Description Of Item | The notebook contains drawn notes and plans of the parts of the second world war internment camp at Lunghua (Longhwa), Shanghai, drawn by D B Cater, head of the Public Health Organisation at the camp. The plans relate to drainage systems which have encountered flooding; rice paddies which have flooded and affected food supply; scribbled notes at the back including names and calculations, notes on ‘dry’ vs. ‘flooded’ harvests.
Insert: plan of the bridge area in 1944 on graph paper. Insert: plan of excavated drainage ditch including dimensions. Insert: plan of camp area on graph paper. Insert: drawn map of whole camp area on parchment paper. Insert: water-damaged plan of whole camp area on cardboard. |