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Charles Chan personal papers, ca. 1952-1996

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Title
Charles Chan personal papers, ca. 1952-1996
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Families--History
Business records
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Chinese language
Category
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
6. End of the Cold War
Creator
Chan, Charles
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference
1952 – 1996
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7dBjm9
Series number
MLMSS 9430
Item number
Yj7dBjm9
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
China
Australia
Place
Sydney
Language
Chinese
English
Description from source
0.36 metres of textual material (2 boxes)

BOX 1
Folders 1-2
Personal papers Charles Chan including business records of Government Departments and Ethnic Affairs Commission relating to immigration and career as a Government Translator and Interpreter, ca. 1960-1996
Records, minutes and staff newsletters relating to employment as Promotion and Sales Consultant New Chevron Hotel Potts Point produces as, 1982
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings ‘The New A-Z OF Mining and Oil (over 300 companies)’, no date
Envelope of loose newspaper clippings from chinese newspaper labelled ‘to Charles per kindness of Mr J. Doe from Wing’, no date

Folder 3
Family greeting cards, ca. 1970-1993

BOX 2
Folder 4
Bank deposit passbooks and cheque butts, ca. 1952-1989
Interpreters record books, Language Services Division, Ethnic Affairs Commission, 1991-1995

Folder 5
Miscellaneous personal and business items relating to career with Ansett and as Government Interpreter, ca. 1953-1983 including: business cards, lottery tickets, New Chevron Hotel employee identification pass, pocket diary 1953, funeral service program 1996, photograph of Charles Chan, certification of registration on Government Panel of Official Court Interpreters and Translators 1967, two passports of Charles Chan and Mrs Sally Chan 1983 and log of petrol expenditure, 1975-1983
Calendar diary, 1965
Tourist publications and guides mainly in Chinese, no date
Physical format
Manuscripts
Diaries
Typescripts
Newspapers
Correspondence
Logbook
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/K726WBZD/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/K726WBZD/</a></p>