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Ernest K. H. Eng collection
Collection
Identifier: 2016.006
Scope and Contents
-This is a digital collection. MOCA digitizes it from the Captain Ernest K. H. Eng's photo album.-Digital copies of Captain Ernest K. H. Eng's photo album; including images of his tour in China with the mission of General George Catlett Marshall, and other political figures of China such as Zhou, Enlai and Chiang, Kai-shek during the war from September 1945 to June 1948, his wedding pictures in China in 1946, and his family photos after returning to America from China, a total...
Dates:
1945-1962
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Evelyn Yee collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012.003
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of items from Evelyn Yee's family. These items include three liberty bonds issued by the Republic of China, one in 1937 and two in 1938. These bonds belonged to her parents when they lived in New York. In addition, there is part of a letter written to Evelyn's mother from her uncle (or another relative) in 1937 about a trip taken from New York to Hong Kong. Finally, there are two record albums in Chinese ("Mothers Teach Children" and "Madame Butterfly") plus record...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1920s-1930s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Family Treasures Digitization Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018.0XX-2019.0XX
Abstract
A collection of materials digitized for the "Family Treasures" project funded by the National Historic Publication and Records Commission (NHPRC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). These materials are not limited to Chinese Americans. The project is meant to help members of the community preserve their photographs, artifacts, documents, etc.
Dates:
2018 - 2019
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Fold Exhibition Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2018.034
Abstract
On June 6, 1993, the Golden Venture ran aground near Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY. The cargo ship passengers, nearly 300 migrants primarily from Fujian Province, China, were being smuggled into America by a Chinese crime syndicate. While the asylum-seekers waited for uncertain legal outcomes in York Country Prison, Pennsylvania, they began creating paper sculptures employing the traditional Chinese folk art of paper folding. Originally, these pieces were created as gifts for their lawyers and...
Dates:
2018
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Fran H. Ng collection
Collection
Identifier: 1994.010
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection consist entirely of paper documents donated by a social worker in the mid 1990s. These materials include academic papers and reports; brochures, pamphlets, and mailings; newsletters; newspaper and magazine clippings; and full issues of magazines and journals. Most of the materials date from the early 1970s-mid 1980s, although there are a few items from the mid 1960s. The majority of the items relate to physical and mental health issues in the Asian American...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1966-1986
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Front Row Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2013.021
Abstract
These interviews were conducted for MOCA's 2013 fashion exhibition, Front Row. The exhibition traced and celebrated the rise of Chinese American designers who have made their mark in the international world of fashion. In the interviews, the designers discuss the diversity of their aesthetics, their individualized approaches to branding, and how their varying personal relationship to cultural identity has shaped what we now understand as not only New York fashion, but an American sense of...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2013
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance! Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2015.008
Abstract
These interviews with Chinese American performers take an intimate look at the popular nightclub era of the 1930s through 1950s. The Chinese American performers talk about their personal experiences during the era and the role that race played in entertainment.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1999 - 2001
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
International Examiner Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2017.029
Scope and Contents
There are 194 newspapers in total but only 143 issues (there are 2 copies of many issues.) Each issue contains cultural, political, economic, and educational news relating to the Asian American communities. Sections also include District News, National News, Perspectives on Employment, Legal Matters, and Political Decisions, and an Arts Roundup for the fortnight. Several issues also contain an employment supplement to aid the community on that front.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1980-1990
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Jacqueline Huey collection
Collection
Identifier: 1996.003-2000.009
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of newsletters, reports, journals, and books. Many of the newsletters are addressed to a Mr. and Mrs. Huey, presumably the donor's parents. All of the items are dated from the 1970s-early 1980s except for one report, which is from 1990. The newsletters are all from the Organization of Chinese-Americans, Inc. The reports are from the US Commission on Civil Rights and the US General Accounting Office. The journals include copies of "Bridge" Magazine, "Civil Rights...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1970s-early 1980s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Jami Ogata collection
Collection
Identifier: 2015.038
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials mostly related to the work of Asian Americans for Fair Media. These materials include audio-visual materials (a photograph album and two filmstrips); correspondence and mailings (including posters and brochures); and full issues of journals and newspaper clippings. Most items are dated between 1969-1974, although the photograph album is from 1989. The majority of the materials deal with the racist portrayal of Asian Americans in the media and how to...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1969-1974
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America