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Ludmilla Debs Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: OCH-LDH

Scope and Contents

The Ludmilla Debs Collection contains two photographs of Ludmilla in Tiensin, her school honor roll certificates from 1939 and 1940, her Pervaya Rossiskaya Gymnazia diploma from 1945, and a biography written by her oldest daughter, Genie Debs Shuda.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939-1947

Conditions Governing Access

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Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.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

Ludmilla Debs (née Hodireff) was born in 1927 in Harbin, China. Her family moved to China from eastern Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1918. Debs attended Pervaya Rossiskaya Gymnazia high school in Tientsin, graduating in 1945. She and her family left China after the Chinese Communist takeover in 1949. They temporarily lived in the Philippines before settling in the United States in 1950. Ludmilla passed away on June 9, 2013.

Full Extent

.02 Linear Feet (1 oversized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Russian

Abstract

The Ludmilla Debs Collection contains photographs and documents recording the academic career of Debs while she was a student in Tientsin, China.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Genie Debs Shuda, 2025

Processing Information

Mallory Furnier, 2025

Title
Guide to the Ludmilla Debs Collection
Status
Completed
Date
2025-01-07
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
University Library
California State University, Northridge
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