Ref NoJOH/DIA/D3/2/10
CollectionHewlett Johnson Papers
TitleJourney to China 1964
Name of creatorJohnson, Nowell Mary, 2nd wife of Hewlett Johnson, nee Nowell Mary Edwards
Date5.1964
Extent1 small notebook
DescriptionThis volume is the second diary concerned with a visit to China by Hewlett and Nowell Johnson in May and June 1964 and the entries cover the period of the visit between May 28th and June 16th. There are detailed, full page entries dealing with their stay in Peking when the Johnson's were met on arrival by Premier and Mrs. Chou En Lai. Nowell Johnson recounts details of their reception lunch party and visits to the Academy, temples in the Ming Tomb Valley, a reservoir etc. At the end of the diary there are brief programme details for May 28th to June 20th with names of Chinese contacts.
NotesPrevious reference number: UKC/JOH D3/2/10
SubjectJohnson, Nowell Mary, Mrs.--Diaries--1964
China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Burial customs
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Travels--China--1964
PhysicalDescriptiondiary, travel
Related PersonZhou, Enlai, Mr., 1898-1976, Chinese Communist statesman fomerly known as Chou En-lai
Zhou, Enlai, Mrs., wife of the Communist leader formerly known as Chou En-lai
Related PlaceChina
Peking Peking China
Beijing Beijing China
Ming Tomb Valley China
CategoryDiaries
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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