Meyer Auerbach Collection, 1940-1988

Summary

Creators:

Auerbach, Meyer Morton

Abstract:

The Meyer Auerbach Collection contains photographs, correspondence, invitations, paper currency, and memoranda related to Auerbach's time in post-World War II Chungking and his visit to China in the 1980s.

Extent:

550 Megabytes

Language:

Multiple languages and English, Chinese

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Background

Scope and content:

The Meyer Auerbach Collection contains photographs, correspondence, invitations, paper currency, and memoranda related to Auerbach's time in China. Memoranda comment on the political situation in China post-World War II, while invitations document an aspect of American social life in China immediately following the War. Early photographs from the 1940s depict local scenes and Chinese political figures, including Communist Party of China leader Lu Dingyi. Later correspondence and photographs relate to Auerbach's publication The Conservative Illusion and his trip to China in the 1980s.

Biographical / historical:

Meyer Morton Auerbach was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on December 14, 1924. In 1946 after World War II he worked for the United States Strategic Services Unit intelligence agency in China. He later worked as a professor in the Political Science department at CSUN. Auerbach passed away in 2007.

Processing information:

Mallory Furnier, 2021

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Ephemera
Photographs
Documents

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.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:

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Location of this collection:

California State University, Northridge, Old China Hands Archives

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330, US

Contact:

(818) 677-4594

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