Series I: Personal Materials, ca. 1920-1998
Subseries A: Correspondence, 1929-1996
General Correspondence, 1929-1939
General Correspondence, 1950-1956
General Correspondence, 1968-1986
General Correspondence, 1990-1992
General Correspondence, 1993-1994
General Correspondence, 1995-1996
Undated General Correspondence
Tania Correspondence, 1938-1939
Russian and Chinese Correspondence
Subseries B: Groups and Organizations, 1959-1996
American Far-Eastern Society, Inc., 1980-1996
The China Society of Southern California, 1985-1995
Creative Writing Group, 1991
Old China Hands, 1991-1996
Reading and Discussion Group - Jewish Labor Comm., 1988
Shanghai Tiffin Club, 1959-1980
Subseries C: Travel, 1982-1994
China Tour Information, 1982-1992
China Today Tour, 1990
China Today Tour, 1992
China Today Tour - Silk Road, 1994
China Pictorial Brochures, 1992
China Postcards, ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Miscellaneous China Brochures, ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Miscellaneous Tour Ephemera, ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Shanghai and Europe Maps, 1940-1947
VHS Tape - Levaco on Tour in Shanghai, 1994
Subseries D: Narratives and Poetry, 1978-1994
General Autobiographies, ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Stories about Levaco Family Members, 1981-1991
Stories about Childhood and Teenage Years (1911-1929), ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Stories about The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, 1989-1991
Stories about the 1930s, ca. 1991
Stories about the 1940s, ca. 1991
Stories about the 1950s and 1960s, ca. 1991
Stories about Los Angeles, Health and Life in the 1980s and Early 1990s, 1990-1991
Stories about Trips Taken to China, 1990-1994
Writings about Israel and the Jewish People, ca. 1989-1992
"Welcome to Ellis Island" Sign
Poems, 1982-1994
Translations of Michael Levaco's Poetry from the 1930s and 1940s, 1992
Russian Poems
Published Writings and Speaking Engagements, 1978-1992
Subseries E: Miscellaneous Documents and Ephemera, ca. 1920-1998
Date Book, 1975-1976
Genealogical and Levaco Family Information
Hungjao Bungalow Lease Documents, ca. 1950-1989
Identification Documents and Business Cards, ca. 1930-1992
Miscellaneous Personal Documents, ca. 1920-ca. 1989
Photocopies of Material on Levaco from the Skirball Cultural Center, 1998
Chinese Documents
Tientsin Grammar School Report Cards, 1924-1927
Caricature of Benjamin Levaco, 1973
Paperweight - "Ben Levaco, Consultant"
Series II: Collected Publications and Narratives, ca. 1917-1999
Subseries A: Scholarly Works and News Clippings, ca. 1917-1999
General Articles and Information on China, 1986-1994
Information on Old Shanghai, Tientsin, and Harbin, ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Scholarly Articles and Information on Jews in China, 1987-1992
Article on Ron Levaco's Documentary, "Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom ," 1996
"Judaism: A Historical Enclave Revealed" by Rabbi Howard A. Berman
Article and Presentation on Jews in Harbin, 1989, 1992
Presentations on Jews in Shanghai, 1989, 1994
"Chinese in America" Essay
Newspaper Clippings from China and Russia, ca. 1919-ca. 1949
Newspaper and Magazine Articles, 1977-1999
"Shanghai Daze," by Orville Schell - Los Angeles Times Magazine, 18 June 1995
Russian Articles
Subseries B: Memoirs and Personal Narratives, 1943-1984
Asbury, Earl and Sally - "China and Tibet - 1984"
B-n, M - "Emigre Seder in Yokohama - 1919," 1943
Fradkin, Abraham - "Guests for a Moment" and "The International Seminar on 'Jews in Shanghai'"
Fradkin, Abraham - "Period in the Circle" and "The Earth is Trembling"
Guang, Pan - "President Herzog in Shanghai"
Hodgeman, Joan - "Reminiscences of a Journey to China in August, 1978"
Klyachko, L. - "Stories of the Past" (In Russian)
Machado, Mario - "Shanghai Memories: What Do I Remember???"
Moranz, Irving - "A Fugitive's Journey"
Zakharov, A. - "Forgotten of Harbin: Book 1" (In Russian), 1960
Zakharov, A. - "Forgotten of Harbin: Book 2" (In Russian), 1960
Zakharov, A. - "Forgotten of Harbin: Book 3" (In Russian), 1960
"Impressions of My Trip Back"
Photocopy of a Letter from an Old China Hand in Tientsin, 1901
Series III: Photographs and Photocopied Images, ca. 1900-ca. 1999
Photographs and Photocopies, ca. 1900-ca. 1929
Photographs and Photocopies, ca. 1930-ca. 1939
Photographs and Photocopies, ca. 1940-ca. 1969
Photographs and Photocopies, ca. 1970-ca. 1989
Photographs and Photocopies, ca. 1990-ca. 1999
Oversized Photocopies, 1927-1993