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Chino-Latino Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: 2015.007
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 33 audiocassette tapes of oral histories conducted from 1997-1998 and 2003. Most of the interviews are compiled on two cassettes, although not all. All of the interviews have been digitized.

Dates: 1997-1998 and 2003
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Chong Lung and Co. collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011.090
Scope and Contents The collection mostly contains administrative and business records of Chong Lung and Co., such as business cards, letterhead, bills, receipts, inventory lists, payroll records, tax records, bank accounts, check books, and other financial records. Most of the business records are from the early 1920s to the late 1940s. In addition, there is a newspaper clipping and a few personal items, including letters, cards, envelopes, and notebooks. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1921-1969
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Clarence Lee collection

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Identifier: 2000.023-2001.019-2001.020
Scope and Contents

This collections consists of two commemorative plaques; paper documents on the life of Clarence Lee; prints of Lee's artwork on stamps; and 150 signed copies of Lee's 1999 Year of the Hare commemorative stamp. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at http://mocanyc.pastperfectonline.com/randomimages.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1992-2001
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Coaching books collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2016.002
Scope and Contents Thus far, this collection contains five coaching books, all in Chinese. One book, written in calligraphy, is for the Tam family. Another book, handwritten, is for the Huang family, possibly for the wife of the person mentioned in the Tam book. Only two books appear to be dated, one of which is from the Toy or Loy Young family; it includes an envelope from an Edmond Toy in Chicago to a Chester Loy Young in Kwangtung, China, and the envelope is postmarked 1947. The other dated book is from...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1930s-1940s
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Committee of 100 collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008.039
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of conference proceedings on videocassette tapes and oral histories saved on a variety of media, including DVDs, Betamax tapes, and mini digital videocassettes. The conferences cover the years 1991 and 1995-1996. The oral histories cover the years 2004 and 2007.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1991-1996 and 2004-2007
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

David Lewis Hammarstrom Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017.032
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of xeroxed background research, correspondences, interview excerpts, audio tapes with full interviews with cast members, and draft and published versions of Hammarstrom's book. The background research contains literature and clippings relating the "Flower Drum Song" shows. The correspondences are between Hammarstrom and the publisher and interviewees. The interview excerpts were intended for usage in the published book.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2003-01-01 - 2006-12-31
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Douglas J. Chu collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012.008-2015.037
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs and paper materials documenting Douglas J. Chu's family from the 1900s-1975. The photographs are in black and white and color, and they range in size. Many of the photographs are labelled with a date, name, and location on the back. The majority of the photographs are from Donald Typond, Douglas Chu's first cousin once removed (his mother's first cousin). The paper materials consist of affidavits, birth and marriage certificates, awards, account books,...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1900s-1975
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Edith Ong collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015.040
Scope and Contents This collection consists of newspaper clippings, one menu, and Chinese New Year envelopes. The newspaper clippings are mostly from the 1930s-1940s (although some are undated), and most of them are from Baltimore newspapers or include stories or photographs about Baltimore. A few clippings have accompanying articles, but most of them are just photographs. All of the clippings are original copies of articles/photographs about Chinese Americans and Chinese visiting the United States, as in...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1930s-1940s
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Emile Bocian collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014.029
Content Description Emile Bocian (1912-1990) was a photographer who worked steadily in the 1960s-1980s in New York City. Although there is not a lot of information about Bocian, he worked for Waldo Mayo Associates Public Relations in the 1950s; this firm provided publicity for the film, radio, and television industries. In the early 1970s, Bocian began working for "The China Post" as the Director of Advertising and Public Relations and most likely became an editor at some point. According to his own account, he...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1980s
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

Eric Ng collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015.043-2007.072-2004.072
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photographs, postcards, glass projection slides, printed materials, and reference materials. Photographs and postcards document the businesses, social environment and development of New York's Chinatown, including inter-ethnic tensions. Printed material include articles, magazines, booklets, and a guidebook about the social history of Chinatowns and the political environment during the Second Sino-Japanese War. There are also menus for Chinese Restaurants in New...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1860s-1970s
Found in: Museum of Chinese in America

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