Letter from Venetia Cox to Olivera [Rouse]
- Title
- Letter from Venetia Cox to Olivera [Rouse]
- Description
- A handwritten letter from Venetia Cox at the Union Language School in Peking [Beijing], China, to her sister Olivera [Rouse]. She writes about the small embroidered items she is sending, the high cost of American toiletry items in Beijing, and her admiration for the Mandarin jackets, Mandarin squares, and brass work that are sold nearby. She discusses the Chinese peoples' love of and desire for music and encourages Olivera to join her in China. A native of Winterville, Venetia Cox was an Episcopal missionary music teacher in mainland China between 1917 and 1950.
- Date
- November 03, 1917
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 20cm x 25cm
- Local Identifier
- 0263-s1-b1-fc
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- Subject(s)
- Cox, Venetia, 1892-1979--Correspondence
- Rouse, Olivera--Correspondence
- Handicraft--China--Beijing
- Music appreciation--China--Beijing
- Women missionaries--China
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- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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