| Title: |
Reminiscences of Audrey Topping
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP90-A11
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Experiences of paternal grandparents as missionaries in China (1892-1900); descriptions of China of that time; grandfather's settling in China; experiences of parents as teachers in China (1922-28); childhood and family life in Canada; residence in China during father's service as Canadian ambassador (1946-49); return to Canada; marriage to Seymour Topping; experiences during his Associated Press assignments to Saigon (1950-53), London (1953-56), Berlin (1956-60), Times assignment to Moscow (1960-63): including births and raising of daughters, local events, contacts with local people, writing of photojournalistic accounts, artwork; return trips to China with father and including visit to his birthplace, meetings with Chou En-lai and other officials; speculations on changes wrought in China by revolution, physical improvements over time; documentaries there in; 520 8 |a1973, 1975, latter including visit to Xian tombs; trips to Tibet and silk route, 1979; Soviet Union and Mongolia, 1981; reflections on personal philosophy; discussions of written and photographic work, international relations including Vietnam, U.S.-China relations.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 302 leaves, Tape: 8 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from interviewee. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New york, 1987. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1981 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Topping, Audrey, 1928-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1928
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| Speaker occupation: |
Photojournalist
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| Age at speaking: |
53
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| Document date: |
1981
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| Interviewer: |
Tanner, Estelle
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; China
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Canada--Description and travel; Canada--Foreign relations; China; China--Description and travel; China--Politics and government--20th century; Photographers; Photojournalism
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
China--History--1945-; Topping, Audrey, 1928-; Women photographers
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021067-16506
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