Nym Wales Papers
Scope and Contents
The Nym Wales papers document American journalist Helen Foster Snow's activities when she reported from China in the 1930s under the name Nym Wales. She reported on the developing Chinese Civil War, the Korean independence movement, and the Second Sino-Japanese War. The materials include her reminiscences of her time reporting in China between 1933 through 1937. Helen married Edgar Snow in 1932 and interviewed Chinese Communist leaders in Yan'an alongside her husband in 1937. The couple divorced in 1949.
Dates
- 1928-1987
Creator
- Snow, Helen Foster (1907-1997) (Person)
- Wales, Nym (1907-1997) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Materials in this record group (series) are stored onsite, and a minimum of 1 business day is needed to retrieve them for use. Researchers interested in consulting any of the materials are advised to contact UMKC University Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status is unknown.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Mitchell, Henry A. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Nym Wales Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Becky Briggs Becker
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City University Archives Repository
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Kansas City MO 64110 United States
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