Guide to the Old China Hands Unpublished Manuscripts Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Old China Hands Unpublished Manuscripts Collection
Identifier/Call Number: OCH.UMC
Extent:
0.92 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-2012
Abstract: The Old China Hands Unpublished
Manuscripts Collection consists of unpublished, primarily autobiographical and biographical
works written about people who lived in China from the mid-19th century until the
establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Language of Material: English
Scope and Contents
The
Old China Hands Unpublished Manuscripts Collection
consists of unpublished works, primarily autobiographical and biographical, about people who
lived and worked in China between the mid-19th century and the establishment of the People's
Republic of China in 1949. Shanghai is the most frequently mentioned location, though
Tientsin, Tsingtao, Harbin, Peitaiho, Peking, and Chefoo are also mentioned. Many of the
writings chronicle experiences of Jewish families moving to China from Germany, Iraq,
Austria, Poland, or Russia. Other individuals had ancestral connections to British,
American, Danish, and Russian families.
The manuscripts include both childhood and adult perspectives. Children's stories about
schooling include descriptions of time as a student at the Shanghai Municipal Council
Western District Public School and the Shanghai Jewish School. The earliest family account
documents the Mills, a 19th century Presbyterian missionary family, while the majority of
the writing recounts experiences from the first half of the 20th century. These include
accounts of service in the United States Air Force and Foreign Service, and World War II
internment experiences in Chapei and Pootung Camps. The United States Marines are central to
the biography of Arthur Liu, an orphaned child adopted as a mascot by the Marines.
Manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by the author's surname.
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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of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
Wolf Ascher, Muzza Eaton, Faith Goldman, Lou Grossman, Rose Horowitz, Helga Kuegler, Harold
Nyland, Bill Parker, and Suzi Walensky, 2002-2017
Accruals:
2017, 2020.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Jessica Geiser, 2013
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Box 2, Folder 1
Ascher, Wolf D., "My Shanghai Story,"
2002
Box 1, Folder 1
Ascher, Wolf D., "My Three Stories,"
2002
Box 1, Folder 2
Bekhor, Helen Reuben, "Living in Shanghai,"
undated
Box 2, Folder 2
Birulin, S.L., "Gordon Hall Tientsin China,"
undated
Box 2, Folder 3
Easley, Edwin S., "Life in the Japanese Concentration Camps in the Far
East,"
1943
Box 1, Folder 3
Eaton, Muzza Rosenstein, "But You Don't Look Chinese!! An Immigrant's Childhood
in China,"
undated
Box 2, Folder 4
Goldman, Robert, "Memories of and from Robert 'Shanghai Bob'
Goldman,"
1997
Box 2, Folder 5
Kuegler, Helga (Bagger), "A Tiger's Swim" and "Fussnoten,"
1993-2011
Box 1, Folder 4
Maehrischel, Karl, Untitled Memoir,
2004
Box 2, Folder 6
Mills, Samuel J., "Boyhood in China,"
1962
Box 1, Folder 5
Nicoll, David, "Young Shanghailander: A Wartime Memoir,"
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Parry, Elinor (Eleanor), "Appointment with the Past,"
1969
Box 2, Folder 7
Paton, Malcolm, Midshipman Compulsory Journal Excerpt,
1945
Box 1, Folder 7
Price, Ernest, "Your Orient Servant,"
1942
Box 2, Folder 8
Taylor, Suzanne Liu, "The Life of Liu,"
December 2003
Box 2, Folder 9
Taylor, Suzanne Liu, "The Life of Liu,"
2003-2012
Box 2, Folder 10
Wolff, David, "To the Harbin Station: City Building in Russian Manchuria,
1898-1914,"
1991
Box 2, Folder 11
Wolff, David, "To the Harbin Station: City Building in Russian Manchuria,
1898-1914,"
1991