Guide to the Captain Leonard H. Williams Chinese Maritime Customs Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Captain Leonard H. Williams Chinese Maritime Customs Collection
Creator:
Williams, Leonard H., 1906-
Identifier/Call Number: OCH.CLW
Extent:
0.23 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1930-circa 2004
Abstract: Captain Leonard H. Williams was a
British national born December 12, 1906 in Cape Town, South Africa. He served as an officer
within the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service from 1936-1949. The
collection includes official documents from Williams' time with the Chinese Maritime
Customs, including his memo of service, identification papers, and correspondence. The
collection also contains photographs, a diary, a farewell certificate, an unofficial
register of WWII-era sea vessels, and research materials used by Williams' son while writing
the 2004 publication,
From Dragon to Dragon.
Language of Material: English,
Chinese
Biographical Information:
Captain Leonard H. Williams was a British national born December 12, 1906 in Cape Town,
South Africa. He served as an officer within the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime
Customs Service from 1936-1949.
Scope and Contents
The
Captain Leonard H. Williams Chinese Maritime Customs
Collection
contains official documents from the Chinese Maritime Customs Service
including Williams' memo of service, identification papers, and correspondence. Also
included are photographs which document aspects of Williams' time with the Chinese Maritime
Customs Service; some photographs include inscriptions with dates. The collection contains
Williams' diary dated 1930, an unofficial handwritten register of WWII-era sea vessels, and
a farewell certificate awarded to Williams in 1977 by the Honourable Society of Far East
Beachcombers. Also included is a selection of research materials used by Williams' son, Mark
L. Isaac-Williams, while writing the 2004 publication,
From Dragon to
Dragon,
such as: two newspaper clippings, images of various customs flags, and a
photocopied image of the Customs House in Shanghai.
From Dragon to
Dragon
highlights Captain Williams' life in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service
and is available through the library catalog. The collection is arranged
alphabetically by subject.
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
Mark L. Isaac-Williams, 01/01/2015
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Christine Hertzel, 2015
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Photographs
Box 1, Folder 1
Commendatory Letters from Inspectorate General and Marine
Commissioner,
1949
Box 1, Folder 3
Farewell Certificate from the Honourable Society of Far East
Beachcombers,
1977
Box 1, Folder 4
From Dragon to Dragon Research Materials,
ca. 2004
Box 1, Folder 5
Officer's Certificates of Authority,
1947
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographs,
ca. 1936-ca. 1949
Box 1, Folder 7
Unofficial Register of Vessels,
1935-1945
Folder 1
Memo of Service,
1936-1949
