Mark L. Moody papers 3036

USC Libraries East Asian Library

February 2013

Doheny Memorial Library

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-1825

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/east-asian-library

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries East Asian Library

Title: Mark L. Moody papers

Creator: Moody, Mark Lewis

Creator: Bliss, Charles Kasiel

Identifier/Call Number: 3036

Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/6/resources/1523

Physical Description: 8.083 Linear Feet 6 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1919-1939

Abstract: This collection contains photographs, 16mm films, personal documents, and news clippings that record Mark L. Moody's residence in East Asia.

Language of Material: English, Chinese.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, 16mm films, personal documents, and news clippings that record Mark L. Moody's residence in East Asia. Moody first went to Asia in 1919 as part of a YMCA team in Vladivostok. He married Alla Mae Simpson, a YMCA colleague, and they moved to Shanghai, where Moody owned a Chrysler dealership during the 1920s and 1930s, and travelled widely. The collection reflects his business, family, and recreational activities and interests.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice recommended for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Acquisition

Gift of Jan Moody, 2009

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Mark L. Moody papers, Collection no. 3036, Pacific Rim Archive, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is not fully processed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Railroad stations - Russia

Young Men's Christian Association - Russia

Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1922

Locomotives - Russia

Railroads - Cars - Russia

Soviet Union - History - Allied intervention, 1918-1920

Koreans - Russia

Newspaper clippings

Film reels

Correspondence

Photographs

Simpson, Alla Mae

Unterberger, Petr Pavlovich

Moody, Mark Lewis

Semanov, Grigorii M.

Lurton, Nelson E.

Doolittle, Jame Harold "Jimmy"

Kalmykov, Ivan P.

Campbell, Archibald

Byram, Roy Mack

Documents /repositories/6/archival_objects/246315469157

Box 1, Folder 1

Passports /repositories/6/archival_objects/246316469160

Box 1, Folder 2

Certificates, correspondence /repositories/6/archival_objects/246317469161

Box 1, Folder 3

Ceremonial Session, Oasis of Shanghia, Desert of China. Islam Temple, October 21, 1935 /repositories/6/archival_objects/246318469162

Box 1, Folder 4

Ravaged Earth poster /repositories/6/archival_objects/246319469163

Photographs /repositories/6/archival_objects/246320469158

Box 1, Folder 5

Japan /repositories/6/archival_objects/246321469164

Box 1, Folder 6

Vladivostok /repositories/6/archival_objects/246322469165

Box 1, Folder 7

Shanghai 1932 /repositories/6/archival_objects/246323469166

Box 1, Folder 8, Box 1, Folder 9

Assorted photographs /repositories/6/archival_objects/246324469167

Box 1, Folder 10

Trip to North America (photo album) /repositories/6/archival_objects/246325469168

Box 1, Folder 11

Scenes from Japan, Russia, China (photo album) /repositories/6/archival_objects/246326469169

Films /repositories/6/archival_objects/246327469159

Mark Moody films /repositories/6/archival_objects/246328469170

Ravaged Earth /repositories/6/archival_objects/246329469175

"Rising Sun" Sets in China /repositories/6/archival_objects/246330469193

REO China Transport /repositories/6/archival_objects/246331469196

Korean Hunt /repositories/6/archival_objects/246332469176

Mark Moody footage /repositories/6/archival_objects/246333469171

America /repositories/6/archival_objects/246334469177

Airshows /repositories/6/archival_objects/246335469179

Moody family /repositories/6/archival_objects/246336469180

Grand Canyon /repositories/6/archival_objects/246337469181

Children playing /repositories/6/archival_objects/246338469182

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) /repositories/6/archival_objects/246339469183

Manning Manse /repositories/6/archival_objects/246340469200

California-Mexico trip /repositories/6/archival_objects/246341469184

China /repositories/6/archival_objects/246342469178

Bird Hunt /repositories/6/archival_objects/246343469185

Canal and Doolittle /repositories/6/archival_objects/246344469186

Grand Canal /repositories/6/archival_objects/246345469187

Aerial coast /repositories/6/archival_objects/246346469198

Coastal ship /repositories/6/archival_objects/246347469199

Doolittle /repositories/6/archival_objects/246348469188

Excursion /repositories/6/archival_objects/246349469194

Transport in China /repositories/6/archival_objects/246350469195

Hangzhou Bore, etc. /repositories/6/archival_objects/246351469189

Taiyu Maru /repositories/6/archival_objects/246352469191

Weihaiwei /repositories/6/archival_objects/246353469197

REOs in Shanghai /repositories/6/archival_objects/246354469201

Speedboats /repositories/6/archival_objects/246355469202

Swing bridge /repositories/6/archival_objects/246356469203

Travel and hunt /repositories/6/archival_objects/246357469204

1937 Japanese attack /repositories/6/archival_objects/246358469192

Miscellaneous /repositories/6/archival_objects/246359469190

Charles K. Bliss films /repositories/6/archival_objects/246360469172

Beleaguered City /repositories/6/archival_objects/246361469173

Farewell to Shanghai /repositories/6/archival_objects/246362469174

Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6

Additional materials /repositories/6/archival_objects/675454