Register of the Rena Krasno papers
Finding aid prepared by Jill Golden and Danielle Lopez
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Stanford University
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Title: Rena Krasno papers
Date (inclusive): 1911-2008
Collection Number: 94036
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Russian and English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box, 1 oversize folder
(2.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, letters, clippings, reviews, pictorial book, certificates, identification documents, printed matter, photographs,
video tapes, and miscellany, relating to the Russian Jewish community in Shanghai during the 1930s and 1940s. Video use copies
of selected items also available.
Creator:
Krasno, Rena, 1923-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1994.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rena Krasno papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Russian resident of Shanghai, China.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, letters, clippings, reviews, pictorial book, certificates, identification documents, printed matter, photographs,
video tapes, and miscellany, relating to the Russian Jewish community in Shanghai during the 1930s and 1940s. Video use copies
of selected items also available.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Video tapes
Russians -- China
Shanghai (China)
Jews -- China
box 1
Album,
Russkie v Shankhaie, by Vladimir Daniilovich Zhiganov
1936
box 1
Certificate for David Rabinovich, Shangahi Ashkenazi Jewish Communal Association
1949
box 1
Diploma, Collège Municipal Français
1941
box 1
Map of Shanghai's Sephardi community by Joseph Cohn
1949
drawer J07
Map of Shanghai, Oriental Publishing House
1946
box 1
Gabriel Rabinovich file
1947-2002
Scope and Contents Note
Includes architectural plans by Rabinovich
box 1
Registration certificate Shanghai, David Rabinovich
1921
box 1
Certificate, Noson Gurman
1923
box 1
Rabinovich family album
1920
Scope and Contents Note
Photographs of David and his twin brother Gabriel
Biographical File
1935-2006
box 2, folder 1
Diplomas and school papers
1935-1945
box 2, folder 2
Identification cards
1944-1946
box 2, folder 5
Introduction to Hoover Institution Archives exhibit
undated
box 2, folder 6
"Filming in Shanghai,"
undated
box 2, folder 7
"The First Inkwell,"
undated
box 2, folder 8
"Great Powers in Colonial Shanghai: Some Stories You May Never Have Heard,"
undated
box 2, folder 9
"Polish Refugees in Curacao During World War II,"
undated
box 2, folder 10
"Shanghai Ashkenazi Jews' Heroic Efforts to Save European Refugees During World War II,"
undated
box 2, folder 11
Strangers Always: A Jewish Family in Wartime Shanghai,
1992
box 2, folder 12
Reviews of
Strangers Always,
1992-1997
box 2, folder 14
"Experience of an 'Old China Hand' Born in Shanghai,"
1995 May
box 2, folder 15
"David Borisovich Rabinovich: A Profile,"
1998
box 2, folder 16
"Leon Ilutovich: A Great Zionist in Shanghai,"
2000
box 2, folder 17
That Last Glorious Summer, 1939: Shanghai-Japan,
2001
box 2, folder 18
Book review,
Russian Emigration in China,
2002
box 2, folder 19
"Survival in Shanghai,"
2008
Research Materials
1924-2007
box 2, folder 20
Greguras, Fred, "The Fourth Marines in Shanghai, China,"
2007
box 2, folder 21
Shanghai residential addresses
1939
box 2, folder 22
Dangoor, Renee, "The Jews of Shanghai"
undated
box 2, folder 23
Collected articles and clippings on Shanghai Jews
1924-1997
box 2, folder 24
Clippings on Shanghai
1947
box 2, folder 25
David Rabinovich materials
1929-1940
box 2, folder 27
Appeal to Shanghai Jews, Coordinated Committee for United Zionist Action
1945 October
box 2, folder 26
Advertising leaflet, Shanghai
1944 August
box 3, folder 1
Al'manakh ShEK, 1933-1934 (Shankhaiskii Evreiskoi Klub)
1934
box 3, folder 2
The Cathay: Magazine and Shoppers' Guide,
1935 July 16
box 3, folder 3
The Future, Shanghai Jewish Youth Community Center, vol. 1, no. 11
1947 December
box 3, folder 4
Le Journal de Shanghai
1934 March 25
box 3, folder 5
Leben im Wartesaal: Exil in Shanghai, 1938-1947, Juedisches Museum im Stadtmuseum Berlin
1997
box 3, folder 6
Nasha zhizn,'
1946-1949
Scope and Contents Note
Selected issues: nos. 9, 15-16, 40, 54
box 3, folder 7
United Nation poster
1945
box 3, folder 9
The Young China Pictorial,
1938 April
box 3, folder 10
City Guides and Descriptions of Shangahi
undated
box 3, folder 11
The Chinese Gold Murders
1977
box 3, folder 12
Essays on the history of Western-European literature #2
1912
box 4, folder 1
Essays on the history of Western-European literature #3
1912
box 4, folder 3
Shanghai street scenes
1923-1940
box 4, folder 4
Class photo, Collège Municipal Français, Shanghai
1934 - 1938
box 4, folder 5
Purim party, Shanghai Jewish Club
1937
box 4, folder 6
Hongkou district, Shanghai
1939-1944
Scope and Contents Note
Depicts bomb drills and street scenes
box 4, folder 7
Rena Krasno with sister and friends
1940 - 1949
box 4, folder 8
U.S. troops in Shanghai
1945
box 4, folder 9
Japan
1959-1961
Scope and Contents Note
Includes photographs from the Jewish Community Center Tokyo and a visit by Israeli leaders Moshe Dayan, Moshe Sharett, and
Emil Najar
box 4, folder 10
Rena Krasno in China
2007
Videorecordings
1995-2005
Scope and Contents note
Originals located in Box 5.
onsite digital, box 5
Holocaust Oral History Project interview of Rena Krasno
1995 November 20
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 94036_v_0005525
Scope and Contents note
Interview conducted by Sandra Bandayan in San Francisco as part of the Holocaust Oral History Project. Content includes description
of the Russian Jewish community in Shanghai during the 1930s and 1940s. "Copyright 1995 Holocaust Oral History Project, San
Francisco, CA"
onsite digital, box 5
Exile Shanghai: A Film by Ulrike Ottinger
undated
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 94036_v_0005527
onsite digital, box 5
Rena Krasno's Shanghai Visit
2001 November
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 94036_v_0005529
Scope and Contents note
Home movies of Rena Krasno's 2001 trip to Shanghai: 1. French Concession 2. Tour with Helen and Georgia 3. Lecture
onsite digital, box 5
KMVT: Croanca interview of Rena Krasno by Fred Marrazzo
2005 March 10
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: 94036_v_0005530
Scope and Contents note
DVD-R. TV interview of Rena Krasno by Fred Marrazzo
