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Includes materials from LA Chinatown restaurant advertising materials, such as flyers and business cards, and souvenirs.

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This series comprises physical artifacts and shards collected during the course of Robert Nash's research on Chinese fishing industry in California, and are derived from the original sites of 1880s Chinese shrimp camps, which were located in the San Pablo Bay area near San Francisco

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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.

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Includes business directory books and booklets of Chinese businesses primarily in Los Angeles. Content also includes Chinese businesses primarily in California and the wider United States. The books contain information about business locations in Canada and Latin America of that time.

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...

Scope and Contents Includes Chinese Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles yearbooks from 1974 to 2016. Serials in this series also include "Souvenir Programs" and "Souvenir Books". Content includes greetings from government officials, Chinese Chamber of Commerce services, industry overviews, business resources and directories, Miss LA Chinatown activities and events, Golden Dragon Parade, and other Chinatown events and activities. Distinction between this series and the "Guidebooks" Series was made due to the time...

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Contains text materials published by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles and/or referencing the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles. This collection includes books, directories, booklets, guidebooks, and program schedules of Chinese American events and businesses of Los Angeles. The majority of the collection consists of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Yearbooks, Miss Los Angeles Chinatown Programs, and Chinese business directories.

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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Includes Miss Los Angeles Chinatown program materials sponsored by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles. Content includes Miss Chinatown events and contestant biographies.

Scope and Contents This series contains the research materials Dr. Nash collected throughout his dissertation work and comprises the large majority/bulk of this collection. Nash performed extensive research into Chinese American communities and Chinatowns in California (from the 1880s to early 1900s). It appears that while his dissertation was on the Chinese Shrimp Fisheries in California, his extensive notes and research imply that he was going to conduct a more broad, wideranging study on the general...