Overview
- Interviewee
- Theodore Herman
- Date
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interview:
1992 August 06
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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2 sound cassettes (90 min.).
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. The interview is available only for purposes of research, scholarship, and teaching purposes qualifying as "fair use," in accordance with 17 U.S.C sec. 107. All literary rights, including the right to publication, are reserved to the Oral History Program, California State University, Fullerton. The interview may not be duplicated without the written permission of the Oral History Program, California State University, Fullerton
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Shanghai (China)
- Personal Name
- Herman, Theodore.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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California State University, Fullerton
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Theodore Herman was interviewed on August 6, 1992 as part of the Old China Hands oral history project under the direction of the Oral History Program, California State University, Fullerton. The Old China Hands oral history project documented the experiences of Allied civilians who were interned in China, principally in and near Shanghai during Japan's military occupation. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a copy of the interview on September 26, 1994.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-16 08:20:16
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