Letter from Venetia Cox to B. T. Cox
- Title
- Letter from Venetia Cox to B. T. Cox
- Description
- A handwritten letter from Venetia Cox in the Western Hills of Peking [Beijing], China, to her mother, B. T. Cox, in Winterville, North Carolina. She describes the terracing of the Western Hills and writes about her short vacation exploring the hills. She discusses her Chinese language classes and describes the construction of her house in Beijing. She also briefly mentions the troubles China is experiencing with politics, plague, and flooding. A native of Winterville, Venetia Cox was an Episcopal missionary music teacher in mainland China between 1917 and 1950.
- Date
- March 24, 1918
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 21cm x 27cm
- Local Identifier
- 0263-s1-b1-fd
- Creator(s)
- Contributor(s)
- Subject(s)
- Chinese language--Study and teaching
- Cox, B. T.--Correspondence
- Cox, Venetia, 1892-1979--Correspondence
- Western Hills (Beijing, China)--Description and travel
- House construction--China--Beijing
- Women missionaries--China
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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