Harold Olaussen Collection
Scope and Contents
The Harold Olaussen Collection mostly consists of pictorials produced by the North China Daily News and the Hong Kong Sunday Herald in 1940 which were photocopied by Olaussen. Also included in the collection is a painting of the St. Francis Xavier’s College crest, and copies of photographs of Shanghai, St. Francis Xavier’s College and Olaussen with his amah.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1930-circa 1949
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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.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.
Biographical Information:
Harold (Harry) Olaussen was born in 1929 in Shanghai, China. His father was a Norwegian sea captain and his mother was Italian. He attended St. Francis Xavier's College, and the French Aurora University in Shanghai. In 1949, he and his family left China for Italy, where they lived for a short time before Olaussen and his brother traveled to Norway to stay with an uncle. They both started working on ships, and Olaussen traveled all over the world before settling in Canada in the 1960s. Olaussen worked in a paper mill as an engineer, and also was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Coast Chilcotin area from 1972-1974.
Full Extent
0.06 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 oversized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Harold (Harry) Olaussen was born in Shanghai in 1929. His father was a Norwegian sea captain, and his mother was Italian. He went to St. Francis Xavier’s College, and lived above a bar owned by his grandmother. In 1949, he left Shanghai and traveled with his family to Italy, moved to Norway, and eventually settled in Vancouver, Canada. In 1972 he was elected to the Canadian Parliament for one term. The collection mostly consists of pictorials produced by the North China Daily News photocopied by Olaussen. Also included in the collection is a painting of the St. Francis Xavier’s College coat of arms, and copies of photographs of Shanghai, St. Francis Xavier’s College and Olaussen with his amah.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Harold Olaussen
Processing Information:
Jessica Geiser, 2013
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Harold Olaussen Collection
- Date
- 2013-07-17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
818-677-4594
asksca@csun.edu