Notebook with notes on Chinese phrases, riddles, verse and customs, with characters, pronunciation and English translation.

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At end reversed, diary of a journey to Shanghai and Chefoo, 1886, religious notes, 1890 and notes on economic policy, 1918

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Papers of Sir Charles Stewart AddisPP MS 14

DIARIESPP MS 14/001

LETTER BOOKSPP MS 14/002

LETTERS TO ADDIS AND LADY ADDIS FROM THEIR FAMILIESPP MS 14/003

LETTERS FROM VARIOUS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUESPP MS 14/004

LETTERS FROM JOHN FLEMINGPP MS 14/005

LETTERS FROM SIR JAMES HALDENE STEWART LOCKHARTPP MS 14/006

LETTERS FROM ALEXANDER MICHIEPP MS 14/007

CORRESPONDENCE WITH DUDLEY MILLSPP MS 14/008

CORRESPONDENCE WITH MURRAY STEWARTPP MS 14/009

LETTERS EXCHANGED BETWEEN ADDIS, LADY ADDIS AND THEIR CHILDRENPP MS 14/010

PERSONAL PAPERSPP MS 14/011

Theatre posters and programmesPP MS 14/011/294

Summary of personal expenses, September to DecemberPP MS 14/011/295

Reference from Peter Dowie, one-time employer and letters concerning a Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) appointmentPP MS 14/011/296

Statement of current account with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)PP MS 14/011/297

Notebook of Chinese phrases with characters, pronunciation and English translation.PP MS 14/011/298

Notebook of Chinese phrases and storiesPP MS 14/011/299

Notebook of Chinese phrases and storiesPP MS 14/011/300

Notebook with notes on Chinese phrases, riddles, verse and customs, with characters, pronunciation and English translation.PP MS 14/011/301

Notebook with notes and quotations on Chinese literature, morals, language and customs, international finance and English authorsPP MS 14/011/302

Invitations, programmes, menus and guest lists for meetings, dinners and other functionsPP MS 14/011/303

Receipted bills for personal and domestic items, including travellingPP MS 14/011/304

Description of a trip to Japan and comments on Japanese lifePP MS 14/011/305

Letters from Mrs Addis before their marriage, wedding announcement, notes on honeymoon journey, bill for accommodation in Lynton, Devon, list of housekeeping expenses, baggage ticket for passage to ShanghaiPP MS 14/011/306

Visitors book, 1894-1903, chit book, 1898-1902, unfinished cheque book, 1903-1904 and list of invitations issued, 1903-1904, all belonging to Mrs AddisPP MS 14/011/307

Notes on political economy lectures by Nicholson at Edinburgh University, certificates of attendance, letter from Nicholson, notebook of lecture notes and also notes for articles on Korea and the abolition of likin, letter to Murray Stewart and personal notes by Mrs AddisPP MS 14/011/308

Papers relating to Shanghai Public SchoolPP MS 14/011/309

Summary of income and outgoingsPP MS 14/011/310

Letters from Timothy Richard welcoming Addis and his bride to Shanghai, 1894, on a university in Shansi, 1902, and on his wife's death, 1903PP MS 14/011/311

Letter from Timothy Richard enclosing printed leaflets on the recognition of the value of Christian literature in missionary work, copy letter to Goodnow on Dr Young J. Allen, an agreement between Allen and Addis as chairman of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese over the magazine Wan Kwoh Kung Pao, undated speech on the annual report and accounts, resolution of thanks to Addis for serving on the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese committeePP MS 14/011/312

Accounts with the Kuling estate for the maintenance of the Addis's bungalow, 'Abercorn'; inventory of furniture at 'Abercorn', ground plan of 'Mountain Cottage', Kuling and cheque book of account with the Kuling General Estate OfficePP MS 14/011/313

Lists of dinner guestsPP MS 14/011/314

Illustrated article on Addis's career in The Scottish Bankers Magazine, April 1915, with typescript copiesPP MS 14/011/315

Notebook with French phrases, English translations and brief notes on economic mattersPP MS 14/011/316

The Netherlands Indies Review with a photograph and brief biography of Addis.PP MS 14/011/317

Loose sheets from notebooks with diary of voyage to Singapore, 1921, and notes, quotations and comments on financial and economic mattersPP MS 14/011/318

Printed congratulations to Dr Alfred Marshall at age 80 from former pupils including Addis, with a photograph of MarshallPP MS 14/011/319

Notice of election as a member of the Athenaeum, London and related lettersPP MS 14/011/320

Programme and instructions for degree ceremony at Edinburgh University with notice of Addis's honorary degree and family congratulationsPP MS 14/011/321

Covering letter for Addis's insignia of knighthoodPP MS 14/011/322

List of annual subscriptionsPP MS 14/011/323

Report of the presentation of a portrait to Nicholson and later obituary in The Edinburgh University MagazinePP MS 14/011/324

Poster advertising Chalk Farm Baptist Church Christmas sale, to be opened by Lady AddisPP MS 14/011/325

Covering letter for Addis's insignia of the second class of the Japanese Imperial Order of the Sacred Treasure and copy of acknowledgementPP MS 14/011/326

Appeal for a donation on behalf of the disabled boys of Bethnal GreenPP MS 14/011/327

Report on Chalk Farm sale of work, opened by Lady AddisPP MS 14/011/328

Personal letter to a Mrs JayPP MS 14/011/329

Illustration of paintings from the Bank of England at the Royal Academy exhibition showing Addis and the Committee of TreasuryPP MS 14/011/330

LL.D. degree certificate awarded to Addis by the Queens University, Kingston, OntarioPP MS 14/011/331

Copies of and instructions regarding family announcements of births, marriages and deathsPP MS 14/011/332

Letters from solicitors and the incumbent on Addis's application for grave space in Frant churchyardPP MS 14/011/333

Pages from Oriental Affairs with Memoirs of Tientsin by McLeish, mentioning Addis in Tientsin in the 1880sPP MS 14/011/334

Draft entry for Addis in Who's WhoPP MS 14/011/335

Letter to David Windsor, friend of Addis's son Dick, on their joint novel Gay Good NightPP MS 14/011/336

Letters of condolence to Lady Addis and family from family and friends on Addis's death, with order of memorial service and notes for obituaryPP MS 14/011/337

Offprint of Addis's obituary in The Economic Journal and related letters from Ralph Hawtrey to daughter RobinaPP MS 14/011/338

Requests from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) for information on Addis's life for a proposed history of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and extracts by Lady Addis from letters to Mills, 1892 and Addis's diaries, 1886-88PP MS 14/011/339

Letters of condolence on his mother's death to son JohnPP MS 14/011/340

Typescript articles on the position of Finland, undated, from The New York Times, on the Battle of Britain, 1940, and a letter on war service from an officer of a merchant vessel, 1941PP MS 14/011/341

Bookplate of Addis, poems and resolutionsPP MS 14/011/342

BUSINESS PAPERSPP MS 14/012

PAPERS RELATING TO BANK OF ENGLANDPP MS 14/013

LETTERS FROM MONTAGU NORMANPP MS 14/014

LETTERS FROM JOHN SHIELD NICHOLSONPP MS 14/015

SPEECHES AND ARTICLESPP MS 14/016

NEWSPAPER CUTTINGSPP MS 14/017

THE REV. WILLIAM ADDISPP MS 14/018

PHOTOGRAPHSPP MS 14/019

BLUE BOOKSPP MS 14/020

ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DONATED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER C.P. ADDIS, RN, MBEPP MS 14/021