Miller, Ally Letter from Venetia Cox to B. T. Cox A handwritten letter from Venetia Cox at the Union Language School in Peking [Beijing], China, to her mother, B. T. Cox, in Winterville, North Carolina. She writes of her struggles with learning the Chinese language: “it is the most difficult thing I have tried to do in my life”; learning to ride a bicycle, which she refers to as “a wheel”; helping a young girl write a musical composition; and how intelligent the girls she teaches at the Anglican mission are. She also discusses the lace she is sending her mother, briefly describing how it is made and how much it costs. A native of Winterville, Venetia Cox was an Episcopal missionary music teacher in mainland China between 1917 and 1950. 0263-s1-b1-fc 35196 1521 19171028 eng text letters 20cm x 25.2cm Women missionaries China China Beijing (China) Cox, B. T. Correspondence Lace and lace making China Chinese language Study and teaching Cox, Venetia, 1892-1979 Correspondence Cox, B. T. contributor Cox, Venetia, 1892-1979 creator This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ North Carolina Missionaries mission Women's History wh 0263 Letter from Venetia Cox to B. T. Cox A handwritten letter from Venetia Cox at the Union Language School in Peking [Beijing], China, to her mother, B. T. Cox, in Winterville, North Carolina. She writes of her struggles with learning the Chinese language: “it is the most difficult thing I have tried to do in my life”; learning to ride a bicycle, which she refers to as “a wheel”; helping a young girl write a musical composition; and how intelligent the girls she teaches at the Anglican mission are. She also discusses the lace she is sending her mother, briefly describing how it is made and how much it costs. A native of Winterville, Venetia Cox was an Episcopal missionary music teacher in mainland China between 1917 and 1950. Cox, Venetia, 1892-1979 Women missionaries--China Cox, B. T. 19171028 Text letters J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 35196 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ China--Beijing (China) Cox, B. T.--Correspondence Lace and lace making--China Chinese language--Study and teaching Cox, Venetia, 1892-1979--Correspondence local, filename 35196.0001 24982968 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 d326f590f0c9e05140ce6b65e6a1af8d ecu:digital_collections 2492 3250 RGB 200 mm 252 mm 20150312 Schilling IV, William Zeutschel OS14000 A1 Omniscan 12.4 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 35196.0002 24936504 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 ee3800b62bd373b72933590e73d1eb68 ecu:digital_collections 2488 3249 RGB 200 mm 252 mm 20150312 Schilling IV, William Zeutschel OS14000 A1 Omniscan 12.4 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 35196.0003 24975492 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 011c7e8d60a0e42132b3d6c203dd29f3 ecu:digital_collections 2492 3249 RGB 200 mm 252 mm 20150312 Schilling IV, William Zeutschel OS14000 A1 Omniscan 12.4 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal