Content Description Collection includes materials relating to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Chinese Americans, Los Angeles Chinatown, local organizations, and Asian Americans from the 20th century, primarily in the 1970s-1990s, collected by founder and long-time leader of CHSSC Reverend Paul Louie. This includes organizational and event materials, artifacts, newspaper articles, dissertations, and theses on Chinese Americans written between 1940-80s. This collection also contains...

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Contains correspondence, Chinese Times newspaper clippings, pamphlets, telegrams, yearbooks, receipts, and payroll records. Materials related to Immigration Act of 1924, China War Relief Association of America, and Chinese American Citizens Alliance.