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Ying Ong papers and tapes

 Collection
Identifier: 3344

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Ying Ong Sr.'s correspondences, biography, photographs, audio tapes, and book of poetry. Ong was operator of the United States' official listening post for Chungking Radio during World War II.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Ying Ong Sr. (1902-1987) was operator of the United States' official listening post for Chungking Radio during World War II. He also transcribed these broadcasts to be shared via Chinese newspapers in the United States.

Extent

2.688 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Chinese

Abstract

This collection consists of Ying Ong Sr.'s correspondences, biography, photographs, audio tapes, and book of poetry.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Ying Ong papers and tapes
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 September
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries East Asian Library Repository

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