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1.3.0 2026-08-26 brev Rådata 512937 arkivdokument Statens museer för världskultur - Östasiatiska museet SMVK-OM Dokument http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/512937 E1A-18_0002-0003, E1A-18_0003, E1A-18_0002 for May, 15th 1939. Hr. Tsanheng C. Chow, The National Geological Survey of China. Dear Mr. Chow. From a far distance we have been following with profound sympathy the heroic struggle of your nation for maintaining your national independence, By Christmas time I published in Ssedish a volume Under brin- nande krig, the second half of which is devoted to the reconstruction period and the war, Kegan Paul has undertaken to publish in English the esocond part of the book, but for quite a time I have not heard from them, I herewith approach you about the printing of our three mono. graphs for the Palaeontologia Sinica, my desoription of the prehistoric sit Mrs. Bylin-Althire monograph on Chi Chia P'ing and Janse”s monograph on the Hein Tien pottery. Will you please give me a report about each of these monographe: 1: You will remember that the maps for my paper were printed long time ago in Peking and were stored, I believe, in The Geological Survey compound in Nanking. Have you any news about their fate? The whole manuscript was set and I had read two proofs of the larger part and the first proof of the last one third, What has happened with this text? All the plates were handed to you för reproduction, but I understand that this part of the work 00086 1: to Ohangsha address from where you wrote me 30 March last year. 2: to Pelbay north from Vhungking Szechuan, the place which you gave in that letter as the possible future headquarters of the Geological Survey. 3: to Dr. Wong Wen-hau, Ministry of Economy Affairs, Chungking. 4: to Dr. Fu Ssu-nien, Accademia Sinica, which institution I now suppose to be lokated in Kunming, Yunnan. I hope that one or the other of these addresses will carry forward to you., had not begun before your departure from Nanking. Where are now these plates and are they still in good condition? 2: From your letter written in Changsha, March 30 last year, I learn that the manuscripts etc. of the Janse and Bylin-Althin monographs were brought by you säfely to Ohangsha, Please tell me whether all these ma- terials are still safe and whether you have been able to arrange for them be- ing printed.You will realise that two authors as well as I myself are very anxious about these publications and we will highly appreciate any comunica- tion as to the presentstate of these affairs. It is possible that I will be able to go to French Indo-China fore some field work there during this winter and I would be quite pleased to proceed to Chungking or Kunming where you will be by that time. I am most anxious to discuss with Dr Huang and yourself the mode of publication of the following archasological monographs for the Palasontologica Sinica. Some time we have been considering the possibility of publishing them here at our expense but now your fight against the Japanese seems to take such a favourable turn that you may very soon be back in nermal conditions. At any rate I would high- ly appreciate to meet again Dr. Wong, Dr. Huang and yourself in order to straighten out all these publication matters. Kindly send me by airmail a reply telling about the fate of our monographs and about your present address and the possibilities of going to visit you, With kindest regards Yours very truly P.S. As I do not know where is at present the headquarters of the Geologi- cal Survey I dispatch not less than four copies of this letter: Tillverkad Andersson, Johan Gunnar 1939 Mottagen Tsanheng C. Chow image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/10245875/E1A-18_0002.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/10245874/E1A-18_0002.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by-nc-nd Andersson, Johan Gunnar Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/10245879/E1A-18_0003a.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/10245878/E1A-18_0003a.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by-nc-nd Andersson, Johan Gunnar Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/10245883/E1A-18_0003b.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/10245882/E1A-18_0003b.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by-nc-nd Andersson, Johan Gunnar Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkiv/204097 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1239710 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/3213428 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/html/512937 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/xml/512937 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/rdf/512937
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for May, 15th 1939. Hr. Tsanheng C. Chow, The National Geological Survey of China. Dear Mr. Chow. From a far distance we have been following with profound sympathy the heroic struggle of your nation for maintaining your national independence, By Christmas time I published in Ssedish a volume Under brin- nande krig, the second half of which is devoted to the reconstruction period and the war, Kegan Paul has undertaken to publish in English the esocond part of the book, but for quite a time I have not heard from them, I herewith approach you about the printing of our three mono. graphs for the Palaeontologia Sinica, my desoription of the prehistoric sit Mrs. Bylin-Althire monograph on Chi Chia P'ing and Janse”s monograph on the Hein Tien pottery. Will you please give me a report about each of these monographe: 1: You will remember that the maps for my paper were printed long time ago in Peking and were stored, I believe, in The Geological Survey compound in Nanking. Have you any news about their fate? The whole manuscript was set and I had read two proofs of the larger part and the first proof of the last one third, What has happened with this text? All the plates were handed to you för reproduction, but I understand that this part of the work
00086 1: to Ohangsha address from where you wrote me 30 March last year. 2: to Pelbay north from Vhungking Szechuan, the place which you gave in that letter as the possible future headquarters of the Geological Survey. 3: to Dr. Wong Wen-hau, Ministry of Economy Affairs, Chungking. 4: to Dr. Fu Ssu-nien, Accademia Sinica, which institution I now suppose to be lokated in Kunming, Yunnan. I hope that one or the other of these addresses will carry forward to you.
had not begun before your departure from Nanking. Where are now these plates and are they still in good condition? 2: From your letter written in Changsha, March 30 last year, I learn that the manuscripts etc. of the Janse and Bylin-Althin monographs were brought by you säfely to Ohangsha, Please tell me whether all these ma- terials are still safe and whether you have been able to arrange for them be- ing printed.You will realise that two authors as well as I myself are very anxious about these publications and we will highly appreciate any comunica- tion as to the presentstate of these affairs. It is possible that I will be able to go to French Indo-China fore some field work there during this winter and I would be quite pleased to proceed to Chungking or Kunming where you will be by that time. I am most anxious to discuss with Dr Huang and yourself the mode of publication of the following archasological monographs for the Palasontologica Sinica. Some time we have been considering the possibility of publishing them here at our expense but now your fight against the Japanese seems to take such a favourable turn that you may very soon be back in nermal conditions. At any rate I would high- ly appreciate to meet again Dr. Wong, Dr. Huang and yourself in order to straighten out all these publication matters. Kindly send me by airmail a reply telling about the fate of our monographs and about your present address and the possibilities of going to visit you, With kindest regards Yours very truly P.S. As I do not know where is at present the headquarters of the Geologi- cal Survey I dispatch not less than four copies of this letter:
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Andersson, Johan Gunnar
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Tsanheng C. Chow
Statens museer för världskultur