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This file contains three sets of images. One set consists of 53 b&w photos and one postcard, collected by Pilon on her travels in China. Another set consists of three b&w photos. A third set consists of 14 negatives from a trip to Tibet that Pilon took circa 1948. This set has been digitized and can be viewed online (items a033047 through a033060)
Subject materials include Pilon and her companions, temples, festivals, landscapes, markets, residences, and residents.

This file consists of 5 essays written by Pilon, as well as a draft of one of the essays.
Essay titles:

1. "So you have never been to a Chinese play?!" (first line of apparently untitled essay) (draft copy included)
2. "Superficially Civilized Hua Si Pa"
3. "Street Sounds of Chengtu"
4. "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met" (written 1953 after leaving China)
5. "Ends and Means - Aldous Huxley"

This file consists of one complete Canadian passport (expired 1952) and the photo page of a separate Canadian passport (expired 1964), both in Pilon's name.

This file consists of several denominations of Chinese Golden Yuan, printed in 1947 and 1949 (out of circulation today). The denominations are 1, 500, 5,000, 10,000, 50,000, and 500,000.

This file consists of 18 stamps from the National Central China Post.
10 stamps for 500,000 yuan : purple
4 stamps for 10,000 yuan : green
2 stamps for 10,000 yuan : red
2 stamps for 10,000 yuan: blue and red