The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California purchased the Fritz Family Property located at 411 and 415 Bernard Street in Los Angeles in 1994, and inherited the Fritz Family Collection.

As part of the CHSSC Archive's mission to pursue, preserve, and communicate knowledge of the history of Chinese Americans in Southern California, the Fritz Collection serves as a valuable addition for future resesarchers, scholars, and community members who are interested in the historical transition of New Chinatown and some of the original French immigrants in this area. In addition, this collection serves as a backbone for CHSSC's own history, where these properties are now our main headquarters.

Kristy Phan primarily processed the collection circa 2017, with the starting point of categorizing the items into loose groups that eventually became our series headings. She developed 8 series and placed most materials into numbered folders inside the boxes where they were originally found. Intern Amanda Galvez continued processing the collection in 2021, to complete the series and subseries organization by creating more numbered folders and processing two boxes of materials previously labeled "uncategorized." With Collections Manager, Coryn Hardison's assistance, it was decided to move two photographs from this [missing identification] box into Box 5, where all the other photographs are stored, as well as moved a small chalkboard into Box 8, where other artifacts are stored.

Once all the materials were identified, the boxes underwent a labeling and numbering process, and were moved accordingly. Many of the documents are housed in their original order, to preserve the integrity of the collection.