China--Politics and government--1912-1928; Tianjin (China); Hankou (Wuhan, China); Henan Sheng (China); Beijing (China); Forbidden City (Beijing, China); Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Sowerby, Arthur de Carle,...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby outlines the hostile and uncertain political situation. He reports on the defeat and flight of Wu Pei-fu, the rise of Tuan Chi Jui to the position of Supreme...
China--Politics and government--1912-1928; Hangzhou (China); Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China); Henan Sheng (China); Shanghai (China); Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956 -- Correspondence -- Manuscripts; Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954 --...
Letter from Arthur de Carle Sowerby in China to Robert Sterling Clark in which Sowerby thanks Clark for the check he recently sent, agrees to send Clark's possessions to him, and offers some updates on the political situation. Sowerby isn't certain...
These photographs were taken on Robert Sterling Clark's 1908-09 expedition to the Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces of China. The originals reside in the Smithsonian Institution Archives.