Guide to the Lillian Poltere Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Lillian Poltere Collection
Creator:
Poltere, Lillian
Identifier/Call Number: OCH.LPC
Extent:
0.06 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1936-1940
Abstract: Lillian Poltere lived in Shanghai, and
attended the Shanghai American School, graduating in 1939. In 1940, she and her family
emigrated to the United States, where she eventually settled in San Diego. The collection
contains materials mostly related to Poltere's time at the Shanghai American School,
including commencement programs and photographs, a program for a play produced by the
school, copies of the school newspaper
The Shanghai American,
and other related newspaper clippings. Also included in the collection is Poltere's father's
curfew pass from the Shanghai Municipal Police, and pictorials from the
Shanghai Sunday Times and
The Sunday
Tribune.
Language of Material: English,
Chinese
Biographical Information:
Lillian Poltere lived in Shanghai, and attended the Shanghai American School, graduating in
1939. In 1940, she and her family emigrated to the United States, where she eventually
settled in San Diego.
Scope and Contents
The
Lillian Poltere Collection consists of materials mostly
related to Poltere's time at the Shanghai American School, including commencement programs
and photographs, a program for a play produced by the school, copies of the school newspaper
The Shanghai American, and other related newspaper clippings.
Also included in the collection is Poltere's father's curfew pass from the Shanghai
Municipal Police, and pictorials from the
Shanghai Sunday Times
and
The Sunday Tribune.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Alexander Samson, 05/28/2010
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Jessica Geiser, 2013
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Photographs
Box 1, Item 1
Shanghai Municipal Police Curfew Pass for Isaac Poltere,
1937
Box 1, Item 2
Set of Photographs of Shanghai American School Commencement in Young Photo Co.
Envelope
Box 1, Item 3
Photograph of a Woman Standing on a Rock
Box 1, Item 4
Newspaper Clipping: Lillian Poltere and Other Members of Her Graduating Class
at a Dinner Dance,
1939 June 3
Box 1, Item 5
Shanghai American School Commencement Program,
1939 June 15
Box 1, Item 6
Shanghai American School Commencement Program,
1940 June 13
Box 1, Item 7
Program for the play, "You Can't Take it With You" presented by the Shanghai
American School Class of 1939
Folder 1, Item 1
The Shanghai American, Volume IV Number
23,
1938 April 22
Folder 1, Item 2
The Shanghai American, Volume V Number
32,
1939 June 6
Folder 1, Item 3
"Shanghai American School Graduates of 1936,"
The
Shanghai Sunday Times,
1936 June 21
Folder 1, Item 4
"Shanghai American School Graduation
,"
The Shanghai Sunday Times,
1938 June 26
Folder 1, Item 5
War Pictorial in
The Sunday Tribune,
1937 August 29
Folder 1, Item 6
The Shanghai Sunday Times: Pictorial
Supplement,
1936 November 15
