Poem written for Helen Foster Snow, approximately 1934-1935

Item — Box: 139, Folder: 21

Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 2394

Staff Only

Dates

approximately 1934-1935

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from the Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Extent

1 sheet : black and white ; 25 x 22 cm

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Item- and file-level inventory available online.http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2219.xml

General

Poem reads: "For Bing Hsin, pride of Fukien Genius with brush and pen by Helen Foster Snow Oh, we all remember the writer, Bing Hsin, The woman so bright and so fair. She wrote many books of borht poems and prose. For beauty and brains none could compare. She lives for a century, the fullness of time. The model of marriage and of art. A bridge to the future from East and from West. And always she played the woman's part. Note: I write this while thinking of a beautiful old song of the turn of the century, which you could not find in China, but old music history had it., It is about 'oh, don't you remember Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice..."