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Archive Of Photographs And Correspondence In Tibet, By Albert Leroy Shelton (?Als?), Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922. The Archive Contains 6 First Printings Of Books By Or About Him, 1912-2004, A Paper ?A Bibliographic Essay On American Missionaries To The Tibetans Prior To 1950? (1998) With Related Correspondence From William Martin, Also Shelton's 146 Photographs 1903?-1922? Of Which 85 Are Annotated In White Ink, One Photograph Printing Plate (Zinc?) Of Als And His Wife Flora And Two Daughters Dorothy And Dorris (All Of Which Accompanied Him), 7 Sets Of Reprint Sheets With 2 Photos Per Sheet Also With One Original Photo And One Original Negative, 3 Annotated Negatives 10? X 8? Plus Three Photos On One Sheet 10? X8?, 3 Negatives Annotated On Wrapping Paper And On Original Annotated On Reverse, 34 Photos 7?X5? Of Which 26 Negatives And 8 Proofs All Annotated On Envelopes And With Transmittal Letter From Dr. William Hardy 1987, 47 Large Copies Of Photographs 14? X 10 7/8? With Pencil Annotations On Reverse Signed ?J.B., Fine Scenes Of Tibetan People And Group Activities And Buildings, Including One Annotated ?Remains Of Tibetan Murdered By Chinese- Boiled To Death In A Large Cauldron- Bones Scattered To Be Scavenged By The Dogs- J.B.?, Computer Printouts 6 Pp And 10 Pp With Chronology Of Als?S Life, About 44 Letters To And From Als And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton, 1903-1922, With Details Of Events And How They Were Impacted In Particular By The 1918 Fighting Between The Tibetan Armies And The Chinese Armies, A Letter From The British ?Bengal Secretariat? Inventorying His Effects After His Death, 1922, And Another Long List Of Items Purchased From The Estate By Dr. Hardy, And Two Long Newsletters About The Continuing Ministry In Tibet Which Are Undated But 1920?S, Two 6 And 8 Pp Copies Of Letters From The Morse?S October And November 1922 Describing Dr. Shelton?S Death In Detail And Current Events Since, 2Nd Page Of Original Letter From Flora Describing Events Just Prior To Departure For Tibet, 1903, 71 Pp Clipping File Of Newspaper Reports And 1903-1922? By Sheltons And Others (Pasted Into A Book) With Loose Notes By Daughter Dorris. Also, A Large Format 51 Pp. Scrapbook Of Ephemera And Newspaper Reports From Before And After His Death, With Letters From John D. Rockefeller And An Aide To Als 1920 Regarding Purchase Of Art For $1000 (The Majority Of His Art Was Sold To The Newark Museum To Form The Bulk Of Their Important Tibetan Art Collection), Official Letters To Or About Him Regarding His Being Taken Hostage, The Als Death Certificate By Dr. Hardy, Photocopy Of The Dalai Lama?S Pass/Permit For Als?S Last Trip, And Memorial Service Brochures, Also Two Additional Original Photographs Of Shelton And 4 Original Photographs Dated 1907, One Of Which Shows The Stone Bridge Which Was Then The Boundary Of Tibet. [An Archive Of Material About Her Father, Her Own Experiences In Tibet, Etc., By His Other Daughter Dorris Shelton Still, Is Available Separately, As Are Manuscripts Of His Wife?S Unpublished Novel And An Early Draft Of Her Unpublished Memoir Of Her Own Experiences There Together With A Photocopy Of A Later And Much Longer Draft). Seller Inventory # 056888
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Archive Of Annotated Photographs, Books, ...
Publisher: Sociology And Social Research (1938), Dorris Shelton Still (1939), John Day (1942), John Day (Circa 1960), Synergy Books (1989), Correspondence 1987-1996)
Publication Date: 1903
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Original Photographs 1903-1922 Including Many Negatives (Most Annotated), Copies Of Photographs (Most Annotated), Original Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Books By And About Him 1912-2004, Etc.
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
