Guuide to the Guttridge Postcard Collection MS.SEA.011

Processed by Olivier Muth, 2003.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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The UCI Libraries
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Guttridge postcard collection
Creator: Guttridge, Denis Christian
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.011
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1900-1932
Abstract: This collection comprises more than two hundred postcards collected by Dr. Denis C. Guttridge. It contains a wide range of images of places, people, events, and activities pertaining to Southeast Asia, and particularly to the former French colonies of Indochina (Annam, Cochin China, Tonkin, and Cambodia). Other countries are also included, such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The collection features postcards from a multitude of publishers, based in cities throughout France and Indochina. Some of these postcards have been used for correspondence, almost universally in French, at times with insights into the subject depicted on the postcards as well as into the lives of the colonists. Unfortunately, due to the bad quality of the paper, many postcards have lost their versos. Only the versos including messages have been preserved
Language of Material: French .

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.

Preferred Citation

Guttridge postcard collection. MS-SEA11. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Denis C. Guttridge, 1995.

Processing Information

Processed by Olivier Muth in 2003.

Biography

Dr. Denis Christian Guttridge holds a B.A. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology (University of California, San Diego, 1986), a M.S. in Biochemistry (California State University, Long Beach, 1988), and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (University of California, Irvine, 1996). From 1996 to 2001, he served as a postdoctoral associate at the Lineberger Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His laboratory studied "the role of Nf-kB in cell growth and differentiation." Since 2001, he has been an assistant professor at the Division of Human Cancer Genetics at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He was honored with the Regents Fellow Award (UC Irvine) in 1990-1991, the Joseph S. Pagano Lineberger Award in 2001, and the V Foundation Award in 2002.
The postcards have been collected by Guttridge's parents who left Vietnam in 1954.
For further information, a biographical article is available online through "The Ohio State University" (http://www.cancergenetics.med.ohio-state.edu).

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection comprises more than two hundred postcards collected by Dr. Denis C. Guttridge. It contains a wide range of images of places, people, events, and activities pertaining to Southeast Asia, and particularly to the former French colonies of Indochina (Annam, Cochin China, Tonkin, and Cambodia). Other countries are also included, such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The collection features postcards from a multitude of publishers, based in cities throughout France and Indochina. Some of these postcards have been used for correspondence, almost universally in French, at times with insights into the subject depicted on the postcards as well as into the lives of the colonists. Unfortunately, due to the bad quality of the paper, many postcards have lost their versos. Only the versos including messages have been preserved.

Arrangement

The collection is organized geographically, beginning with Indochinese cities and sites, followed by Indochinese occupations and people, ending with other Asian countries' cities and sites. Unless otherwise indicated, the geographical divisions are inhabited places. The French name is followed by the Vietnamese one, if different, in square brackets. Geographical or terminological clarifications are given in parentheses. The subject depicted on the postcards is described thoroughly according to the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus. Blank postcards are undated and are filed separately from those including messages. Unless otherwise indicated, all postcards are blank.
This collection is arranged into 2 series. Series 1. Indochine [Indochina], circa 1900-1932. 0.3 linear ft. Series 2. Other Asian countries, 1927. 0.1 linear ft.

Related Material

The following collections contain related materials:
  • The Getty Research Library, Special Collections, ACHAC collection.
  • Archives nationales, Centre des archives d'Outre-Mer (Aix-en-Provence, France), Fonds iconographique. See the online catalogue "BORA" through the website of the Archives nationales (http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr).
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris, France), Département des estampes et photographies. See the online catalogue "BN-Opaline" through the website of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://www.bnf.fr).
  • Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet (Paris, France), Archives photographiques. See a sample of these photographs through the website of the Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet (http://museeguimet.fr).
Some of these photographs have been published in:
  • Charles Daney, Indochine (Paris, Flammarion, 1992)
  • Jean Noury, L'Indochine en cartes postales ([Cahors], Publi-Fusion, 1992)
  • Michel Igout, Phnom Pemh, then and now (Bangkok, White Lotus, 1993)
  • Michel Germain, Le Viêt-Nam autrefois (Lyon, Horvath, 1994)
  • Jacques Borgé and Nicolas Viasnoff, Archives de l'Indochine ([Paris], M. Trinckvel, 1995)
  • Thierry Vincent, Pierre Dieulefils, photographe-éditeur de cartes postales d'Indochine: plus de 4800 références sur le Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchine, Cambodge, Yunnan, Chine (Aix-en-Provence, T. Vincent, 1997)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Postcards -- 20th century.
Buildings -- Indochina -- Pictorial works.
Indigenous peoples -- Indochina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
Indochina -- Pictorial works.
Cities and towns -- Indochina -- Pictorial works.
Landscape -- Indochina -- Pictorial works.
Southeast Asia -- Pictorial works.
France -- Colonies -- Indochina -- Pictorial works.
Vietnam -- Pictorial works.
Cambodia -- Pictorial works.

 

Indochine [Indochina] Series 1. circa 1900-1932

Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a wide range of images of places, people, events, and activities pertaining to the former French colonies of Indochina (Annam, Cochin China, Tonkin, and Cambodia).

Arrangement

The series is arranged in 2 subseries:
Subseries 1.1. Geographical divisions, cities and sites, circa 1900-1932
 

Geographical divisions: cities and sites Subseries 1.1. circa 1900-1932

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

The postcards in this subseries show the buildings, monuments, streets, landscapes, and environs of various geographical regions.

Arrangement

Postcards are arranged alphabetically, first by region, then by province, cities or sites, and finally by the subject they depict.
box 1, folder 1

Annam [Trung Phan (region)]

box 1, folder 1

Dalat [Đà Lat]

Physical Description: 6 postcards.
box 1, folder 1

Natural landscapes, includes messages 1930.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Palaces

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Public buildings

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 1

Cards including messages 1926.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Blank

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Schools

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Tunnels

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Hué

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Funerary structures, includes stamps, undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Quang Nam (province)

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 1

Towers, includes stamps circa 1900-1910.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 2-3

Cambodge [Cambodia (nation)]

box 1, folder 2

Angkor (deserted settlement)

Physical Description: 40 postcards.
box 1, folder 2

Ruins

Physical Description: 40 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Banam [Phumi Banam]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Natural landscapes, includes messages 1932.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Pnom Penh [Phnum Pénh]

Physical Description: 18 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Bridges (built works)

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Gardens

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Judicial buildings

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Museums

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Palaces

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Religious structures

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Cards including messages 1925.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Blank

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Roads

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Schools

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Works of art

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 3

Le Tomles-Sap [Sab, Tônlé (lake)]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 3

Natural landscapes, includes messages, undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 4-8

Cochinchine [Nam Phan (region)]

box 1, folder 4

Baria [Bà Ria]

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Social and civic buildings

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Bien-Hoa [Biên Hòa]

Physical Description: 16 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Bridges (built works)

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Gardens

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Marketplaces

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 4

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 5 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Public buildings

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Religious structures

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 4

Schools

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 4

Trains

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 4

Cantho [Can Tho]

Physical Description: 6 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Houses

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 4

Cards including messages, undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 4

Blank

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Cap Saint-Jacques [Vung Tàu]

Physical Description: 40 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Boats

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Cards including messages 1911.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 5

Blank

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Hotels (public accommodations)

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 5

Marketplaces

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 5

Military buildings

Physical Description: 2 postcard.
box 1, folder 5

Natural lanscapes

Physical Description: 24 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Cards including messages 1909-circa 1932.

Physical Description: 5 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Blank

Physical Description: 19 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Posts offices

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Cards including messages 1925.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 5

Blank

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Public buildings

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 5

Roads

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 6

Cholon [Cho Lon]

Physical Description: 9 postcards.

General note

See also Saïgon [Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh]. Originally a settlement of overseas Chinese, Cho Lon was distinct and separate from Saïgon. Recently, however, the two communities have fused together due to the rapid urbanization and population growth.
box 1, folder 6

Bridges (built works)

Physical Description: 1 postcards.
box 1, folder 6

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Religious structures

Physical Description: 7 postcards.
box 1, folder 6

Giadinh [Gia Đinh]

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 6

Gardens

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Natural landscapes, includes messages 1916.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Railroad stations

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Go-Vap [Gò Vap]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Natural landscape

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Hon-Quan [An Lôc]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Social and civic buildings

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Lai Thieu [Lái Thiêu (gardens)]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Mytho [My Tho]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Religious structures

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Pinh-Loi

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Bridges (built works)

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Sadec [Sa, Đéc]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 6

Public buildings

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Saïgon [Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh]

Physical Description: 57 postcards.

General note

See also Cholon [Cho Lon].
box 1, folder 7

Boats

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Bridges (built works)

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Funerary structures

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Gardens

Physical Description: 26 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Horse racetracks

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Hotels (public accommodations)

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Laboratories

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Military buildings

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Cards including messages, undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Blank

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Museums

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Ports

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Public buildings

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Religious structures

Physical Description: 7 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Includes stamps, undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 7

Blank

Physical Description: 6 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Restaurants

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Rivers

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Social and civic buildings

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Schools

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 7

Theaters, includes messages 1928.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Tayninh [Tây Ninh]

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Villages

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Thudaumot [Phú Cuong]

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Gardens, includes messages 1921.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Thu-Duc [Thu Đuc]

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Funerary structures, includes stamps, undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Villages

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Tourane [Đà Nang]

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Bridges (built works), includes messages, undated

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Natural landscapes, includes stamps circa 1900-1910.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Tunnels, includes stamps 1908.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Trian (river)

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Cards including messages circa 1900-1910.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 8

Blank

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Vinhlong [Vinh Long]

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Natural landscapes

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 8

Ports

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 9

Versos of postcards, if separated from the rectos, includes messages, undated

Physical Description: 2 items.
 

Occupations and people Subseries 1.2. circa 1900-1932

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

The postcards in this subseries depict occupations and people of all origins and ages present within the Indochinese colonies in the first third of the twentieth century. The depictions range in documentary and ethonographic tone, but the postcards might have been sent for colonist and exotic purposes.

Arrangement

The postcards are arranged alphabetically, first by geographical divisions, then by the subject they depict.
box 1, folder 10

Annam [Trung Phan (region)]

Physical Description: 13 postcards.
box 1, folder 10

Ethnic groups

Physical Description: 12 postcards.
box 1, folder 10

People in religion

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 10

Cambodge [Cambodia (nation)]

Physical Description: 5 postcards.
box 1, folder 10

Dancers

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 10

Musicians

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 10

Women

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Cochinchine [Nam Phan (region)]

Physical Description: 54 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Celebrations

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Poulo-Condore [Côn Đao (island)]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

Saïgon [Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh]

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Colonists

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

Ethnic groups

Physical Description: 29 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Annamese

Physical Description: 7 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Chinese

Physical Description: 5 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Includes stamps circa 1900-1910.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

Blank

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Indigenous peoples

Physical Description: 17 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Farmers

Physical Description: 5 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Houses

Physical Description: 5 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Hunters

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Camps (temporary settlements)

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

With animals

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Musicians

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

People in religion

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

Smokers

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

Textile workers

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 11

Transportation vehicles

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

Tonkin [Bac Phan (region)]

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 11

Woodworkers

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
 

Other Asian countries Series 2. 1927

Physical Description: 0.1 feet.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a small range of images of buildings, monuments, streets, landscapes, and environs pertaining to other Asian countries.

Arrangement

The postcards are arranged alphabetically, first by geographical divisions, then by the subject they depict.
box 1, folder 12

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Physical Description: 4 postcards.
box 1, folder 12

Gardens

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Plants

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 12

Religious structures

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Singapore

Physical Description: 8 postcards.
box 1, folder 12

Funerary structures

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Museums

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Ports

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 12

Public buildings

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Roads

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Transportation vehicles

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Physical Description: 9 postcards.
box 1, folder 12

Animals

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Boats

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Ports

Physical Description: 2 postcards.
box 1, folder 12

Religious structures, includes messages 1927.

Physical Description: 1 postcard.
box 1, folder 12

Roads

Physical Description: 3 postcards.
box 1, folder 12

Transportation vehicles

Physical Description: 1 postcard.