GB 0102 MS 380660 - Cormack, George E

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 0102 MS 380660

Titel

Cormack, George E

Datum(s)

  • Created 1912-1919 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

1 box

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

George E Cormack was born in 1886. He spent the period 1913-1917 in Manchuria as a business representative, returning to Britain escorting a gang 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.

Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 0102 MS 380660 Created 1912-1919 Collection (fonds) 1 box Cormack , George E , 1886-1959 , businessman and soldier
George E Cormack was born in 1886. He spent the period 1913-1917 in Manchuria as a business representative, returning to Britain escorting a gang 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.

Donated in 1995 and 1996.

Photographic material, 1912-1919, of George Cormack, comprising 42 glass slides, c1912-1919, principally of Manchuria and the Chinese Labour Corps, and an album of photographs, 1912-1913, relating to a visit on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Siberia and North Manchuria.

The material is arranged in chronological order.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist.

Memoirs and papers of George Cormack are held at the Imperial War Museum Department of Documents (Ref: 92/21/1) and two photograph albums at the Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive (Ref: 9205-03).

15 May 2000 Armed forces Asian cultures British Expeditionary Force China Chinese Labour Corps Cormack , George E , 1886-1959 , businessman and soldier East Asia Eastern Europe International relations Manchow Manchuria Manual workers Military organizations National cultures Organizations Personnel Photographic slides Photographs Railway transport Russia Russian Federation Siberia State security Transport Trans-Siberian Railway Travel Travel abroad USSR Visual materials Workers People by occupation People Crimea

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Donated in 1995 and 1996.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Photographic material, 1912-1919, of George Cormack, comprising 42 glass slides, c1912-1919, principally of Manchuria and the Chinese Labour Corps, and an album of photographs, 1912-1913, relating to a visit on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Siberia and North Manchuria.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

The material is arranged in chronological order.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Unrestricted.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

Toegangen

Unpublished handlist.

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

Related units of description

Memoirs and papers of George Cormack are held at the Imperial War Museum Department of Documents (Ref: 92/21/1) and two photograph albums at the Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive (Ref: 9205-03).

Related descriptions

Notitie Publicaties

Aantekeningen

Aantekening

Alternative identifier(s)

Trefwoorden

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

School of Oriental and African Studies

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik