Responses

RESPONSES Professor Paul Hyer, Dept. of History, Maeser Building, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84601 writes that "there maybe persons in this country who want to use Manchu sources, who do not have training in the language but who would have a modest budget to hire a research assistant to help in translation or other work. " A friend of Professor Hyer's, a Dahor Mongol, would be available for such work, and gives his qualifications as follows: "Elementary education in Manchu and Chinese language; secondary education in Mongolian-Chinese school", university education in Daido (Tatung) College, Mukden (Japanese), and Northeast Mongolian Normal College. Secretary to Prince Te (leading Mongolian Nationalist) early 1930's. Director of Department of Civil Affairs Bayantala League, Suiyuan Province, late 1930's to end of war. Now in Taiwan compiling a Manchu-Chinese -English dictionary. Handles English, Japanese and Chinese very well, bilingual mother tongue being Dahor Mongol dialect and Manchu. " For more information contact Professor Hyer at the above address. 26 ...