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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA003514/00001
Notes
- General Note:
- George E. Cormack was born in 1886. He spent the period 1913-1917 in Manchuria as a business representative, returning to Britain escorting a group of Chinese labourers destined for the Chinese Labour Corps. He served with the British Expeditionary Force in North Russia between 1918-1919 and this was followed by a brief sojourn in South Russia, 1919-1920. He then worked in Estonia and Latvia as a shipping agent, 1924-1940. He returned to northern Russia from 1941-1942 as a Ministry of War Transport representative with the Murmansk convoys. He died in 1959.
- General Note:
- Donated in 1995 and 1996.
- General Note:
- From the collection comprised 42 slides, principally of Manchuria and the Chinese Labour Corps taken by George Cormack (1912-1919). The material is arranged in chronological order.
- General Note:
- The physical collection also includes an album of photographs (1912-1913) relating to a visit on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Siberia and North Manchuria.
- General Note:
- Associated Material held elsewhere: George E. Cormack's memoirs and papers are held at Imperial War Museum Department of Documents [reference 92/21/1]; Two photograph albums Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive [reference 9205- 03]
- General Note:
- Name authority information for George E. Cormack is held by SOAS, University of London, record number GB/SOASNAF/P310.
- General Note:
- Name authority information for the Chinese Labour Corps is held by SOAS, University of London, record GB/SOASNAF/C58; the Library of Congress, record number n91038356; and VIAF, record number 153741076.
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- Name authority information for the Great Britain, Army is held by SOAS, University of London, record GB/NNAF/C52152; the Library of Congress, record number n79063282; and VIAF, record number 124946906.
- General Note:
- This collection is part of SOAS Geographic name authority files for East Asia/Asia and the Pacific (GB/SOASNAF/P06) and Eastern Europe/Europe (GB/SOASNAF/P07)
- General Note:
- Black and white glass slide (positive).
- General Note:
- Images in the collection date from between 1912 and 1919. Individual slides are dated.
- General Note:
- The Amur River (река́ Аму́р [Russian]) is known as the Heilong Jiang ( 黑龙江 [Chinese]) in China.
- General Note:
- Creative Commons (CC)-Lizenzen: Namensnennung-NichtKommerziell 4.0 international (CC BY-NC). Dieses Bild ist als in hoher Auflösung zur Verfügung. Kontaktieren Sie den Digital Library Project Office an der SOAS, University of London.
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- Cette ressource numérique est dans le domaine public. S'il vous plaît, utiliser en accord avec la licence Creative Commons: Attribution-Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale (CC BY-NC). Fichiers numériques de haute résolution sont disponibles sur la SOAS, Université de Londres - le Bureau du projet de bibliothèque numérique.
- General Note:
- Bu görüntü kamu malıdır. Kullanım için lisanslı: Creative Commons CC BY-NC (Atıf/Ticari olmayan).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS, University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives & Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item is in the public domain. Please use in accord with Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC). High resolution digital master available from SOAS, University of London - the Digital Library Project Office.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 380660/01/36 ( soas manuscript number )
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