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Typescript letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1923 May 14

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Accession Number	CAI ARC 2006.01.02
Creator	Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954, correspondent
Title Statement	Typescript letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1923 May 14
Format (Extent)	1 item (1 leaf), 1 envelope
Description	Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby describes the "hopeless" condition in China and the effect it's having on his ability to carry out his research. In this short note, he makes reference to Clark's intention to return to China in the fall and states that his assistant, Hoy, is in a dangerous region in the Yangtze Valley. Sowerby tells Clark he's enclosing clippings from the North China Daily News detailing the political situation, but those clippings do not survive.
Preferred Citation	Typescript letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1923 May 14, Correspondence Series, Sterling and Francine Clark Papers, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Biographical-Historical Note	Arthur de Carle Sowerby was a naturalist, explorer and writer who accompanied Robert Sterling Clark on his 1908-09 expedition to the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in northern China. Sowerby remained in China collecting specimens for various museums of natural history and editing the journal he'd founded, The China Journal of Science and Arts. He was interned by the Japanese during World War II and returned to the United States in 1949. RSC funded Sowerby for many years. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1923 through 1930, with letters through 1953, the year before Sowerby's death. Most of the letters are from Sowerby, with some carbon copies of brief notes sent by RSC. The letters concern the often dire state of Sowerby’s finances as well as updates on his scientific pursuits and analyses of the tumultuous political and economic situation in China.
Subject	China--Politics and government--1912-1928 Yangtze River Valley (China) Fujian Sheng (China) Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China) Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts
Genre/Form	Envelopes -- 20th century; Letters -- 20th century
Personal and Corporate Names	Hoy, Charles M. Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956, recipient
Notes	Typescript, signed with envelope.
Collection	Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Correspondence Series, 1901-1957
Restrictions on Access	This material is currently restricted
Repository	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Archives
Country	Shanghai (China); New York (N.Y.)
Type-ContentType	Text
Format-MediaType	Unmediated
Format-CarrierType	Sheet
CONTENTdm file name	173.cpd

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Accession Number	CAI ARC 2006.01.02
Creator	Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954, correspondent
Title Statement	Typescript letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1923 May 14. Page 1
Format (Extent)	Page 1 of 1
Description	Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby describes the "hopeless" condition in China and the effect it's having on his ability to carry out his research. In this short note, he makes reference to Clark's intention to return to China in the fall and states that his assistant, Hoy, is in a dangerous region in the Yangtze Valley. Sowerby tells Clark he's enclosing clippings from the North China Daily News detailing the political situation, but those clippings do not survive.
Preferred Citation	Typescript letter signed from Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), to Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), 1923 May 14, Correspondence Series, Sterling and Francine Clark Papers, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Biographical-Historical Note	Arthur de Carle Sowerby was a naturalist, explorer and writer who accompanied Robert Sterling Clark on his 1908-09 expedition to the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in northern China. Sowerby remained in China collecting specimens for various museums of natural history and editing the journal he'd founded, The China Journal of Science and Arts. He was interned by the Japanese during World War II and returned to the United States in 1949. RSC funded Sowerby for many years. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1923 through 1930, with letters through 1953, the year before Sowerby's death. Most of the letters are from Sowerby, with some carbon copies of brief notes sent by RSC. The letters concern the often dire state of Sowerby’s finances as well as updates on his scientific pursuits and analyses of the tumultuous political and economic situation in China.
Subject	China--Politics and government--1912-1928 Yangtze River Valley (China) Fujian Sheng (China) Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng, China)
Genre/Form	Letters -- 20th century
Personal and Corporate Names	Hoy, Charles M. Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956, recipient
Notes	Typescript, signed with envelope.
Collection	Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Correspondence Series, 1901-1957
Restrictions on Access	This material is currently restricted
Repository	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Archives
Country	Shanghai (China); New York (N.Y.)

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