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Nina Shestakoff Collection

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Identifier: OCH-NSC
Abstract Nina (Deniakin) Shestakoff was born in 1919, and moved to Shanghai from Russia with her family, where her father worked as a lighthouse keeper for multiple lighthouses in China. Shestakoff attended boarding school at both the St. Joseph Convent and the St. Francis School for Girls. The collection consists of copies of photographs and photocopied family albums from the 1930s and 1940s, along with descriptions of the photographs provided by Shestakoff. Also included in the collection is a...
Dates: 1927-1949

Zoya Shlakis Collection

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Identifier: OCH-ZSC
Abstract 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...
Dates: circa 1902-2009; Majority of material found within 1930-1949

Sergeant Major Robert J. Shovar China Marine Association Collection

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Identifier: OCH-RJS
Abstract

Sergeant Major Robert J. Shovar was a United States Marine and editor of the China Marine Association publication Scuttlebutt prior to William J. Parker. This collection is comprised of photos, letters and other material related to the publication of Scuttlebutt.

Dates: 1935-2007

Herbert Sigüenza Culture Clash Collection

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Identifier: URB-CC-HS
Abstract A founding member of Culture Clash, Herbert Sigüenza was born in San Francisco. Culture Clash was founded on Cinco de Mayo, 1984 at René Yañez's Galería de la Raza/ Studio 24 in San Francisco's Mission District by Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, Herbert Sigüenza, and José Antonio Burciaga. Culture Clash's brand of Chicano comedic theater has brought them to renowned venues including the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Lincoln Center in New York City, the Huntington in Boston, the...
Dates: 1984-2005

George Simmons Collection

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Identifier: OCH-GSC
Abstract George Simmons, Sr. was a British citizen who moved to China in the 1890s and helped to build the Peking-Mukden Railroad (PMR) in Northern China. He left China briefly during the Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the century, but returned to help complete the railroad. After the railway was completed, he stayed on and trained and supervised the locomotive engineers and railway staff. The collection contains three sterling silver pieces given to Simmons in appreciation for his work on the...
Dates: 1906-1927

Sipe Family Collection

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Identifier: SC-SPE
Abstract

The materials are the personal and professional family papers of Norman Jonathan Sipe, his wife Isabel Sipe (née Deines), and their son Gregory F. Sipe. The materials include identification papers, correspondence, photographs, and journals. Topics include personal family history, the United States Army, the Vietnam War, and architecture teachings.

Dates: 1907-1987

L. E. Sissman and Charles Kaplan Correspondence Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-LES
Abstract

The collection consists of three letters exchanged between L.E. Sissman and Professor Charles Kaplan in the English Department of California State University, Northridge after he reviewed Sissman's "War Requiem."

Dates: 1969-1970

S.L. Mitchell General Store Account Book

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-SLM
Abstract

The S.L. Mitchell Account Book is that of Mr. Mitchell's General Store of Jonesville, New York from 1850-1851. Entries include customer name, items, and quantites sold.

Dates: 1850-1851

Stanley S. Slotkin Printed Book Leaves Collection

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Identifier: SC-SSB
Abstract Stanley S. Slotkin was a successful Los Angeles businessman who owned the medical and party supply rental company Abbey Rents. He was also an avid collector of antique bibles and other rare books, amassing hundreds of thousands of books which he also regularly donated to various museums, universities and libraries across the United States. In the 1960s, Slotkin began to donate individual leaves from books to institutions rather than whole works, as he felt intact books were too often locked...
Dates: 1495-1876

Small Family Nanking University Collection

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Identifier: OCH-SFN
Abstract

The Small Family Nanking University Collection consists of a family history, a map of Nanking, copied correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials on Nanking University, Lex's career as an architect, and the Nanking Incident, compiled by Jaqueline Schurman, the Smalls' granddaughter.

Dates: 1907-2004; Majority of material found within 1907-1928

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