Collection GB 0074 LMA/4502 - LAM, Tom (fl 1970-2008)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4502

Title

LAM, Tom (fl 1970-2008)

Date(s)

  • 1968-2007 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

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.

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

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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