Collection consists of materials related to the Southern California Chinese American History project, the book Linking Our Lives: Chinese American Women of Los Angeles, and the Family History for Chinese Americans workshop, all of which were created collaboratively between the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.

Approximately 1700 pages of transcripts and summaries of 165 oral history interviews conducted as part of the Southern California Chinese American Oral History Collection. The transcripts are primarily in English, with some Chinese, which is typically used to disambiguate romanization of Chinese phrases. Some are translated from interviews in Chinese. 57 compact audiocassettes and one SD card of interviews in English and Chinese, primarily Cantonese dialects. Approximately 1600 photographic prints and slides of reproduced photographs and documents lent to the project by interviewees as well as approximately 200 orignial photographic prints and slides, documents, news clippings, books, and other ephemera which were donated. Approximately 200 pages of documents such as an application for grant funding, resources regarding Chinese American immigration and history of Los Angeles Chinatown are also included.

Approximately 400 pages of documents and 100 photographic prints and negatives related to the book Linking Our Lives: Chinese American Women of Los Angeles including project files such as marked-up drafts, an application for grant funding for the project, correspondence, marketing materials, and notes from additional interviews.

6 compact audiocassettes and approximately 300 pages of documents regarding the Family History for Chinese Americans workshop, which include transcripts of the audio recording, administrative files, correspondence, resources on Chinese genealogy and kinship passed out during the event, and marketing material.