William Henry Donald letters, 1924-1948, bulk 1924-1946

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William Henry Donald letters, 1924-1948



Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Harold K. Hochschild and K. C. Li, Shanghai, 1937 January 17-April 26, 10 items

Include letters about Xi'an Incident


Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Harold K. Hochschild, Peking, 1924-1926, 6 items


Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Harold K. Hochschild, Peking, 1927 February 14-August 29, 5 items


Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Harold K. Hochschild, Peking and Shanghai, 1928 June 14-October 19, 4 items


Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Harold K. Hochschild, Peking and Hankou, 1932-1934, 4 items


Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Harold K. Hochschild, various places, 1941-1945, 16 items

Include letters about experience at the internment camp


Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Gertrude [Li] Sergievsky, Shanghai, 1946 May 08, 1 items


Box 1 Donald, William Henry to Harold K. Hochschild, Shanghai and Honolulu, 1946 February 25-August 30, 16 items


Box 1 Elliston, Herbert Berridge to Harold K. Hochschild, 1937-1938

Include outgoing letter from Hochschild to Donald


Box 1 Elliston, Herbert Berridge to Harold K. Hochschild, Wellesley Hills, Mass., circa 1937 November 17

Related to his article in the Saturday Evening Post, 19 March 1938, China's No.1 White Boy, on W.H. Donald.


Box 1 Correspondence, Donald's illness and death, 1946-1947

Mostly incoming correspondence from K. C. Li. Also include a photo of Donald 's grave at the Song Qingling Cemetery in Shanghai.


Box 1 Shipment of Canoe from Tahiti to Harold K. Hochschild, for his son, 1946, 7 items


Box 1 Correspondence, Selle, Earl Albert, Donald of China, 1946-1948, 20 items


Box 1 Biographical

Include portrait, obituary, etc.