California State University, Northridge, Old China Hands Archives

Gusek (Julia De Souza) Collection, 1921

Julia De Souza Gusek Collection, 1921

Summary

Creators:
Gusek, Julia De Souza (1928 March 22-2025 May 3)
Abstract:
Julia De Souza Gusek Collection consists of a photo envelope from the Burr Photo Company in Shanghai, as well as sheet music for "Good-Bye Shanghai," a fox trot song written by Howard Johnson and Joseph Meyer in 1921.
Extent:
0.04 linear feet
Language:
English .
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Background

Scope and content:

The Julia De Souza Gusek Collection consists of a photo envelope from the Burr Photo Company in Shanghai, as well as sheet music for "Good-Bye Shanghai," a fox trot song written by Howard Johnson and Joseph Meyer in 1921.

Biographical / historical:

Julia Maria De Souza Gusek was born March 22, 1928 in Shanghai, China. She attended Public and Thomas Hanbury School for Girls, where she became close friends with Zoya Shlakis. She immigrated to the United States as a young adult and was active in Old China Hands reunions. She met her husband Edward Gusek while working at the Palo Alto Bullocks department store. They married in 1978 and lived in Mountain View, California. Gusek passed away on May 3, 2025 in Saratoga, California.

Acquisition information:
Julia De Souza Gusek.
Processing information:

Jessica Geiser, 2013

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Documents

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Location of this collection:
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330, US
Contact:
(818) 677-4594
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