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Cemetery reports, grave marker inscriptions, preservation policy statement, deed, artifact catalog, CD reports, photographs, other materials.

Content Description This collection contains 176 photographic prints of 76 unique images taken by L.T. Holman Gotchy, as well as postcards by Gotchy and other unknown photographers, featuring buildings, streets, and residents of Old Chinatown area in Los Angeles. The collection includes photographs taken by Gotchy between 1938 and 1959 and reproduction photographs taken between 1876 and the 1930s by unknown photographers. The photographs capture the exteriors and signage of local businesses such as Jin Hing...

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Abstract The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC) and the UCLA Asian Studies Center (AASC) conducted the Southern California Chinese American Oral History Project from 1978 to 1984. They collected 165 oral histories, from which transcripts, summaries, indices, and the book Linking Our Lives: Chinese American Women in Los Angeles were made. This collection contains approximately 1700 pages of transcripts and summaries, in English with small amounts...

Abstract In 2005, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unearthed a Potters Cemetery when widening the street during construction of the Gold light rail line in East Los Angeles. This portion of the cemetery contained ­­­­118 graves. One fourth of the gravesites were determined to be Chinese. This collection contains MTA community meeting materials, newspaper articles, photographs, video, and emails which reveal the discussion within the Chinese community about the...