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.

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...