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9/11 Chinatown Documentation Project
Collection
Identifier: 2014.036
Scope and Contents
9/11 Chinatown Documentation Project includes oral history interviews of people who lived or worked in the Lower East Side during the events on September 11th, 2001. The individuals whose stories were collected are of diverse immigrant, educational, age and socio-economic backgrounds. The interviewees reflect on the tragedy and discuss how their lives and the lives of others in the community were affected by it. The interviews help to paint a portrait of how the New York Chinatown we know...
Dates:
2003-2004
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Alex Jay collection
Collection
Identifier: 2001.026-2015.041-2017.003
Scope and Contents
This collection mostly contains materials procured by Alex Jay and focus on Chinese American writers and playwrights, artists and illustrators, actors, comic book artists, filmmakers, designers, and architects. There are various periodicals, artwork, books, comic books, recipes, playbills, and other items either by Chinese Americans or about Chinese Americans, all dating between 1914 and 2015. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1877-2015
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Alice Lee Chun collection
Collection
Identifier: 2004.096
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of paper documents and newspaper clippings related to Alice Lee Chun's work as a public health nurse. In addition, it includes paper documents, photographs, and a large scrapbook from her time as a member of the Ging Hawk Club. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at http://mocanyc.pastperfectonline.com/randomimages.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1933-1982
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Museum of Chinese in America
Allon Schoener collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010.008
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of research materials for a planned book and exhibition entitled, "The Chinese in America." These materials include paper documents, such as correspondence, budgets, photocopied articles and images, and rough drafts; audio-visual materials, such as DVDs, VHS cassette tapes, and CDs; and printed material, such as books and one issue of National Geographic. Most of these materials date from 2004-2007, although there are a few publications from the late 1980s and early...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 2003-2008
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Archaeology of Change Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2008.040
Abstract
This collection of interviews was started in 2008 and explore the diversity and depth of stories about the neighborhood's change and the force of gentrification as told through the communities residents, workers, and families. The interviewees reminisce about key landmarks in Chinatown from the Music Palace to the Phoenix Poultry Market to the former Jewish Daily Forward Building and how these locales have changed throughout the years. The collected personal histories explore how everyday...
Dates:
2008-01-01 - 2008-12-31
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Bruce E. Hall collection
Collection
Identifier: 1999.001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research materials used by the donor/author for his book, "Tea that Burns." These materials are all paper documents, mostly photocopies of newspaper articles, from 1850-1998. There are also some magazine articles, photocopies of sections from books, handwritten notes, and correspondence with archives.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1850-1998
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Cheng Wang collection
Collection
Identifier: 1995.030
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a manuscript, newspaper clipping, book, and photocopy. The manuscript was written by Cheng Wang, and it described his experience in the war. The newspaper clipping is from the "World Journal" and it is about the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the war. Wang is pictured in the photograph included in the article. The book, published in Taiwan, is also a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the war; it is the 3rd edition, published in 1991. Finally,...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1990s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Chinatown News
Collection
Identifier: 2011.013
Scope and Contents
Chinatown News was Vancouver's first Chinese News magazine published in English for the Chinese Canadian community. The entire Chinatown News series was published from its establishment in 1948 to 1996. The bulk of the collection consists of 796 paper magazines published between 1954 and 1992.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-09-18 - 1992-11-18
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Chinese Musical and Theatrical Association (CMTA) collection
Collection
Identifier: 1989.002-2013.015
Scope and Contents
The items and documents in this collection are related to the administration and performances of CMTA. Series 4, 6, and 8-14 consist of materials related to the day-to-day operations of the association. These materials are mostly paper documents and they include correspondence; bills and receipts; donation records; account ledgers; membership attendance books and charts; various books, journals, and newspapers; newspaper clippings and posters publicizing CMTA performances; tickets and...
Dates:
1930-1992
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Chinese Sportswear Workers Social Association collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010.040
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials and objects used by the Chinese Sportswear Workers Social Association and photographs of the association's members. Most of the materials date from 1971-2007, although there is one book from 1947. Series 1 includes administrative documents and materials used by the association, such as letterhead, annual reports, meeting minutes, and manifestos. Series 2 consists of objects, such as a banner, posters, a mahjong game, and a mahjong table. Series 3...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1971-2007
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America