Wuhan University

Julian Bell arrived at Wuhan University in the city of Wuhan, China, where he soon met and began a romantic relationship with Ling Shuhua .

Margery Fry met LS in 1933 on a tour of China, which she undertook as a member of the Universities China Mission endowed by China after the 1900 Boxer Rebellion against the presence of...

Soon, however, LS found camaraderie with two other women writers who taught at Wuhan University : Su Xuelin , a professor of literature, and Yuan Chang-ying , a professor of modern drama and French. The...

Soon after the establishment of Wuhan University , Ling Shuhua and her husband Chen Xiying took up posts there, moving to their campus home on Luojia Mountain.

In mid-1938, LS and her family left Wuhan, by then under frequent bombing by the Japanese, for the town of Leshan (where many members of Wuhan University fled). LS's reading included Proust 's Swann's...

This collection includes her short, unpublished memoir. Her papers also are held by Wuhan University ; the Tate Gallery Archive ; King's College, Cambridge ; and Dartington Library . These holdings include manuscripts, correspondence, and photographs.

Ling Shuhua 's essay A Visit to the Hanyang Hospital for Wounded Soldiers, published in the Tianjin-based National News, is an intimate account of her experience with the Wuhan University Women's Service...