Guide to the Roman Edwards Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Roman Edwards Collection
Creator:
Edwards, Roman
Identifier/Call Number: OCH.ROE
Extent:
1.83 Gigabytes
Date (inclusive): 1900-1990
Abstract: The
Roman Edwards
Collection
contains photographs, ephemera, and a manuscript documenting Edwards and
his British and Russian parents' lives in Shanghai and World War II internment in Yu Yuen
Road Camp and Ningkou Road Civilian Assembly Center.
Language of Material: English, Chinese,
Russian
Biographical / Historical
Roman "Ted" Edwards was born December 6, 1929 to a Russian mother and British father. His
surname was originally Pisani. He attended St. Jeanne D'Arc school in Shanghai before
attending Cathedral School. When World War II began he and his family were interned at Yu
Yuen Road Camp. His family moved to England in May 1946 before immigrating to the United
States in 1948.
Scope and Contents
The
Roman Edwards Collection contains photographs, ephemera, and
a manuscript documenting Edwards and his British and Russian parents' lives in Shanghai in
the 1930s and 1940s. Russian ephemera and photographs document Edwards' connection to Russia
through his mother's family. Business ephemera and photographs document aspects of daily
life in Shanghai, including Edwards' education at Cathedral School. His collection of
matchbook covers were manufactured in China, Japan, Norway, and the United States, and
include Japanese propaganda distributed in Shanghai during World War II. Photographs from a
later trip to revisit China record the locations of Yu Yuen Road and Eastern Civilian
Assembly Center internment camps in 1987.
Conditions Governing Access
This 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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of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.
Preferred Citation
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Processing Information
Mallory Furnier, 2021
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Ephemera
Photographs
Digital Folder
Artillerists Dinner Menu,
1935
Digital Folder
Cathedral School Photographs,
1937-1938
Digital Folder
Chinese Eastern Railway Ticket Envelope
Digital Folder
Chinese Paper Currency,
1928-1949
Digital Folder
Cognac Bottlers Photographs
Digital Folder
Dinner Group Photograph,
ca. 1930
Digital Folder
Edwards, Tamara V. Internment Camp Account,
ca. 1990
Digital Folder
Family Photographs
ca. 1900-1945
Digital Folder
Internment Civilian Armband,
ca. 1942
Digital Folder
Matchbook Covers,
ca. 1935-1945
Digital Folder
Railway Commemorative Certificate
Digital Folder
Russian Postcards,
ca. 1920-1929
Digital Folder
Schiller, Adolph Photographs,
ca. 1935
Digital Folder
Shanghai Business Ephemera,
ca. 1930-1939
Digital Folder
Yu Yuen Road and Eastern Civilian Assembly Center Internment Camp
Photographs,
1987
