Inkster, Robert
IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS 380736
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies Library
Domain: archival
Title: Inkster, Robert
Date(s) of contents: 1931-1958
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent and medium: 1 box
CONTEXT
Name of creator(s): Inskster | Robert | 1878-1972 | banker
Administrative/Biographical history: 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.
Custodial history:
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited in 2001.
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
Scope and content/abstract: 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.
System of arrangement: Correspondence has been arranged by author and sorted chronologically.
ACCESS AND USE
Language: Mainly English, some Chinese
Conditions governing access: Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction: No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids: Unpublished handlist.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2002
- INDEX ENTRIES
- Subjects
-
- Ancient religions
- Asian cultures
- Asian languages
- Asians
- Chinese
- Christianity
- Cultural heritage
- Customs and traditions
- Economic conditions
- Ethnic groups
- Foreign relations
- Higher education institutions
- Internal politics
- International relations
- National cultures
- Photographs
- Religions
- South and Southeast Asian languages
- Universities
- Visual materials
- Ancient religions
- Personal names
-
- Chang | C Y | fl 1931-1954 | Head of the Chinese Air Force
- Inskster | Robert | 1878-1972 | banker
- Chang | C Y | fl 1931-1954 | Head of the Chinese Air Force
- Corporate names
-
- Tunghai University | Taichung, Taiwain
- United Committee for Christian Universities of China
- Tunghai University | Taichung, Taiwain
- Places
-
- China
- East Asia
- England
- Lancashire
- Liverpool
- T'ai-chung Hsien
- Tai-chung
- Taiwan
- UK
- Western Europe
- China