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Typescript letter signed from Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), to Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), 1923 December 23

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Accession Number	CAI ARC 2006.01.02
Creator	Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956, correspondent
Title Statement	Typescript letter signed from Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), to Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), 1923 December 23
Format (Extent)	1 item (2 leaves)
Description	Letter from Robert Sterling Clark to Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China in which Clark announces that he's separated from his family's management company, Clark Estates, and taken his affairs into his own hands. This move has rendered him too busy to consider returning to China. He asks for an accounting from Sowerby for all expenses drawn on the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation in preparation for closing that account. Clark also expresses anxiety about the goods still left in Shanghai, in particular the leather goods and his fur coat.
Preferred Citation	Typescript letter signed from Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), to Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), 1923 December 23, 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	Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts
Genre/Form	Letters -- 20th century
Personal and Corporate Names	Smithsonian Institution Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954, recipient
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
Date	December 23, 1923
Country	New York (N.Y.); Shanghai (China)
Type-ContentType	Text
Format-MediaType	Unmediated
Format-CarrierType	Sheet
CONTENTdm file name	184.cpd

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Accession Number	CAI ARC 2006.01.02
Creator	Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956, correspondent
Title Statement	Typescript letter signed from Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), to Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), 1923 December 23. Page 1
Format (Extent)	Page 1 of 2
Description	Letter from Robert Sterling Clark to Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China in which Clark announces that he's separated from his family's management company, Clark Estates, and taken his affairs into his own hands. This move has rendered him too busy to consider returning to China. He asks for an accounting from Sowerby for all expenses drawn on the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation in preparation for closing that account. Clark also expresses anxiety about the goods still left in Shanghai, in particular the leather goods and his fur coat.
Preferred Citation	Typescript letter signed from Robert Sterling Clark, New York (N.Y.), to Arthur de Carle Sowerby, Shanghai (China), 1923 December 23, 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.
Genre/Form	Letters -- 20th century
Personal and Corporate Names	Smithsonian Institution Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954, recipient
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
Date	December 23, 1923
Country	New York (N.Y.); Shanghai (China)

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