GB 0102 MS 380736 - Inkster, Robert

1 box

GB 0102 MS 380736 1931-1958 Collection (fonds) 1 box Inskster , Robert , 1878-1972 , banker

Born in the China Seas, 1878; spent his early years in Aberdeen; moved to England as a young man; married Harriet Gordon Fraser, 1914; three children; worked as a banker in Liverpool; Presbyterian Church of England elder; interested in China, and his Chinese friends included those from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Chinese Consulate, and business; involved in Christian universities in China; died, 1972.

Deposited in 2001.

Papers, 1931-1958, of Robert Inkster, largely dating from the 1930s, mainly comprising correspondence with friends on subjects including Chinese affairs, Anglo-Chinese relations, the national and international political and economic situation, and the Chinese in Liverpool, including correspondence with General C Y Chang, 1931-1954. Other papers include a photograph of the United Committee for Christian Universities of China luncheon, 1937, and miscellaneous other papers, among them undated notes on China and the Chinese, including politics, language and customs, and a printed pamphlet on Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwain, 1958.

Correspondence has been arranged by author and sorted chronologically.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Mainly English, some Chinese

Unpublished handlist.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2002 Ancient religions Asian cultures Asian languages Asians Chang , C Y , fl 1931-1954 , Head of the Chinese Air Force China Chinese Christianity Cultural heritage Customs and traditions East Asia Economic conditions England Ethnic groups Europe Foreign relations Higher education institutions Inskster , Robert , 1878-1972 , banker Internal politics International relations Lancashire Liverpool National cultures Photographs Religions South and Southeast Asian languages Tai-chung T'ai-chung Hsien Taiwan Tunghai University , Taichung, Taiwain UK United Committee for Christian Universities of China Universities Visual materials Western Europe London Educational institutions

Deposited in 2001.

Papers, 1931-1958, of Robert Inkster, largely dating from the 1930s, mainly comprising correspondence with friends on subjects including Chinese affairs, Anglo-Chinese relations, the national and international political and economic situation, and the Chinese in Liverpool, including correspondence with General C Y Chang, 1931-1954. Other papers include a photograph of the United Committee for Christian Universities of China luncheon, 1937, and miscellaneous other papers, among them undated notes on China and the Chinese, including politics, language and customs, and a printed pamphlet on Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwain, 1958.

Correspondence has been arranged by author and sorted chronologically.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

Mainly English, some Chinese

Unpublished handlist.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English