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1.3.0 2026-08-26 brev Rådata 514696 arkivdokument Statens museer för världskultur - Östasiatiska museet SMVK-OM Dokument http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/514696 E1A-1_0767-0768, E1A-1_0768, E1A-1_0767 0742 October lOth, 1927 The Academic Registrar, University of London, South Kensington, Londen S.Wa 7. Dear Sir, I have to apologize for my very long delay in answering your favor of June 28th of this year, The reason has been tnat I was ordered by my physician, immediately after my return from China in May, to take a complete rest, which I have passed in Italy and from whence I have just re- turned. And I have only during the last few days been able to attend to my office duties and my correspondence . Will you very kindly present to the Academic Council of tne University of London, my most respectful thanks for the very exceptional honour shown to me by asking me to deliver in the University of London, a course of three lectures on my arecheological work in China. I am certainly most anxious to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered to me. However, I respectfully in- quire whether these lectures could not eventually be postponed until the winter 1928 to 1929, and this for several reasons as explained below: First of all, we are at present working very hard to get our new museum, Ostasiatiska Samlingarna /the East Asiatic Colleetions/ in proper shape for the opening which will take place the l5th of January 1928, Second, and this is by far my more serious reason to ask for a postponement, we are now preparing the definite mono- Öre page second grapha on tne Prehistoric Sites of China, New developments and considerable revision of my earlier views are in sight and it would naturally be much more pleasant for me to present to the University of London my interpretation of the pre-history of China in a more definite and concise shape than is possible at present. Hay I be allowed to mention that the Society of Anti- quaries of London has presented to me an invitation to deliver a lecture in that society, I am now writing to the Earl of Crawford & Balcarres who is the President of that society, ask- ing for a similar postponement until the winter of 1928 to 1929. I also write to the Swedish Legation in London asking our Minister to negotiate with you and with the Society of Antiquaries in order to find out whether the asked for post. ponement is possible or not. I want to make it fully clear that I am extremely anxious to take advantage of the two invitations from London and to com= bine them at the same time, Consequently, I am prepared to g0 to London i8 it is considered absolutely necessary. However, I feel fully vonvinced that a year later, when the material has been fully studiet, I will be able to give a much better representation of my archeological dörk in China, In the meantime I am quite willing to promise that I will, before my lectures in London, give no other lectures on my arecheological work outside Scandinavia, Yours very faitnfully, Tillverkad Andersson, Johan Gunnar 1927-06-28 Mottagen University of London image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/10056485/E1A-1_0767.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/10056484/E1A-1_0767.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Andersson, Johan Gunnar Utgången upphovsrätt image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/10056489/E1A-1_0768.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/10056488/E1A-1_0768.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#cc0 Andersson, Johan Gunnar Utgången upphovsrätt http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkiv/204080 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1239710 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/25342723 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/html/514696 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/xml/514696 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/rdf/514696
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0742 October lOth, 1927 The Academic Registrar, University of London, South Kensington, Londen S.Wa 7. Dear Sir, I have to apologize for my very long delay in answering your favor of June 28th of this year, The reason has been tnat I was ordered by my physician, immediately after my return from China in May, to take a complete rest, which I have passed in Italy and from whence I have just re- turned. And I have only during the last few days been able to attend to my office duties and my correspondence . Will you very kindly present to the Academic Council of tne University of London, my most respectful thanks for the very exceptional honour shown to me by asking me to deliver in the University of London, a course of three lectures on my arecheological work in China. I am certainly most anxious to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered to me. However, I respectfully in- quire whether these lectures could not eventually be postponed until the winter 1928 to 1929, and this for several reasons as explained below: First of all, we are at present working very hard to get our new museum, Ostasiatiska Samlingarna /the East Asiatic Colleetions/ in proper shape for the opening which will take place the l5th of January 1928, Second, and this is by far my more serious reason to ask for a postponement, we are now preparing the definite mono-
Öre page second grapha on tne Prehistoric Sites of China, New developments and considerable revision of my earlier views are in sight and it would naturally be much more pleasant for me to present to the University of London my interpretation of the pre-history of China in a more definite and concise shape than is possible at present. Hay I be allowed to mention that the Society of Anti- quaries of London has presented to me an invitation to deliver a lecture in that society, I am now writing to the Earl of Crawford & Balcarres who is the President of that society, ask- ing for a similar postponement until the winter of 1928 to 1929. I also write to the Swedish Legation in London asking our Minister to negotiate with you and with the Society of Antiquaries in order to find out whether the asked for post. ponement is possible or not. I want to make it fully clear that I am extremely anxious to take advantage of the two invitations from London and to com= bine them at the same time, Consequently, I am prepared to g0 to London i8 it is considered absolutely necessary. However, I feel fully vonvinced that a year later, when the material has been fully studiet, I will be able to give a much better representation of my archeological dörk in China, In the meantime I am quite willing to promise that I will, before my lectures in London, give no other lectures on my arecheological work outside Scandinavia, Yours very faitnfully,
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