1.3.02026-08-26brevRådata510239arkivdokumentStatens museer för världskultur - Östasiatiska museetSMVK-OMDokumenthttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/510239E1A-12_00550055a Stockholm, February it, 1935, Hr. W.C. Pet, National Geological Survey of China, 9 Ping Ma Ssu, fest City, Peirpving. China via Siberia. Dear Vr. Pell. About Christmas time I received from you a big and svlendid volume "On the Carnivora From Locality 1 of Choukoutien". TI thank you most sincerely for this splendid gift which I count as a specially valuable contributhbn to my library. $i. 2. 2 5: 6. To-day I have received from you a number of articles, namely: 7.C. Pei: "Choukoutien Excavations" W.C, Pel: "A Preliminary Report on the Late-Palaeolithie Cave of Choukoutien." P. Teilhard de Chardin and W.C. Pei: "New Discoveries in Choukoutien 1933 — 1934. C.C. Young and W.C. Pei: "On a Collection of Yangshao Cultural Remalns From Mienchihhsien, Honan." W.C. Pei: "Report on the Excavation of the Locality 13 in Choukoutien" M.N. Bien: "On the Cenozoic Deposits of the Lower Huangho Valley". I thank you most sincerely for all these valuable contributions, which as you will very well understand, are of the highest importance to me,0055 b I know from you previous reports on the Choukoutien cave that you have in a most generous way glven credit to the modest nioneer- work, carried out by Dr. Säansky and by me without knowing what a marvellous gold mine we had struck at Choukoutien by a happy chance of fortune. You ean hardly imagine how alone I felt when I began my research on the prehistory of China. I had the haartiest sunnort of Dr. Ting and Dr. Yong but none of us could imagine how events were going to | develop into a vast field of rtesearch. No better reward could be offered to myhumble beginnings than the growing up of a new generation of Chinese students of the pre- history of China. Among them you certainly stand in the front line and I wish to send you my hsesartlest good wishes for splendid success in your future research work, Vill yöu please present my compliments to Professor Teilhard de Chardin and to Dr. Young, who are your fellow-authors. Ås a very modest return gift I send you my book "Chliliren of the Yellow Earth", where I have tried in chapter 6 to give due credit to your Choukoutien research. With sincere thanks and kindest regards. Yours very truly P.S. — Please give my best thanks to Mr. M.N. Bien for his interesting paner "On the cenozolc deposits of the lower Huangho valley."Tillverkad1935image/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/10206126/E1A-12_0055a.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/10206125/E1A-12_0055a.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#pdmarkÖstasiatiska museetZeroimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/tn/10206130/E1A-12_0055b.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-om/web/image/zoom/10206129/E1A-12_0055b.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#pdmarkÖstasiatiska museetZerohttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkiv/204091http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/html/510239http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/xml/510239http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/arkivdokument/rdf/510239