Description
Bob de Vries is an Old China Hand,
whose Dutch father was involved in the Holland China Trading Company. He lived in Shanghai,
and was interned by the Japanese at the Chapei internment camp during World War II. The
collection contains items collected by de Vries related to his experiences in China,
including newspaper and magazine pictorials of Shanghai, photocopied photographs of the
Chapei camp with captions, a story with accompanying photographs written by De Vries about
his father and race relations in China in the 1930s, a poster and VHS recording from an Old
China Hands and former camp inmates reunion in 1990, and photographs of Norwegians and
others in Shanghai.
Background
Bob de Vries is an Old China Hand, whose Dutch father was involved in the Holland China
Trading Company. He lived in Shanghai, and was interned by the Japanese at the Chapei
internment camp during World War II.
Restrictions
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of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.
Availability
The collection is open for research use.