Collection GB 0074 LMA/4503 - CHEUNG, Jo Yiu (fl 1938-2008)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4503

Title

CHEUNG, Jo Yiu (fl 1938-2008)

Date(s)

  • 1957-2002 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Mr Cheung was a seaman working onboard a cargo ship since 1943, as a result of which he had been to the London Docklands on several occasions. During the Second World War when sea transportation was disrupted, Cheung spent a number of years in India. After the War he left the cargo ship he was working on in order to settle in London. He worked in a number of Chinese restaurants in London before retirement.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4503 1957-2002 Collection 0.01 linear metres. Cheung , Jo Yiu , fl 1938-2008 , seaman

Mr Cheung was a seaman working onboard a cargo ship since 1943, as a result of which he had been to the London Docklands on several occasions. During the Second World War when sea transportation was disrupted, Cheung spent a number of years in India. After the War he left the cargo ship he was working on in order to settle in London. He worked in a number of Chinese restaurants in London before retirement.

This collection was acquired in 2008 as part of the 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by the Chinese National Healthy Living Centre.

Personal papers of Jo Yiu Cheung, seaman, comprising photograph on board an ocean liner, and portrait in front of a Buddha statue.

LMA/4503/01: Photographs.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Chinese

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

The following Chinese community collections were acquired as part of 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by Chinese National Healthy Living Centre: LMA/4497-4515, 4518, 4520.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Personal papers Cultural identity Cultural nationalism National identity Chinese (cultural identity) Archives Personal archives State security Shipping Armed forces Naval personnel Sailors Merchant seamen Organizations Military organizations Transport Maritime transport Merchant shipping Primary documents Documents Information sources Water transport Cheung , Jo Yiu , fl 1938-2008 , seaman

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This collection was acquired in 2008 as part of the 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by the Chinese National Healthy Living Centre.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Personal papers of Jo Yiu Cheung, seaman, comprising photograph on board an ocean liner, and portrait in front of a Buddha statue.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

LMA/4503/01: Photographs.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Chinese

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The following Chinese community collections were acquired as part of 'Footprints of the Dragon' Heritage Lottery Fund project led by Chinese National Healthy Living Centre: LMA/4497-4515, 4518, 4520.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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