China -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lucy Monroe Calhoun Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-126
Abstract
Six letters by Lucy Monroe Calhoun and three by her husband, William J. Calhoun (U.S. Minister to China, 1909-1913), regarding their experiences in China during the last years of the Qing Dynasty, which includes a description of the December 1922 wedding of Emperor Puyi. Another letter relates Monroe’s visit to Le Mans, France, the American Red Cross embarkation camp at the end of World War I. Also, a newspaper clipping and a photograph of Emperor Puyi as a child.
Dates:
1909-1922 or 1923