Box 1
Contains 140 Results:
Letter No.11, 1991 December 13
Letter, Card, and Envelope: Dr. Hsia expresses he understands Zhang's frustrations with moving through discussing the process of packing and unpacking last time he moved homes. He also promises to be more careful with her address information. The letter was written on the reverse side of a photocopied news article "Yi Xia Ji An" (November 29, 1991). The card is a holiday card from Dr. Hsia and his wife Della to Zhang.
Letter No.12, 1992 April 28
Letter and Envelope: Dr. Hsia discusses some writings as well as Zhang's worries about her address becoming public information.
Letter No.13, 1992 November 19
Letter and Envelope: Dr. Hsia informs Zhang that there is interest in including her short story "Blockade" (also known as "Sealed Off") in an anthology that Howard Goldblatt and Joseph S.M. Lau are compiling. Dr. Hsia tells her that the editors need her to grant them permission to include "Blackade" in the anthology.
Letter No.14, 1992 December 20
Card and Envelope: Dr. Hsia, in addition to sending holiday wishes, briefly discusses one of Zhang's translated texts.
Letter No.15, 1993 February 24
Letter, Newspaper clipping,and Envelope: Dr. Hsia explains the delay in responding to her latest letter before disucssing Karen Kingsbury's reception of Zhang's letter and her (Zhang's) writings.
Newsclipping: Titled "Jinu, Shibing, Qiong Xiaohai", dated February 15th or 16th, 1993, and published in China Times (Zhongshi Ribao). (Photocopy)
Letter No.16, 1993 December 15
Card: Dr. Hsia discusses a piece submitted to Crown publishers before expressing delight that Zhang's recent letters last demonstrate her happiness.
Letter No.17, 1994 December 8
Card and Envelope: In this his final piece of correspondence (in this collection), Dr. Hsia discusses his and Zhang's correspondence and his health woes.
Letter No.1, 1974 April 5
Letter: In the photocopy of a letter from Zhang to Shui Jing, Zhang discusses some of her works that she has cut down in size.
Letter No.2
Card: Zhang thanks Yiying for the book she sent before asking about Yiying's family.
Letter No.3
Card: Zhang mentions how moving the text Chun Lai is before discussing Yiying's daughter.