Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
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Unpublished handlist.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).
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Aantekening
Alternative identifier(s)
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
- State security » Armed forces
- National cultures » Asian cultures
- International relations
- Personnel » Workers » Manual workers
- National cultures
- Organizations
- Personnel
- Visual materials » Photographs » Photographic slides
- Visual materials » Photographs
- Transport » Railway transport
- State security
- Transport
- Travel
- Travel » Travel abroad
- Visual materials
- Personnel » Workers
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
Genre access points
Beschrijvingsbeheer
Identificatie van de beschrijving
Identificatiecode van de instelling
Toegepaste regels en/of conventies
Status
Niveau van detaillering
Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming
Taal (talen)
- Engels