Mai-Mai Sze, 1946
Scope and Contents
The sub-series includes a book titled The Knapsack (ed. Herbert Read, George Routledge & Sons, 1946), originally belonging to the library of Katherine Anne Porter and later given to Alex Jay by Mai-Mai Sze.
Dates
- Creation: 1946
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Mai-Mai Sze (1909-1992), born Yuen Tsung Sze in Nanjing, China, was a Chinese American painter and writer. She also worked as a graphic designer and illustrated her autobiography, "Echo of a Cry." She made her first and only appearance as an actress in 1936, playing the Honorable Reader in "Lady Precious Stream." In addition, Sze traveled in America lecturing on China and organized the Chinese War Relief Committee in New York, and she published a regular column, "East-West," in the New York Post.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (Box 20)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
This sub-series is an addition to the Mai-Mai Sze sub-series under 2015.041, also in Alex Jay Collection.
Occupation
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Chinese in America Repository