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OCH.BDV
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Bob de Vries Collection
Creator:
de Vries, Bob
Identifier/Call Number: OCH.BDV
Extent:
1.08 linear feet
Extent:
1.91 Gigabytes
Date (inclusive): 1919-1990
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material: English
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 Bob de Vries 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.
The collection is open for research 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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of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.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Jessica Geiser, 2013
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