IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4503
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHEUNG, Jo Yiu (fl 1938-2008)
Date(s): 1957-2002
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Cheung | Jo Yiu | fl 1938-2008 | seaman
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Mr Cheung was a seaman working onboard a cargo ship since 1943, as a result of which he had been to the London Docklands on several occasions. During the Second World War when sea transportation was disrupted, Cheung spent a number of years in India. After the War he left the cargo ship he was working on in order to settle in London. He worked in a number of Chinese restaurants in London before retirement.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Personal papers of Jo Yiu Cheung, seaman, comprising photograph on board an ocean liner, and portrait in front of a Buddha statue.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Chinese
System of arrangement:
LMA/4503/01: Photographs.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
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.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.