Burton, Ernest DeWitt
| Title | Burton, Ernest DeWitt |
| View | Group 17 |
| Series | I: Individuals and Groups |
| Description | Photograph taken in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China April 12, 1909 in the yámen of the Provincial Treasurer during a visit by Mr. Ernest DeWitt Burton and Mr. Thomas C. Chamberlin, members of the University of Chicago's Oriental Educational Commission. The Chinese officials pictured are: The Literary Chancellor, Provincial Treasurer, (host), Commissioner of Education, his deputy, head of the Foreign Office, head of the Industrial department, and head of the Police Department. Second row: Mr. Davidson, an English Quaker missionary (2nd, left), Rollin T. Chamberlin (4th, left), Joseph Beach, an American Methodist missionary (6th, left), Henry T. Hodgkin (9th, left); and Y. T. Yang, the interpreter (10th, left). First row: Thomas C. Chamberlin (2nd, left), Ernest DeWitt Burton (4th, left). |
| Subject Terms | Burton, Ernest DeWitt, 1856-1925 | Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas, 1881-1948 | Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder, 1843-1928 | Yang, Y. T. | Public officers | Missionaries |
| Photograph Date | 1909-04-12 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 27.5 x 21.2 cm |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf1-02370 |
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