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1.3.0 2026-08-26 brev Rådata 511667 arkivdokument Statens museer för världskultur - Östasiatiska museet SMVK-OM Dokument http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/511667 E1A-15_0115-0117, E1A-15_0116, E1A-15_0115, E1A-15_0117 ONS To the China Research Committee:- Since I wrote my letter to the Committee of the 7th inst., things have developed to such an extent that it now seems rather safe to say that we will start for Pachien- lu and beyond next Monday, the 2lst. Before our departure I will send a telegram as follows:- (To Professor Karlgren) "Starting Tachienlu in cooperation with Aca- demia Sinica and Chengtu National University. Kindly inform Committee and friends, inelud- ing Margareta and Signild. Andersson" There No—2Ere0RoNt 00 ings$ne cooperation of the Academia Sinica,«ueksl> I personally consider as most opportune and impor- tant as it gives the final guarantee that there will be no hitch from the side of the Central Government. I now wish to give the Committee a full report on the members of the party in addition to me. 1. Dr. David Crockett Graham, anthropologist and archaeologist, Tecturer at the West China Union University and founder of the very beautiful ethnological museum of this university. 2. Miss Vivian Christine Dorf, my personal secretary, photogra- pher and artist of the expedition. Also in charge of the house- hold and business matters. 3. Dr. Chow Hsou Ho, lecturer on geology and palaeonthology at The National University. Has received his scientific education in France. 2. Dr. Ch'i Yien Pei, trained as geologist under Dr. Wong Wen 80 and now assistant archaeologist in the Academia Sinica. The nearest object of our expedition will be to carry out a general physiographic and archaeological reconnais- sance from here to Tachienlu and then undertake a survey of the palsaeolithic sites found in Eastern Tibet by Rev. J. Houston Eagar. When going back to Chengtu we will take a more northern course covering new grounds and exemining the very important neolithic site at Li Fan Ting where the Kansu Yang Shao sherd was found. The l6th inst., we undertook, under the leadership of Professor Daniel 8. Dye, lecturer in physies and OM? = Page Three - highly treasured under present conditions. I ask that such Schlyter funds as may be at BEN should be transferred to the General Consulate in my favour. 3. In the same way I respectfully ask that the second half of the $0,000 Crs. of the Lövgren donations should be transferred in the same way. 4. Furthermore, I respectfully ask (a) that the money spent for the Hongkong Excavation be refunded to me from the lottery funds, and (b) in addition I ask that fur- ther 20,000 Crs. of the lottery funds be put at my disposal as there is a chance of extensive excavations in Szechuan as well as in Japan. os fö lar O FR Helen, Chengtu, June 18, 1937., - Page Two - geology at this university an excursion to some of the loca- lities from where he has reported loess-like deposits, små described in "DEPOSITS OF POSSIBLY LOESSIAL ORIGIN IN WEST- EFRN AND NORTHWESTERN SZECHUAN BASIN", by James Thorp and Daniel S. Dye. The said deposits are undoubtedly very 10ess- like and would then, from our experience in Northern China, be approximately of Mousterian-Aurignacian age. During this first excursion I was fortunate to find in one of these depo- sits a number of chipped stones which most likely show chip- ping made "by human hand. One of them is a large and quite typical coup-de-poing and it is quite likely that two or three more are to be interpreted as undoubted artifacts. The important feature of these finds is that all these specimens show heavy incrustations of exactly the same kind as the 10ess-puppehen of the same 1l0ess deposit. In fact, there are all kinds of transitions from typical loess-puppchen to heav- ily incrusted pebbles and from these to incrusted human imple- menbts. I cannot help feeling that such a result of the very first day carries with it a certain promise. We are fortunate to be absolutely the first scientific pioneers examining the prehistory of this most im- portant province and I think I would prefer to continue the work rather than to go to Japan where I am at the very best only covering a beaten track. t the Japanes For the present moment I only wish to express to the Committee how I feel towards the new prospects here in Szechuan, It is quite possible that after a couple of months here I will find the enthusiasm of my collaborators cooling down and then I go to Japan - "Qui vivra, verra!" In the meantime I write very friendly letters to Hamada and Umehara keeping them in good spirits. On the other hand I have cancelled the whole American lecturing program as I found it impossible to hold up the American universities indefinitely waiting for develop- ments of my field wori here. I now respectfully ask for the support of the Committee on the following point 1: I would highly appreciate a telegram addressed to Baron Beck-Friis telling that the Committee approves of my attitude towards the Szechuan prospects and the agreement reached with Chinese authorities after very lengthy and diffi- gult negotiations. Such a telegram can be worded simply "Agree. Karlgren". 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ONS To the China Research Committee:- Since I wrote my letter to the Committee of the 7th inst., things have developed to such an extent that it now seems rather safe to say that we will start for Pachien- lu and beyond next Monday, the 2lst. Before our departure I will send a telegram as follows:- (To Professor Karlgren) "Starting Tachienlu in cooperation with Aca- demia Sinica and Chengtu National University. Kindly inform Committee and friends, inelud- ing Margareta and Signild. Andersson" There No—2Ere0RoNt 00 ings$ne cooperation of the Academia Sinica,«ueksl> I personally consider as most opportune and impor- tant as it gives the final guarantee that there will be no hitch from the side of the Central Government. I now wish to give the Committee a full report on the members of the party in addition to me. 1. Dr. David Crockett Graham, anthropologist and archaeologist, Tecturer at the West China Union University and founder of the very beautiful ethnological museum of this university. 2. Miss Vivian Christine Dorf, my personal secretary, photogra- pher and artist of the expedition. Also in charge of the house- hold and business matters. 3. Dr. Chow Hsou Ho, lecturer on geology and palaeonthology at The National University. Has received his scientific education in France. 2. Dr. Ch'i Yien Pei, trained as geologist under Dr. Wong Wen 80 and now assistant archaeologist in the Academia Sinica. The nearest object of our expedition will be to carry out a general physiographic and archaeological reconnais- sance from here to Tachienlu and then undertake a survey of the palsaeolithic sites found in Eastern Tibet by Rev. J. Houston Eagar. When going back to Chengtu we will take a more northern course covering new grounds and exemining the very important neolithic site at Li Fan Ting where the Kansu Yang Shao sherd was found. The l6th inst., we undertook, under the leadership of Professor Daniel 8. Dye, lecturer in physies and
OM? = Page Three - highly treasured under present conditions. I ask that such Schlyter funds as may be at BEN should be transferred to the General Consulate in my favour. 3. In the same way I respectfully ask that the second half of the $0,000 Crs. of the Lövgren donations should be transferred in the same way. 4. Furthermore, I respectfully ask (a) that the money spent for the Hongkong Excavation be refunded to me from the lottery funds, and (b) in addition I ask that fur- ther 20,000 Crs. of the lottery funds be put at my disposal as there is a chance of extensive excavations in Szechuan as well as in Japan. os fö lar O FR Helen, Chengtu, June 18, 1937.
- Page Two - geology at this university an excursion to some of the loca- lities from where he has reported loess-like deposits, små described in "DEPOSITS OF POSSIBLY LOESSIAL ORIGIN IN WEST- EFRN AND NORTHWESTERN SZECHUAN BASIN", by James Thorp and Daniel S. Dye. The said deposits are undoubtedly very 10ess- like and would then, from our experience in Northern China, be approximately of Mousterian-Aurignacian age. During this first excursion I was fortunate to find in one of these depo- sits a number of chipped stones which most likely show chip- ping made "by human hand. One of them is a large and quite typical coup-de-poing and it is quite likely that two or three more are to be interpreted as undoubted artifacts. The important feature of these finds is that all these specimens show heavy incrustations of exactly the same kind as the 10ess-puppehen of the same 1l0ess deposit. In fact, there are all kinds of transitions from typical loess-puppchen to heav- ily incrusted pebbles and from these to incrusted human imple- menbts. I cannot help feeling that such a result of the very first day carries with it a certain promise. We are fortunate to be absolutely the first scientific pioneers examining the prehistory of this most im- portant province and I think I would prefer to continue the work rather than to go to Japan where I am at the very best only covering a beaten track. t the Japanes For the present moment I only wish to express to the Committee how I feel towards the new prospects here in Szechuan, It is quite possible that after a couple of months here I will find the enthusiasm of my collaborators cooling down and then I go to Japan - "Qui vivra, verra!" In the meantime I write very friendly letters to Hamada and Umehara keeping them in good spirits. On the other hand I have cancelled the whole American lecturing program as I found it impossible to hold up the American universities indefinitely waiting for develop- ments of my field wori here. I now respectfully ask for the support of the Committee on the following point 1: I would highly appreciate a telegram addressed to Baron Beck-Friis telling that the Committee approves of my attitude towards the Szechuan prospects and the agreement reached with Chinese authorities after very lengthy and diffi- gult negotiations. Such a telegram can be worded simply "Agree. Karlgren". That I will count as a vote of confidence Ob”
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