug 1994; letters about Sol Adler from the Guardian, 13 Aug 1994. 1 l. Photocopy.

C/16 Obituary of Joseph Needham by Neil McKendrick, from Independent Magazine [April 1995?].

C/17 Newscutting – obituary for Joseph Needham. From the Independent, 24 Apr 1995. 1 l. Printed

C/18 Pages from magazine, Hiroshige’s pageant of nineteenth century Japan, by Roy Andrew Miller. 3 l. Printed

C/19 Newscutting – report of death of Mr. Gunther Stein (journalist in Far East). 1 l. Printed.

C/20 Pages from magazine relating to Chinese opera. 8 l. Printed.

Section D Documents

D/1 Typewritten document beginning Chapter V Home Front. Dated 19 Jul 1945.

D/2 Yenching University attacked during a so-called anti-Russian Parade. (25 Feb 1946). 5 l. Ts.

D/3 The Declaration by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party on the Ninth Anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. 7 Jul 1946. 4 l. Ts.

D/4 Typewritten pages headed ‘Shanghai’s Foreign Community’. 3 Jul 1949. 3 l. Ts.

D/5 Indictment: USA (Plaintiff) v. John William Powell, Sylvia |Campbell Powell and Julian Schuman (defendants). Violation: 18 U.S.C. Section 2388: Seditious activities affecting armed forces during war. [April, 1956]. 22 l. Ts.

D/6 “A proposal concerning the general line of the International Communist Movement”. The letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in reply to the letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of 30th March 1963. Dated 14 Jun 1963. 33 l. Ts.

D/7 ‘An appeal to all Communists from members of the Communist Party of Great Britain’. 9 Nov 1963. 3 l. Ts.

D/8 Peaceful coexistence and the class struggle: remarks on the article by George Matthews in “Comment”, no. 3, 2 May 1964. 4 l. Ts.

D/9 Chiao Kuan-Hua’s speech at 29th session of U.N. General Assembly, 2 Oct 1974. 13 l. Ts.

D/10 The following news items are reproduced from the New China News Agency. May 17 ?. 3 l. Ts.

D/11 An eye-witness account of intervention by secret service in Yenching University. 2 l. Ts.

D/12 Freedom of the Press in China. 3 l. Ts.

D/13 Handwritten pages relating to statistics for various countries: Bolivia, Brazil, China, etc. Ms.

D/14 The military prospects in a Chinese civil war, by Michael Lindsay. FIB/GM/(FE) 2. 7 l. Ts. (Crossed out seems to be “Fabian International Bureau. Memorandum for circulation to Far Eastern Group”). 2 copies

D/15 Notes. 10 l. Ts. & ms.

D/16 PT’s Book List. 4 l. Ts.

D/17 A reply to John Gollan on events in China reaching a new stage. (2 copies). 5 l. Printed.

D/18 Typewritten and handwritten pages headed ‘Advances in Manufacturing and the Indian economy’. Ts. & ms.

D/19 Typewritten document, ‘18th anniversary of the Republic’ (Romania). 13 l. Ts.

D/20 Typewritten document relating to the development of Japan. 7 l. Ts.

D/21 Large typewritten document with ms. notes. Seems to be notes on war (China/Japan?)

D/22 Large typewritten document with ms. notes. Seems to be notes on war (China/Japan?). Similar to those in Box 2?

D/23 Typewritten pages. Possibly from book or article. Pages 23 and 24. 2 l. Ts.

D/24 Typewritten pages. From book. Pages 6 to 21. 16 l. Ts.

D/25 The unity of the International Communist Movement: a reply to R. Palme Dutt. 5 l. Ts.

Section L Letters

L/1 Letter from “Maud” to PT. 28 Oct 1943. 2 l. Ts.

L/2 Letter from Rewi Alley (Peking) to R & PT. 1 Jun 1954. Accompanied an anthology of Chinese poetry (not present). 1 l. Ts.

L/3 Letter from Horace W. Exham (London) to PT. [n.d. but probably 1955 because is about China Phoenix]. 2 l. Ms.

L/4 Letter from T.K. Mahadevan, editor of United Asia, to PT. 6 Jun 1956. 1 l. Ts.

L/5 Letter from Mary [Sullivan] (New York) to R & PT. 19 Jun 1956. 1 l. Ts.

L/6 Letter from “Margaret” (Foreign Language Institute, Peking) to RT. 7 Oct 1956. 1 l. Ts. & ms.

L/7 Letter from “Mavis” (Peking) to RT. 15 Oct 1956. 2 l. Ms.

L/8 Note from “Cedric” (London) to PT. Includes typewritten document proposing new monthly journal. 2 Jan [1957]. 5 l. Ts.

L/9 Letter from Mary Sullivan (Riverside, Conn., USA) to P & RT. 19 Jul 1957. 1 l. Ts.

L/10 Letter from Guozi Shudian, Export Dept, re. renewal of subscription to Peking Review (1958)

L/11 Confidential letter to the Secretary of the Property Owners Building Society from J.D. French re. PT’s status. 24 Jul 1962. 1 l. Ts.

L/12 Letter from “Margaret” (Peking) to R & PT. 8 Dec 1962. 2 l. Ms.

L/13 Letter from “Isabel and David” (Peking) to R & PT. [Christmas, 1962?]. 3 l. Ts & ms.

L/14 Two pages of letter from “Isabel and David” (Peking). [Christmas, 1963]. 2 l. Ts.

L/15 Letter from “Virginia” [Penn?] of China Policy Study Group to PT. 25 Aug 1965. Includes notes of meeting of 24.8.65. 2 l. Ts.

L/16 Letter from “Margaret & Isabel” (Peking). 15 Dec 1966. 1 l. Ts.

L/17 Letter from Nancy Lapwood (Cambridge) to P & RT. 8 Oct 1984. 1 l. Ts. With envelope.

L/18 Letters from Mien(?) and Tu An (People’s Literature Publishing House, Beijing) to PT. 18 Oct 1984 and 12 Nov 1984. 2 l. Ms. With envelope.

L/19 Letters and notes relating to illness and death of Sol Adler. Dec 1992 and Aug 1994. 5 l. Ts.

L/20 Letter from Hsiao Ch’ien (Director, Central Research Institute of Culture and History, Beijing) to PT. 9 Jan 1995. 2 l. Ms. With envelope and business card

L/21 Letter from Lord Boyd Orr (Newton of Stracathro, Brechin, Angus) to PT. 25 Nov [1953? 1959? 1964? 1970?]. 1 l. Ms.

Section M Miscellaneous

M/1 Blank sheets of headed notepaper: International Committee for Chinese Industrial

Cooperatives Productive Relief Fund (1 Medical Bdg., Hwashipa, Chengtu)

M/2 Business card for Ida Pruitt, Executive Secretary, Indusco Inc., American Committee in Aid of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives

M/3 Vehicular Ferry ticket, from Kowloon to Hong Kong.

M/4 Note re. review of What’s really happening in China? by Felix Greene. 1 l. Ts.

M/5 Chinese pictorial card in envelope

M/6 Cleared cheque (RT, 3 Apr 1965)

M/7 Blank notebook, with one ms. entry on page 1.

M/8 Blank notebook

M/9 Envelope, with ms. notes and doodles

M/10 Brochure for Inaugural Meeting of the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding, London, 15 May [1965]. Includes supplementary list of names of sponsors. Printed & ts. 2 copies

M/11 Programme and document relating to Chinese dance. 4 l. Ts.

M/12 “On the Legend of the Origin of the Book Tao Te Ching on Lao Tzu’s Way into Exile, from Commentaries on Poems by Brecht. 3 l. Photocopy

Section N Newsletters

N/1 Bulletin of Liberated China Relief Activities. Peiping, China. Compiled by the Research and Information Section of the China Liberated Areas Relief Association from reports and the Emancipation Daily News. Vol. 2, no. 8, 20 Jul 1946 2 copies; Vol. 2, no. 9, 1 Aug 1946 2 copies; Vol. 2, no. 10, 15 Aug 1946 2 copies

N/2 China Digest Supplement, vol. 5, no. 7, 25 Jan 1949. 3 l. Ts.

N/3 Chinese Press Review (American Consulate General, Shanghai). Nos. 256-265 (27 Jan 1946-6 Feb 1947); no. 275 (18 Feb 1947); nos. 277-280 (20 Feb 1947- 25 Feb 1947). Ts. 2 copies of nos. 259 and 278

N/4 Daily News Bulletin (Morning, Evening and Special Editions). United States Information Service, Shanghai Branch. Nos. 457, 458, 459, 460, 463, 464, 468, 469, 470. 23, 24, 30, 25, 27, 31 Jan and 5-7 Feb 1947. Ts.

N/5 Daily Translation Service (published by the China Weekly Review), 7, 12 and 14 Feb 1947. Ts.

N/6 The Full Text of Emancipation Daily Editorial “Seven Months”, commenting on the Joint Statement of General Marshall and Ambassador Leighton Stuart. 4 l. Ts. 2 copies

N/7 English Supplementary News Service of Hsin Hwa Jih Pao, Chungking, 4-25 Mar 1946 (lacks 5, 10, 12, 15, 20 Mar); 3-10 Apr 1946. Ts.

N/8 Far Eastern Bulletin (Hongkong). Vol. 1, no. 2 (17 Jul 1948) to no. 29 (29 Jan 1949), lacks nos. 7, 10, 25, 27. Vol. 2, no. 5 (5 Feb 1949) to no. 34 (27 Aug 1949, lacks nos. 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 25-31. 2 copies of Vol. 1, nos. 2, 20, 28.

N/9 Letter from China by Anna Louise Strong. Nos. 27 (30 Mar 1965) plus accompanying documents relating to US involvement in Vietnam; 57 (30 Mar 1968); 69 (30 Dec 1969); 70 (14 Apr 1970) which reports death of ALS. Printed.

N/10 The Liberal Reporter. Nos. 1 (23 Oct 1946); 5 (18 Nov 1946); 6 (25 Nov 1946); 7 (2 Dec 1946); 8 (9 Dec 1946). Ts.

N/11 The Shanghai Newsletter. Vol. 1 (1-12), Jun-Sep 1946; vol. 2 (1-3, 5,6), Sep-Oct 1946; vol. 3 (2, 6), Jan-Feb 1947; vol. 4 (6, 7), Aug 1947. 2 copies of some issues

N/12 Supplementary English News Service. Nanking, 17 Nov 1946. 3 l. ts. 3 copies.

N/13 United States Information Service, Shanghai, China, Yenan Broadcast – XNCR (Xinhua New Chinese Radio?). 41 issues dated from 1 Aug 1946 to 13 Sep 1946. (Lacks 4 Aug, 30 Aug). Ts.

N/14 Pages 15 to 56: Printed news bulletin for Saturday 27 Oct 1962

N/15 16 issues of Chinese magazine. Printed.

Section P Photographs

P/1 5 photographs of Chinese instruments (all stamped ‘SOAS London’). B&W

P/2 19 Photographs of Chinese subjects. B&W. In envelope addressed to Mrs. Bernard Buckman, London, postmarked London 20 Jul 1953.

P/3 Folder labelled “New tractor repair shop in North east China”. Includes sheet of card labelled “Photographs and captions for CHINA PHOENIX2, and 2 photographs, both B&W. One uncaptioned, the second captioned “October 1, 1951, in Peking – on the rostrum at Tien An Men celebrating the National Day”

P/4 B&W photograph with caption on reverse “China – rice seedlings being uprooted from wet fields prior to transplanting”.

P/5 3 B&W photographs, uncaptioned

P/6 1 B&W photograph of a picture, captioned “Peasants send their children to Middle School, by Feng Fa-szu”.

Section R Reports

R/1 Letter and memorandum from R.P. Richardson, Regional Director, UNRRA China Office, Kiangsu Province to Benjamin H. Kizer, Director, UNRRA China Office, Shanghai. 16 Feb 1946. Memo is report of survey trip through the Anhwei-Kiangsu-Honan border region (Communist). 31 l. Ts.

R/2 China Welfare Fund Report on Transporting Medical and Surgical Supplies from Nationalist territory into the Shansi-Shantung-Honan Border Region. By Dr. T.L. Harrison, UNRRA (Surgeon). 6 Dec 1946. With covering letter. 11 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/3 China Welfare Fund – document for the First Meeting of the Promotion Committee, 16 Dec 1946. 3 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/4 China Welfare Fund Report on Bethune Medical School, Central Hopei, by Dr. Michael Sacks, UNRRA Regional Medical Officer, Tientsin. Dec 1946. 2 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/5 Report which is Section XI of the December 1946 UNRRA China Office Monthly Report to UNRRA Headquarters, Washington. Ts. & ms. 2 copies

R/6 China Welfare Fund Report on International Peace Hospitals in Central Hopei by Dr. Michael Sacks, UNRRA Regional Medical office, Tientsin. Dec 1946. 9 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/7 China Welfare Fund Report – Notes on the Medicine Factory in Tsaotsen District, by Dr. Rolf Becker, UNRRA (Chiaotung Peninsula). Dec 1946. 2 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/8 China Welfare Fund Report from Betty Graham, Correspondent. 8 Jan 1947. 3 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/9 China Welfare Fund Report by Dr. L. Eloesser, UNRRA, on the experimental government farm (Kwang Hua Nung Chang) in Yenan. 16 Jan 1947. 4 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/10 China Welfare Fund Report on Four Orphanages in Hunan, 27 Jan 1947. 2 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/11 Report of the naming of the International Peace Hospital at Hantan in Southern Hopeh, 7 Feb 1947. 1 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/12 China Welfare Fund Report on China Famine Relief Fund, Feb 1947. 1 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/13 China Welfare Fund Report from Yenan by Dr. Magdalene Robitscher, UNRRA-Dentist. 6 Nov 1947. 1 l. Ts.

R/14 First annual report of the Yenan Students’ Sanatorium, along with 4ccompanying letter from the China Welfare Fund. 9 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/15 China Welfare Fund Report on the Three Nurseries in Yenan. 9l Ts. With accompanying letter. 2 copies

R/16 Memorandum from Henry S. Kent, Regional Medical Officer, Taiyuan, to Harald H. Lund, Chief UNRRA Regional Representative, on the Report on Survey Trip to the Shansi-Suiyuan Border Region. 8 l. Ts. 2 copies

R/17 Pages 2 to 4 of document re visits to schools, hospitals, etc. 3 l. Ts.