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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
Castelar Elementary School Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-M-1-CES
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, some featuring Los Angeles dignitaries, from the 1970s to 1980s, and news clippings. Also included is an interview conducted by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California with Herbert and Josephine Turchi, who were early pupils of the school.
Dates:
1948 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1983; Undated
Chang Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1988-M-1-Chang
Abstract
The Chang Family Collection contains Chinese and English language correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, printed matter, and artifacts collected by multiple transnational generations of the Chang family, also known by the surname Chung or Zhang. Originating from a village in Guangdong, China, the Chang family first immigrated to the United States in the year 1900, and underwent successive waves of immigration and reverse migration between the two nations over the course of the...
Dates:
1911 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1956
China City Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-M-2-CC
Abstract
The China City Collection contains materials related to historical information on China City, a Chinese-themed tourist attraction between 1938 and 1949 located in Los Angeles, between Main, Spring, and Macy (now Caesar Chavez) streets. China City was a project proposed by Christine Sterling in 1933. The proposed city of booths and stalls along narrow winding streets, similar to the Olvera Street Mexican market, was intended to be located two blocks north of the Old Plaza. Nicknamed Chinese...
Dates:
1938 - 2005
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 American Restaurants in Los Angeles Menu Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-P-3-CARLA
Scope and Contents
Contains various menus, takeaway pamphlets, and flyers from Chinese and Chinese American restaurants, bakeries, and cafes in Los Angeles. Also contains a small apron from Far East Cafe, matchbooks, and a poster board with a business directory.
Dates:
1937-2010; 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
Cookbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2025-P-14-CB
Content Description
Contains 19 printed materials include books and booklets. A majority of the books are cookbooks related to Chinese, Chinese-American, and other Asian cuisines. The authors are a mixed of Chinese, Chinese-American, and non-Chinese authors.
One book is U.S. World War 2 war-time material.
Dates:
1917 - 1986; undated
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