Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1968-2007 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.06 linear metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mr Tom Lam was born and brought up in Vietnam by ethnic Chinese parentage, before moving to the UK in the 1970s. He has worked in the catering trade and various other places, before his current employment in charity. Mr Lam worked as a project officer on the 'Footprints of the Dragon' project run by London Metropolitan Archives in 2007-2008. Most of the items donated by Mr Lam are gifts given to him by friends or the organizations involved.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 LMA/4502 1968-2007 Collection 0.06 linear metres. Lam , Tom , fl 1970-2008 , charity worker
Mr Tom Lam was born and brought up in Vietnam by ethnic Chinese parentage, before moving to the UK in the 1970s. He has worked in the catering trade and various other places, before his current employment in charity. Mr Lam worked as a project officer on the 'Footprints of the Dragon' project run by London Metropolitan Archives in 2007-2008. Most of the items donated by Mr Lam are gifts given to him by friends or the organizations involved.
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 Tom Lam, charity worker, including photograph of students at the School for Chinese in Vietnam; edition of Chinese poetry; scroll of Chinese calligraphic work; magazines and journals.
LMA/4502/01: Photographs; LMA/4502/02: Printed Material.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Chinese and English.
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. Cultural identity Cultural nationalism National identity Chinese (cultural identity) Archives Personal archives Community development Community leaders Personal papers Primary documents Documents Information sources Community participation Lam , Tom , fl 1970-2008 , charity worker
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 Tom Lam, charity worker, including photograph of students at the School for Chinese in Vietnam; edition of Chinese poetry; scroll of Chinese calligraphic work; magazines and journals.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
LMA/4502/01: Photographs; LMA/4502/02: Printed Material.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
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 and English.
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
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
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Access points
Subject access points
- Cultural identity
- Cultural identity » Cultural nationalism
- Cultural identity » Cultural nationalism » National identity
- Archives
- Community development
- Community development » Community leaders
- Documents » Primary documents
- Documents
- Information sources
- Community development » Community participation
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
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.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English