---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 08 Jun 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Biographies / Bibliographies: The Morrison Collection of Chinese Books Ed./Corp.: Andrew C. West URL: http://uk.geocities.com/Morrison1782/ Language: English. Self description: "This site provides information relating to the Morrison Collection of Chinese Books at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). This collection was formed by Dr. Robert Morrison (1782-1834), the first Protestant missionary to China, whilst living in Canton and Macau between 1807 and 1824. Information about the collections of William Marsden (1754-1836) and Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859), inherited by SOAS from King's College London, are also included." Description: Next to the various catalogues this site also contains a short biography of Robert Morrison and an introduction to the collection. Site contents: (1) Introduction (Site Contents; Robert Morrison; The Collection; The Catalogue; Notes); (2) Morrison's Manuscript Catalogue (Edited transcription of Morrison's own manuscript catalogue of his Chinese books); (3) Index of "RM" Numbers (Index of the catalogue numbers assigned to books in Morrison's Manuscript Catalogue); (4) Index of UCL Shelfmarks (Index of the shelfmarks of the bound items in the Morrison Chinese Library as held at University College London (UCL) during the nineteenth-century); (5) The Williams Report (Extract from the 1854 Report on the Contents of the Morrison Chinese Library by John Williams); (6) The Marsden Collection (Summary of the contents of William Marsdens's collection books and manuscripts in Oriental and African languages that were transferred to SOAS from King's College London in 1920); (7) The Staunton Collection (List of Sir George Staunton's collection of Chinese printed books donated to King's College London in 1853); (8) Lost and Found (List of missing books from the Morrison Collection); (9) Addenda to the Catalogue (Catalogue records for books omitted from the 1998 printed cataloe of the Morrison Collection). Resource suggested by Andrew C. West. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L