Inventory of the Benjamin Michael Levaco papers
Finding aid prepared by Jill Golden
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Benjamin Michael Levaco papers
Date (inclusive): 1892-1998
Collection Number: 93097
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder
(0.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Autobiographical writings, letters, certificates, bulletins, and photographs relating to the Russian Jewish community in China
from 1915 to 1950.
Creator:
Levaco, Benjamin Michael, 1911-1998
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1993.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Benjamin Michael Levaco papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Russian businessman in China.
Scope and Content of Collection
Autobiographical writings, letters, certificates, bulletins, and photographs relating to the Russian Jewish community in China
from 1915 to 1950.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- China
Jews -- China
box 1, folder 4
School certificates,
1892, 1925-1926
box 1, folder 2
Identification documents,
undated
box 1, folder 3
Levaco family correspondence
1950
box 1, folder 3
Mikhail Levaco poetry
1949
box 1, folder 6
Rakhil Levaco file
1935-1942
box 1, folder 8-10
Auto-biographical writings,
1992
box 1, folder 12
Articles by Benjamin Levaco,
1982-1993
box 1, folder 13
"My 35 Years in the Far East,"
1979
box 1, folder 14
"Far Eastern Adventure,"
1979
box 1, folder 15
"Earthquake of 1923,"
1991
box 1, folder 16
"My Maternal Legacy,"
1991
box 1, folder 17
"Adventures on the Job,"
1991
box 1, folder 18
"Adventures (Mostly Off The Job)"
1992
Oppenheimer Casing Company file
1939-1946
box 1, folder 21
Factory photograph album,
before 1949
drawer J06
Panoramic photograph
undated
box 2, folder 1
Photocopies of photographs
1901-1992
Scope and Contents
Labeled photographs of family scenes, other groups of people, and portraits.
box 2, folder 2
Photographs,
1912-1940
Scope and Contents
Photographs of family, community and landscapes of Tientsin, and other images.
box 2, folder 3-4
The Grammarian, Tientsin Grammar School
1929-1930
box 2, folder 5
Ye Olde Grammarian, Tientsin Grammar School
1935-1936
