Guide to the Zoya Shlakis Collection

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Title: Zoya Shlakis Collection

Creator: Shlakis, Zoya, 1927-2010

Identifier/Call Number: OCH.ZSC

Extent: 54.94 linear feet

Date (inclusive): circa 1902-2009

Date (bulk): 1930-1949

Abstract: Zoya Shlakis was born in Mukden, China in 1927, to Stayses and Alexandra Shlakis. Her father was of Lithuanian descent and her mother a White Russian. The Shlakis family fled Russia for China, eventually settling in Shanghai in 1936. In 1948, as Communist forces advanced across China, the Shlakis family relocated to Taipei, Taiwan. In Taipei, Zoya acquired a visa under the 1948 Displaced Persons Act, which allowed her legal entry into the U.S. The collection consists of records documenting Zoya's life in Shanghai (ca. 1930s-1940s), correspondence with friends and family, numerous Old China Hands activities, and photographs documenting the Shlakis family from the early days in Mukden in the 1920s until 2008.

Language of Material: English, Chinese, Russian

Biographical Information:

Zoya Shlakis was born in Mukden, China in 1927 to Stayses and Alexandra Shlakis. Her father was Lithuanian and her mother a White Russian. Due to the revolution and social unrest in Russia, the Shlakis family fled Russia for China. After Stayses managed to secure a position as a mechanic with the Chinese Postal Service, the Shlakis family moved from Mukden to Nanjing and eventually to Shanghai in 1936. Their lifestyle in Shanghai was by some standards unusual since, due to Stayses's job, they were given a residence inside the General Post Office of Shanghai with fully furnished quarters, servants, and access to the rooftop garden. During her time in Shanghai, Zoya was enrolled at Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Girls, participated in theater at the local British Lyceum, and joined the Army & Navy YMCA.

Due to deteriorating conditions in Shanghai following the Second World War, the Shlakis family fled to Taipei, Taiwan in December of 1948. In Taipei, Zoya acquired a visa under the 1948 Displaced Persons Act, which allowed her legal entry into the U.S. After Zoya secured travel documents for her parents, they joined her in the United States and lived with her for the remainder of their lives in Los Angeles, California.

Zoya remained very active in the Old China Hands community, keeping in touch with old friends, and helping organize and maintain records for the numerous Old China Hands reunions and activities over the years. Her many trips back to Shanghai document the rapid changes taking place in China's stride for modernity as well as the contrast between pre- and post-Nationalist rule. Her collection offers unique perspectives on significant events of the 20th century, including the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, living in pre-WWII Shanghai as immigrants, life under Japanese occupation, and post-war society until the rise of the Mao Zedong's communist state.

Scope and Contents

The Zoya Shlakis Collection consists mainly of original documents, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera relating to Zoya Shlakis's experiences growing up in China as a stateless foreigner as well as her involvement with numerous Old China Hands Reunions. The collection is divided into seven series: Mukden, Nanking, and Shanghai Memorabilia (1924-2004), Old China Hands (OCH) Reunions (1988-2009), Biographical Documents (1917-2007), Correspondence (1947-2009), Photographs (ca. 1902-2006), Ephemera (1906-2006), and Audio-Visual (ca. 1920-2006).

Series I, Mukden, Nanking, and Shanghai Memorabilia, includes advertisements, school records, correspondence, documents, and scanned photographs with provenance relating to Zoya Shlakis's personal experience throughout China. This series mainly relates to Zoya's experience growing up in Shanghai.

Series II, Old China Hands (OCH) Reunions, includes correspondence, pamphlets, newsletters, contact lists, and organizational records of numerous OCH Reunions. Shlakis helped organize a number of reunions as well as serving as an administrator for the 1996 Reunion in Las Vegas, Nevada. This series is arranged chronologically by reunion.

Series III, Biographical Documents, consists of articles, scanned photographs with descriptions, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, and personal stories of living in Shanghai.

Series IV, Correspondence, includes correspondence between Zoya Shlakis and friends. This series is arranged alphabetically and chronologically within.

Series V, Photographs, contains black and white photographs of the Shlakis family living in Mukden, Nanking, and Shanghai. Many of the photographs outside of China capture the numerous OCH gatherings as well as her personal life.

Series VI, Ephemera, consists mainly of clothing, handmade linens, handmade woodcarvings, trinkets, jewelry, silver and kitchen utensils. Some of these items were brought over from Shanghai and others purchased in the U.S.

Series VII: Audio-visual, includes VHS and DVDs, some with commentary, from a number of OCH Reunions and the opening of the OCH Archive at CSU Northridge. This series also contains a video cassette of Shanghai stock footage (ca. 1920s-1930s), and a DVD of Zoya's media coverage at the Grand Opening of the Shanghai Post Office Museum in China.

Arrangement of Materials:

Series I: Mukden, Nanking, Shanghai Memorabilia, 1924-2004

Series II: Old China Hands (OCH) Reunions, 1988-2009

Series III: Biographical Documents, 1917-2007

Series IV: Correspondence, 1947-2009

Series V: Photographs, ca. 1902-2006

Series VI: Ephemera, 1906-2006

Series VII: Audio-Visual, ca. 1920-2006

Related Material

Old China Hands Archives

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

Ruth Jackson-Gosenson, 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:

Tim Kaufler and Vicki Schmidtberger, 2012

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ephemera

Documents

Photographs

Audiovisual materials

Textiles

Series I: Mukden, Nanking, and Shanghai Memorabilia, ca. 1924-2004

Box 1, Folder 1

Advertisement copies, Shanghai

Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence: Shlakis to Nicky (cousin), Aunt Lily; Lily Remedios to Shlakis; Billy Brandt to Shlakis; Sidi to Shlakis; photo from the Red Cross Dancers Army and Navy group in Shanghai, 1947-1948, 1985, 1989

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence and Documents: D.L. Versaw to Shlakis, 2003 July 16

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence: Olaussen, Henry; Original music compositions; Memories of Shanghai, favorite and least favorite things, 1990 October 24

Box 1, Folder 5

Correspondence: re; Old Shanghai, includes copies of photographs with identifications

Box 1, Folder 6

Documents: "Postcards of Shanghai," photocopied images and descriptions, 1930s

Box 1, Folder 7

Documents: Protestant Mission listings; Incident on the Bund, (likely written by Zoya Shlakis); correspondence regarding Public and Thomas Hanbury (PTH) Girls School; Shlakis, A., Shanghai to Formosa ; Fradkin, Abraham, The International Seminar on 'Jews in Shanghai' ; photograph copies, articles, 1948, 1994

Box 1, Folder 8

Document: Renault exportation contract with Julien Heimindinger (in French), 1932-1933

Box 1, Folder 9

Employment Records, Taipei: Shlakis, Zoya, "Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction," 1949-1950

Box 1, Folder 10

Newsletters: Army and Navy Y Girls' Club, October 1947; September 1948; December 1950

Box 1, Folder 11

Photograph Copies: Shanghai schools with identifications, 1944, 1948

Box 1, Folder 12

Photograph Copies: Shanghai friends, family; White Russian Officers Club; copies of "Shanghai Directory," 1934-1944

Box 1, Folder 13

Photograph Copies: Nanking and Shanghai, some with identifications, 1934-1935

Box 1, Folder 14

Post Office: Articles, copies of photographs with identification, 1924, 2004

Box 1, Folder 15

Post Office: Articles, Copies of photographs with identification, 1924, 2004

Box 1, Folder 16

Public and Thomas Hanbury School: Copies of photographs with identifications, report cards, 1939, 1944

Box 1, Folder 17

Public and Thomas Hanbury School, In Nuno; report cards, Shlakis, Zoya, 1943 November 1-1944 June 28

Box 1, Folder 18

Publications: regarding Shanghai

Box 1, Folder 19

Publications: regarding Shanghai, 1981

Box 1, Folder 20

Russian documents, untranslated

Box 39, Folder 1

Grammar Workbook: Shlakis, Zoya, Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Girls, ca. 1930-ca. 1939

Box 39, Folder 2

Grammar Workbook: Shlakis, Zoya, Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Girls, ca. 1930-ca. 1939

Box 39, Folder 3

Report Card: Shlakis, Zoya, Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Girls, 1943

Box 39, Folder 4

Report cards from PTH (ages 8-9): Summer, Lower School; Winter, Lower School; Summer, Lower School; Winter, Lower School, 1935-1937

Box 39, Folder 5

Report cards from PTH (ages 11-15): Summer; Autumn; Summer; Winter; Summer; Autumn; Summer; Summer; Autumn, 1938-1942

Box 39, Folder 6

"Shanghai Municipal Council Diploma" -- (identified by Zoya on a copy in Box 1, folder 16); Shanghai Special Municipality, Public and Thomas Hanbury School for girls, certificate of "School Leaving Examinations," September 1936-June 1944

Box 39, Folder 7

Photograph: Shlakis, Stayses, with Shanghai Post Office co-workers, ca. 1934

Series II: Old China Hands (OCH) Reunions, 1988-2009

Box 1, Folder 21

Old China Hands (OCH), London Reunion: Brochures; Program, "Once in a Lifetime Reunion of All Civilian Internees in China, under Japanese occupation during the years: 1941-1945;" Newspaper article, October 1988

Box 1, Folder 22

OCH London Reunion: Program; itinerary; internment camp lists, October 1988

Box 1, Folder 23

OCH Anaheim Reunion: Identified photographs; travel brochures; attendance roster; correspondence, Julia de Souza Gusek, 1990

Box 1, Folder 24

OCH Vancouver Reunion: Article by Abraham Fradkin; correspondence regarding reunion; "Register of Participants," 1992

Box 1, Folder 25

OCH Vancouver Reunion: Reunion brochure, postcards, unidentified photographs, 1992

Box 1, Folder 26

San Francisco Reunion: Programs of other OCH Reunions; postcards, thank you letters, reunion program, photo of Zoya at reunion; Report of the OCH reunion, by Zoya Shlakis; copies of newspaper articles; group photo with some identifications, reunion roster; copy of The China Connection, Issue no. 33, 1990-1994

Box 1, Folder 27

OCH Charleston Reunion: Travel brochures; reunion attendance list, 1995

Box 1, Folder 28

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: Photo with attached identifications; photocopy of Shanghai directory; Proclamation by Governor of Nevada

Box 2, Folder 1

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: Registration, program, schedule of events, OCH Directory; correspondence, 1996

Box 2, Folder 2

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: Biographies; "OCH Royalty;" Folder, "Old China Hands Reunion and Conference," includes biographies, press releases, newspaper articles, September 1996

Box 2, Folder 3

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: Correspondence, PTH girls photo at the Las Vegas Reunion (copy), September 1996

Box 2, Folder 4

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: OCH Reunion, Las Vegas "personal stories" booklet; OCH Reunion '94 attendees list; Song book

Box 2, Folder 5

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: Pamphlets and rosters, 1996

Box 2, Folder 6

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: Rosters and articles, 1996

Box 2, Folder 7

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: OCH mailing list, part 1, 1996

Box 2, Folder 8

OCH Las Vegas Reunion, OCH mailing list, part 2; correspondence, Tess Johnston and Nancy Bartel, includes articles relating to the OCH reunion, 1996

Box 2, Folder 9

OCH Las Vegas Reunion: Directory and Attendees List, 1996

Box 2, Folder 10

Articles: Regarding OCH reunions

Box 2, Folder 11

OCH San Diego Reunion: Rosters and notes, 1998

Box 2, Folder 12

OCH San Diego Reunion: Booklet; attendees list, 1998

Box 2, Folder 13

OCH San Diego Reunion: Correspondence, 1998

Box 2, Folder 14

OCH San Diego Reunion: Correspondence, postcards, photocopies of SFX College emblem, pamphlets, 1998

Box 2, Folder 15

OCH Scottsdale Reunion: Announcement and program; souvenir booklet with photographs; poems by Ben Levaco, 2000

Box 2, Folder 16

OCH Scottsdale Reunion: "The OCH Background Series;" article on Peter Stein and the reunion; list of registrants (includes schools attended)

Box 2, Folder 17

OCH Portland Reunion: OCH Mailing List

Box 2, Folder 18

OCH Portland Reunion: OCH Mailing List

Box 2, Folder 19

OCH Portland Reunion: "Portland OCH Reunion Attendees;" schedule of events; registration information packets, September 2006

Box 2, Folder 20

OCH Portland Reunion: Copies of photographs, some with identifications, 2006

Box 2, Folder 21

OCH Portland Reunion: Correspondence relating to the reunion, 2006

Box 2, Folder 22

OCH Portland Reunion: Copies of photos from reunion, 2006

Box 3, Folder 1

OCH Shanghai Reunion: Tour information, reunion program, list of attendees, 2006

Box 3, Folder 2

OCH Shanghai Reunion: Reunion notes; names and addresses; "Newsletter" to PTH alumni, 1986, ca. 2006

Box 3, Folder 3

Old China Hands Archive (OCHA): Board invitation; event documents, June 2004, 2005 June 3-8

Box 3, Folder 4

OCHA: Inaugural exhibition program, CSU Northridge magazine, Fall 2002

Box 3, Folder 5

OCHA-related documents: Pamphlet, Dedication of Old China Hands Archive , 2002 October 4-5

Box 3, Folder 6

OCHA-related documents: Magazine and newspaper articles regarding academic conference hosted by CSUN, 2005 July 6

Box 3, Folder 7

Shanghai American School Association, China American Schools Reunion: Brochure, list of reunion attendees, 1991 March 15-17

Box 3, Folder 8

Stein, Peter K.: Publication, "We Parted as Teenagers and Met Again as Senior Citizen," personal reminiscing about his youth in Shanghai, 2000

Box 3, Folder 9

The China Society of Southern California: Minutes of meetings recorded by Zoya Shlakis, Recording Secretary, 1998 April 4-2002 May 11

Box 3, Folder 10

The China Society of Southern California: Minutes of meetings recorded by Zoya Shlakis, Recording Secretary; correspondence, June 1997-August 2000

Box 3, Folder 11

The China Society of Southern California: Pamphlets; "Constitution and By-Laws," rosters, 1997

Box 3, Folder 12

The China Society of Southern California: Event reservation forms; event fliers, November 2006-February 2009

Series III: Biographical Documents, 1917-2007

Box 3, Folder 13

Articles and Photographs: Woo, Jonathan to Zoya; copies of articles and photographs with identifications; newspaper clippings; copies of photographs, 2004

Box 3, Folder 14

Articles and Photographs: Photographs, Kaiser Wilhelm Schule, Second Grade; Voice of America article, ' Old China Hands' Celebrate Two Cultures , 1933, 2002 November 7

Box 3, Folder 15

Articles and Photographs: Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Shlakis' cousin

Box 3, Folder 16

Biographical; Shlakis, Zoya: My Roots; Shlakis family; correspondence between Zoya Shlakis and Mario Machado, 1986-1996

Box 3, Folder 17

Booklet: 130th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier's College (in Chinese), 2004

Box 3, Folder 18

Correspondence and Announcements: Bloomfield sisters and Jean McKeon's 88th birthday celebration; photographs, some with identification, 1998

Box 3, Folder 19

Correspondence: Kliene, Gloria to Zoya, regarding SFX College Reunion, September 2002

Box 3, Folder 20

Correspondence: Konashenko, Gene and Julie to Zoya, regarding Konashenko family history; booklet, Tubabao, Russian Refugee Camp, Philippines 1949-1951

Box 3, Folder 21

Documents: Biographical, by Zoya; employment records, 1950

Box 3, Folder 22

Documents: Casting and location information for documentary, Defense Against Espionage, April 1976

Box 3, Folder 23

Document: Eulogy for Chippy (Zoya's Bird), 1994 July 12

Box 3, Folder 24

Documents: Funeral notice, Klaudia Shlakis (Zoya's grandmother); envelope containing newspaper clippings marked "clippings collected by mother," (in Russian)

Box 3, Folder 25

Documents: Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum: Brochure and business cards regarding Zoya Shlakis, docent

Box 3, Folder 26

Documents, Legal: Shlakis, Alexandra; Certificates of birth, Naturalization, travel, and death; funeral documents, 1948-1951, 1978

Box 3, Folder 27

Documents, Legal: Shlakis, Stayses; Employment Certificate (in Chinese), Certificate of travel, employment verification letters, newspaper clipping (in Russian), 1948-1957

Box 3, Folder 28

Documents, Legal: Shlakis, Zoya; Travel certificates (in Chinese), Certificates of Naturalization and death, Citizenship papers; articles on Shlakis' arrival in the United States, 1949-1951

Box 3, Folder 29

Documents: Shlakis, Zoya, employment records at Latham & Watkins

Box 3, Folder 30

Documents: Shlakis, Zoya, employment references; certificate of parentage/birth, 1950, 1957

Box 3, Folder 31

Documents: Shlakis, Zoya, notes on World War I and II; annotated copies of photographs

Box 3, Folder 32

Documents: Collège Français Changhai class list (in French); The Royal Drawing Society, examination certificate; Unidentified certificate (in Russian), 1917, 1939, 1945

Box 3, Folder 33

Documents: Untranslated certificates (in Russian), 1961, 1973, 1978

Box 4, Folder 1

Kliene, Dennis: Research regarding Shanghai Public Schools, 2005

Box 4, Folder 2

Machado, Mario: Testimonial Dinner; photocopied and original photographs and article; Amerasian Voice; articles and documents regarding Mario Machado; photo with Mario and President Ronald Reagan, 1978

Box 4, Folder 3

Meyers, Beverly A.: Shanghai Sojourns: A History of the Argendeli/Souyoulgis Clan, 1918-1951

Box 4, Folder 4

Newsletter: From the Editor

Box 4, Folder 5

Pickel, Eugene: correspondence and documents, "Lithuania" family history; genealogy, 2007

Box 4, Folder 6

Pickel, Eugene: correspondence and documents, "Lithuania" family history; genealogy, 2007

Box 4, Folder 7

Post Office: Newspaper clippings and correspondence: Opening of Shanghai Post Office Museum, 2006

Box 4, Folder 8

Post Office: Photographs and articles regarding Shanghai post office (copies), some with identification, December 2005; January 2006

Box 4, Folder 9

Publications: Fortune, No. 8 with article by Shlakis, Alexandra

Box 4, Folder 10

Publications: Document (in Russian) (copy); color copies of publications regarding Shanghai

Box 4, Folder 11

Publication: The China Connection Directory, 1989

Box 4, Folder 12

Publication: Supplement to the China Connection Directory, 1992

Box 4, Folder 13

Publications: Pamphlet (in Russian); newsletters (in Russian), 1962; 1994; 2000

Box 4, Folder 14

Publications: Newsletters (in Russian), 2002, 2005

Box 4, Folder 15

Radbil, Alexandra, story about life in China, 2001 July 1

Box 4, Folder 16

Recipes: Booklet of Shanghai recipes; Mrs. Shlakis's Prioshki, 1940

Box 4, Folder 17

Saranin, Alex: Alex Saranin; His Life and Work, book excerpt; obituary, 2004 October 2

Box 4, Folder 18

Shanghai Photograph (copies): Mary Garin's birthday party; PTH graduation; Pamela Buttridge, 1944, 1948

Box 4, Folder 19

Stories of Shanghai: Grebenschikoff, Igor; William, Michael Bell; Rubin, Evelyn Pike; de Vries, Bob; Leyser, Henry

Box 4, Folder 20

Theater performances: programs; copied photographs, 1947, 1948

Box 4, Folder 21

Theater performances: newspaper clippings; programs, 1953, 1955

Box 4, Folder 22

Trip, Kansas: Correspondence from Zoya Shlakis regarding her trip to Kansas and visit with Bill West's family, October-December 1994

Box 4, Folder 23

Trip, Queen Mary: Copies of shipboard photographs

Box 4, Folder 24

Trip, Shanghai: Correspondence, 2004

Box 4, Folder 25

Typescript: "Zoe's Story," synopsis and draft copy

Box 4, Folder 26

Young, Noel Toy: memorial pamphlet, 2003

Series IV: Correspondence, 1947-2009

Box 5, Folder 1

Bauer, Pauline I., February 1997, March 1997

Box 5, Folder 2

Bloomfield, Brian, March-April 2004

Box 5, Folder 3

Chang, Ming Shu and Lei Lei Gong, March 1997, December 1978, February 2007

Box 5, Folder 4

Chang, Ming Shu and Angela Lee (Li Ying), April 1990, March 1996, May 1996, September 1996, February 1997, June 1998

Box 5, Folder 5

Chang, Ming Shu and Angela Lee (Li Ying) (in Chinese)

Box 5, Folder 6

Chang, Ming Shu and Angela Lee (Li Ying), 2004

Box 5, Folder 7

Chernov, Igor, January 1980, March 2000, August 2002

Box 5, Folder 8

Cranley, William "Patrick," 2004-2007

Box 5, Folder 9

Curtis, Gloria, 1987-1988, 1993-1994

Box 5, Folder 10

Danachie, Lyn, 2004, 2005

Box 5, Folder 11

de Vries, Bob, 1980, 2003-2007

Box 5, Folder 12

Elmassian, Aram A., 1994-1995

Box 5, Folder 13

Gaupp, Ursula and Jilie Gusek, 1948, 1996, 2000

Box 5, Folder 14

Given, Agnes (Nan)

Box 5, Folder 15

Gilev, Igor, 1980, 1999-2004

Box 5, Folder 16

Gohstand, Bob, 2005, 2006

Box 5, Folder 17

Grebenshikoff, Igor (aka Chernoff) (younger brother of Oleg Grebenshikoff), 2000

Box 5, Folder 18

Grebenshikoff, Better and Oleg, 1994-1996, 2003-2005

Box 5, Folder 19

Hanjin, Michael, 1996

Box 5, Folder 20

Immergluck, Ed, 2005-2006

Box 5, Folder 21

Jedeiken, Joe, 2002-2003

Box 6, Folder 1

Johnston, Tess, 1995-2008

Box 6, Folder 2

Johnston, Tess, 1995-2008

Box 6, Folder 3

Johnston, Tess, 1995-2008

Box 6, Folder 4

Kalageorgi, Leo, 2003-2009

Box 6, Folder 5

Kliene, Bert and Gloria, 2002

Box 6, Folder 6

Kliene, Dennis and Ron, 1990, 2006

Box 6, Folder 7

Krasno, Rena, 2003-2008

Box 6, Folder 8

Leck, Greg, 2005-2009

Box 6, Folder 9

Lee-Bartel, Nancy, 2004, 2006

Box 6, Folder 10

McLoone, Lilia, 2001-2005

Box 6, Folder 11

Olaussen, Ed and Henry, 2004

Box 6, Folder 12

Pickel, Eugene, 2002, 2007, 2009

Box 6, Folder 13

Ranson, Liliane, 1992-1994, 1997, 2000

Box 6, Folder 14

Rein, Raissa Alexandrovna, 1992-1994, 1997, 2000

Box 6, Folder 15

Rein, Raissa Alexandrovna, 1992-1994, 1997, 2000

Box 6, Folder 16

Rein, Raissa Alexandrovna, 1992-1994, 1997, 2000

Box 6, Folder 17

Rein, Raissa Alexandrovna, 1992-1994, 1997, 2000

Box 6, Folder 18

Rein, Raissa Alexandrovna, 1992-1994, 1997, 2000

Box 6, Folder 19

Schaffin, Victor, 1998

Box 6, Folder 20

Sirvydas, Vytold, 1980

Box 6, Folder 21

Smith, Joseph and family, 2004-2006

Box 6, Folder 22

Sokoloff, George, 2005, 2007

Box 6, Folder 23

Stein, Peter, 2002

Box 6, Folder 24

Upton, Steve, 1998, 2002

Box 6, Folder 25

Velishka, Mary and Lenny, 1975-1976

Box 6, Folder 26

Velishka and Kozlowski, Attorneys at Law, 1976

Box 6, Folder 27

West Family: Lizbeth, Pat

Box 6, Folder 28

West Family: Lizbeth, Pat

Box 6, Folder 29

West Family: Lizbeth, Pat

Box 7, Folder 1

Wilder, Agnes, 1994

Box 7, Folder 2

YMCA, Shanghai

Box 7, Folder 3

Yasterboff, Lydia (in Russian), 1996-1997, 2002

Box 7, Folder 4

Yie, Gene, 2000

Box 7, Folder 5

Shlakis, Zoya: Newsletters and Holiday letters, 1970, 1983-1985, 1988, 2005, 2007

Box 7, Folder 6

Shlakis, Zoya to herself

Box 7, Folder 7

Correspondence: A through B, 1976, 1988, 2001-2002, 2004, 2006-2008

Box 7, Folder 8

Correspondence: C through D, 1965, 1972, 1998, 2002-2006

Box 7, Folder 9

Correspondence: E through G, 1948, 1987-1988, 1998, 2003, 2005

Box 7, Folder 10

Correspondence: H through J, 1997, 2005

Box 7, Folder 11

Correspondence: K, 1975-1976, 1991, 2002-2003

Box 7, Folder 12

Correspondence: L through M, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1992-1993, 2002, 2005

Box 7, Folder 13

Correspondence: N through P, 1947, 1994-1997, 2002, 2006-2007

Box 7, Folder 14

Correspondence: Q through S, 1964, 1976, 1999, 2002, 2005-2006

Box 7, Folder 15

Correspondence: T through Z, 1981, 2001, 2004

Box 7, Folder 16

Correspondence: regarding Shanghai General Post Office Museum opening, 2004-2007

Box 8, Folder 1

Correspondence: Unidentified (in Russian)

Box 8, Folder 2

Correspondence: Unidentified (in Russian)

Box 8, Folder 3

Correspondence: Unidentified (in Russian)

Box 8, Folder 4

Correspondence: Unidentified (in Russian)

Box 8, Folder 5

Correspondence: Unidentified (in Russian)

Box 8, Folder 6

Correspondence: Unidentified authors

Series V: Photographs, ca. 1902-2006

Box 9, Folder 1

Pre-Shanghai, Mukden (1-27), ca. 1920-ca. 1929

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 6

black and white, first from left: Shlakis, Alexandra; third from left, Shlakis, Zoya; fourth from left, Shlakis, Stayses at their home in Mukden

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 13

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya at her home in Mukden

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 14

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya at her home in Mukden

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 15

black and white, left to right: Shlakis, Stayses and Shlakis, Alexandra

Box 9, Folder 1, Item 25

black and white, Shlakis, Alexandra (mother) holding Shlakis, Zoya (child)

Box 9, Folder 2

Pre-Shanghai, Mukden (28-45), ca. 1920-ca. 1929

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 28

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya with Shlakis, Alexandra

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 29

"Dad's car in Mukden," ca. 1928-1929

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 30

black and white, "Dad's car in Mukden," ca. 1928-1929

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 31

black and white, "Residence in Mukden"

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 32

black and white, left to right: "Grandma," Shlakis, Alexandra (mother) holding Shlakis, Zoya (child), "1928-1929 in Mukden"

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 41

black and white, Shlakis, Stayses

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 42

black and white, Shlakis, Stayses

Box 9, Folder 2, Item 45

black and white, "Dad and motorcycle in the country (Mukden)"

Box 9, Folder 3

Pre-Shanghai, Mukden (46-61), ca. 1920-ca. 1929

Box 9, Folder 3, Item 47

black and white, Shlakis, Stayses

Box 9, Folder 4

Pre-Shanghai, Nanking (62-80), ca. 1920-ca. 1929

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 62

black and white, first from left: Shlakis, Alexandra and third from left Shlakis, Zoya

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 63

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 64

black and white, Elephant statue in Nanking

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 67

black and white, Shlakis, Stayses

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 69

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 74

black and white, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanking

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 75

black and white, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanking

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 76

black and white, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanking

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 77

black and white, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanking

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 78

black and white, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanking

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 79

black and white, "Granny's grave" in Nanking, 1926

Box 9, Folder 4, Item 80

black and white, "Granny's grave" in Nanking, 1926

Box 9, Folder 5

Shanghai, childhood (81-106), ca. 1930-ca. 1949

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 81

black and white, taken from the General Post Office in Shanghai overlooking Soochow Creek and Broadway Mansions

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 83

black and white, Shlakis, Alexandra and Shlakis, Zoya

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 86

black and white, Shlakis, Alexandra and Shlakis, Zoya

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 87

black and white, Shlakis, Alexandra and Shlakis, Zoya

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 94

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya wearing her Public and Thomas Hanbury (PTH) uniform

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 95

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya wearing her Public and Thomas Hanbury (PTH) uniform

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 103

black and white, the General Post Office of Shanghai

Box 9, Folder 5, Item 104

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya at the Garden Bridge Park, ca. 1935

Box 9, Folder 6

Shanghai, childhood (107-116), ca. 1930-ca. 1949

Box 9, Folder 6, Item 107

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya wearing her PTH hat

Box 9, Folder 6, Item 110

black and white, photo from the Post Office looking towards Nanking Road at night, 1926

Box 9, Folder 6, Item 111

black and white, photo from the Post Office looking towards Nanking Road at night, 1926

Box 9, Folder 6, Item 113

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya PTH Junior School photo, 1938-1939

Box 9, Folder 6, Item 114

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya PTH Junior School photo, 1938-1939

Box 9, Folder 7

Shanghai, childhood (117-151), ca. 1930-1940

Box 9, Folder 7, Item 120

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya standing on the Bund in her PTH school uniform, ca. 1935

Box 9, Folder 7, Item 124

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya (age 6) standing with her grandmother (Alexandra's adopted mother), shortly before her stroke and death, 1934

Box 9, Folder 7, Item 128

black and white, far right: Shlakis, Alexandra with Shlakis, Zoya on her lap

Box 9, Folder 7, Item 129

black and white, left to right: Shlakis, Zoya; Shlakis, Alexandra; Shlakis, Stayses

Box 9, Folder 7, Item 138

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya at the PTH school for girls in Hongkew, 1937-1938

Box 9, Folder 7, Item 148

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya "first year in school played Fairy Godmother in Cinderella; Mom made my costume," 1935

Box 9, Folder 8

Shanghai, childhood; post office exterior (152-167), ca. 1930-ca. 1939

Box 9, Folder 8, Item 156

black and white, Shlakis, Stayses in middle holding Shlakis, Zoya on top of the General Post Office

Box 9, Folder 8, Item 166

black and white, Shlakis, Zoya with their cook's children on top of the elevator shaft of the General Post Office rooftop

Box 9, Folder 9

Shanghai, childhood; post office interior (168-179), ca. 1930-ca. 1939

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 168

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934," 1934

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 169

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 170

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 171

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 172

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 173

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 174

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 175

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 176

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 9, Item 177

black and white, "Early days in the Post Office when Papa was transferred from Nanking to Shanghai head of Post Office in 1934"

Box 9, Folder 10

Shanghai childhood/teen years (180-212), ca. 1930-ca. 1949

Box 9, Folder 10, Item 181

black and white, left to right: Shlakis, Alexandra and Shlakis, Zoya

Box 9, Folder 10, Item 182

black and white, second from left: Guileff, Nina

Box 9, Folder 10, Item 183