Zoya Shlakis Collection, circa 1902-2009
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ID: OCH/ZSC
Extent: 54.94 Linear Feet
Predominant Dates: 1930-1949

Zoya Shlakis was born in Mukden, China in 1927, to Stayses and Alexandra Shlakis. Her father was of Lithuanian descent and her mother a White Russian. The Shlakis family fled Russia for China, eventually settling in Shanghai in 1936. In 1948, as Communist forces advanced across China, the Shlakis family relocated to Taipei, Taiwan. In Taipei, Zoya acquired a visa under the 1948 Displaced Persons Act, which allowed her legal entry into the U.S. The collection consists of records documenting Zoya's life in Shanghai (ca. 1930s-1940s), correspondence with friends and family, numerous Old China Hands activities, and photographs documenting the Shlakis family from the early days in Mukden in the 1920s until 2008.


Finding Aid with Box List
Series I: Mukden, Nanking, and Shanghai Memorabilia, ca. 1924-2004
Series II: Old China Hands (OCH) Reunions, 1988-2009
Series III: Biographical Documents, 1917-2007
Series IV: Correspondence, 1947-2009
Series V: Photographs, ca. 1902-2006
Series VI: Ephemera, 1906-2006
Series VII: Audio-Visual, ca. 1920-2006
Series I: Mukden, Nanking, and Shanghai Memorabilia, ca. 1924-2004
Series II: Old China Hands (OCH) Reunions, 1988-2009
Series III: Biographical Documents, 1917-2007
Series IV: Correspondence, 1947-2009
Series V: Photographs, ca. 1902-2006
Series VI: Ephemera, 1906-2006
Series VII: Audio-Visual, ca. 1920-2006