Grayson Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two parts: photocopied correspondence from James Huntley Grayson to his parents in America from Taiwan, Japan and Korea between 1965 and 1987; and field notes, research material, etc. compiled by James Huntley Grayson during research visits to Manchuria, Korea, Japan and Mongolia between 1982 and 2004.
For further details of this collection, please see the listing in the External Documents section below.
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 2004
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Biographical / Historical
James Huntley Grayson is Emeritus Professor of Modern Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield. He was awarded a BA in Anthropology from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, in 1966, an MA in Anthropology from Columbia University in 1968, and a PhD in the History of Religion from Edinburgh University in 1979.
He served as a Methodist missionary in Korea from 1971 to 1987, after which he returned to the UK as a Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor) in Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield until his retirement in 2009.
For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents Section below.
Extent
5 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Chinese
Korean
Russian
Arrangement
By category, and chronologically
Custodial History
Donated by Professor Grayson in 1988 (correspondence) and 2008-2014 (field notes)
Geographic
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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