Henry's Writing
Below is Henry’s list of his writings from 1930-19431 (note that some of the pieces listed here are from after 1943). During this time Henry was living in Pennsylvania teaching at Oak Lane Country Day School, teaching at the Lincoln School at Columbia, and in San Fransisco working at Presidio Hill. His writings fall into two categories. The first is writings about teaching. Most of these were written while Henry was at Oak Lane Country Day School. The second is all things related to China, including Chinese history.
Henry wrote The “Owl” and The English Course 1 while at the Oak Lane Country Day School. He writes about how English classes shouldn’t just be about learning proper grammar but about learning about to express your thoughts and emotions through writing.
Henry wrote My Last String of Cash 1 for Numismatic Review and it was published in July of 1946. This article is a vignette that illustrates how even when governments and political structures change the daily lives and expectations of individuals can often stay the same. The story is about how a town just outside Peking continued to use “cash” the old currency type, which was much more cumbersome than silver or copper, the new currency.
Both of these copies of The “Owl” and The English Course and My Last String of Cash were inserted into a binder entitled Writing 1927-1929 by Henry himself. Henry felt it was important to organize and keep his writings and both of these pieces were important enough to him to add to this binder.
References:
Fenn Collection. College of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University.