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Asian Pacific American Education Commission Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2023-M-2-AAEC
Content Description
Contains meeting minutes, personnel files, publications and newsletters, financial files, reports, and classroom materials.
The content of materials cover community events catered to Asian and Pacific American people, civil rights issues, and the Unz Initiative which eliminated bilingual education in California.
Majority of papers organized in accordion folders, some with paper sub-folders. Also contains two books, a commendation from the State Senate, and a binder containing multicultural...
Dates:
1966 - 1998
Bill Evans and Paul G. Chace Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2017-M-5-EvansChace
Abstract
The Chace and Evans collection was originally created in 1967 by archeologists Paul G. Chace and Bill Evans, the collection was used by Patricia A. Etter in the 1970's to sythesize her own research regarding 19th- century Chinese opium-pipes and smoking materials. However, and archeological catalog was not done of the entire collection until years later by John Molenda. Molenda created an archeological catalog in the Summer of 2016 for boxes relating to Donner Summit, Donner Hotel, Virginia...
Dates:
1865-1869
Cambria Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2018-M-1-Bentz
Abstract
The Cambria Collection is a research project conducted by Roberta S. Greenwood, Dana N. Slawson, and Linda Bentz on the Chinese population in Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California. Most of the research focuses on the Chinese Center, namely the Red House, where the Chinese residents of Cambria would gather for social events. An adjoined room to the Red House is also believed to have functioned as a Chinese temple. The collection is arranged at the Box-Level and Folder-Level. Materials...
Dates:
1870-2001
Chinese American Citizens Alliance Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2023-M-3-CACA
Content Description
Contains convention proceedings, photographs, letters, essays, newspaper articles, newsletters and publications, mailers, flyers and advertisements, meeting agendas, handwritten notes, pamphlets, membership lists, event programs, and resolutions. The content of the materials covers events related to the CACA, particularly the 39th biennial national convention, civil rights issues including news related to the Vincent Chin case and US English and Prop 63.
Dates:
1963 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1986 - 1989; undated
Chinese Catholic Academy Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1979-R-2-CCA
Abstract
The Catholic Chinese Academy collection comprises three scrapbooks containing photographs, correspondence, administrative materials, newspaper clippings, notes, and ephemera from 1939 to 1947. Materials pertain to administration, classes, and special events at the Catholic Chinese Academy of St. Bridget’s Catholic Chinese Center in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California. The Catholic Chinese Academy was also referred to as the Catholic Chinese School. Photographer Pat O’Malley and Sister Mary...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1939-1947
DeFalla Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2023-M-1-DeFalla
Abstract
The DeFalla Family collection consists of CHSSC founding documents, papers and artifacts reflecting Chinese American life, collected by the DeFalla family. It is arranged at a series and sub-series level. This collection is significant to CHSSC because it contains items regarding its own founding as well as artifacts that tell the story of Chinese American life and showing the connections in Southern California. Available through this collection are glimpses of Chinese American life through...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1892-1977 ( 1970-1977), undated
Dolores Wong Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-M-5-Wong
Scope and Contents
Contains programs, articles, handwritten notes, correspondence, planning documents, and photographs related to Wong’s activities and any awards or honors that she received or awarded to others. Many of the materials particularly reference her work with the Friends of the Chinatown Library. Printed scans of newspaper articles are provided in the folders and digitized copies are available separately.
Dates:
1976-2010 (bulk 1976-1987), 2024, undated; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1987; 2024; Undated
Duty and Honor Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-M-1-DH
Abstract
This collection contains research material that principal editor, Marjorie Lee, used to write Duty and Honor: A Tribute to Chinese American World War II Veterans of Southern California. Materials include photocopies of records on Chinese American World War II veterans, audio recorded interviews with Chinese American veterans, interview transcriptions, interview notes with Chinese American veterans, photo slides of personal photographs owned by Chinese American veterans, Polaroid photographs...
Dates:
1942 - 1946; 1994 - 2000; 2003; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1998
Ella Yee Quan Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2022-M-1-Quan
Abstract
Ella Yee Quan was an educator in the Los Angeles Unified School District as well as an active community leader in numerous educational, civic, and cultural groups. In 1975, she helped found the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC), where she would later serve as president. This collection includes Quan's personal records, including class photographs from her time teaching at Castelar Elementary School; artifacts belonging to her herbalist grandfather, Yee Wah Yee;...
Dates:
1903-2014
Fritz Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1996-M-1-Fritz
Abstract
The Fritz Family collection consists of photographs, papers, and artifacts created by three generations of the Fritz Family in Los Angeles. It is arranged at a series level. This collection provides insight into the life of Angelenos who lived in the area of Chinatwon before it was known as such, revaling hidden connections between French American and Chinese American communities in Los Angeles. French immigration was at a high from the 1850s to 1860s, making the French the fastest-growing...
Dates:
1930-1988, undated
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