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Eliot and Hazel Wittenberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-EHW

Scope and Contents

The Eliot and Hazel Wittenberg Collection includes a photograph album and souvenir embroidered handkerchief and fringed fabric items with dragon and floral designs. The photographs document Eliot Wittenberg's work as a control tower operator for the United States Army Airways Communications System in China at the close of World War II. Wittenberg's photographs were primarily taken in Pengshan and Sian, China, but some photographs were taken in Hsinching and Kunming. In addition to photographs of his time in China, there are also images of Bombay and Calcutta, India, the USS General J.R. Brooke, the Suez Canal, and Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka].

Dates

  • Creation: 1943-1945

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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.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.

Partial Extent

1.17 Linear Feet (1 box)

Partial Extent

962 Megabytes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Eliot Wittenberg served in the U.S. military in China at the close of World War II. The Eliot and Hazel Wittenberg Collection documents his work as a control tower operator through photographs and souvenir ephemera he brought back from China.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Hazel Wittenberg, 02/23/2018

Processing Information:

Mallory Furnier, 2019

Title
Guide to the Eliot and Hazel Wittenberg Collection
Date
2019-03-29
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
University Library
California State University, Northridge
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Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
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