Preliminary Inventory of the Edwin Chester Allan papers

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Title: Edwin Chester Allan papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1999
Collection Number: 99023
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (5.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, legal and financial records, printed matter, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the American community in Shanghai prior to, during, and immediately after, World War II. Includes the diary and other papers of Godfrey R. Gregg, son-in-law of E. C. Allan, and video tapes and other material collected by Patty Gregg.
Creator: Allan, Edwin Chester, -1965
Creator: Gregg, Godfrey R.
Creator: Gregg, Patty
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

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1999.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edwin Chester Allan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

American businessman in Shanghai, China.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, legal and financial records, printed matter, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the American community in Shanghai prior to, during, and immediately after, World War II. Includes the diary and other papers of Godfrey R. Gregg, son-in-law of E. C. Allan, and video tapes and other material collected by Patty Gregg.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Video tapes
Americans -- China
Shanghai (China)

box 1

Material not yet described

box 2

Material not yet described

box 3

Material not yet described

box 4

Black album

box 5

Black album (continued) and Shanghai album 1941

box 6

Photograph portfolio, Masonic Temple group in Shanghai, China

box 7

Material not yet described

drawer I03

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