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Jane Moy Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2016.029
Scope and Contents
The collection mostly contains the lives of William Moy and his mother, Jeanne Moy. There are including family photos, biography and genealogy. Most of the documents are from the 1930's to 1940's.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1930‘s-2010's
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Journey Wall Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 20XX.0XX
Abstract
The Journey Wall is a custom art installation created for MOCA's lobby by renowned artist/designer Maya Lin. The wall is composed of bronze tiles through which Chinese Americans can permanently honor and remember their family roots. Each tile bears the name of an individual or family, their ancestral home, and current place of residence in America. The complete wall will highlight the expansiveness of the Chinese American Diaspora and the diversity of immigration stories from across the...
Dates:
2014-2022
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Lee Family Association collection
Collection
Identifier: 2004.053
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection mainly consist of paper documents, objects, and photographs. The majority of the paper documents are administrative and financial in nature, regarding both the New York Lee Family Association and the New York Lee Federal Credit Union. There are also a few journals and brochures from other local Chinese associations and some newspaper clippings. Most of the objects are items used by the Association and/or the Federal Credit Union, such as a desk, a print...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1966-1990
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Manuscript collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014.030
Dates:
1930-2010 (bulk 1977-1993)
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Many Voices, One Humanity Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2008.041
Abstract
In conjunction with MOCA's permanent exhibition, With a Single Step, this collection of video interviews with individuals from the diverse Chinese American community asked participants to reflect upon how their personal stories resonate with Chinese American history.
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Marcella Dear collection
Collection
Identifier: 2006.003-2006.004-2010.007-2011.023
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection mainly consist of household items from the Chin family's apartment on Mulberry Street and business items from the Chin family's businesses (the majority of the latter items are from the Rice Bowl Restaurant and Kwong Chong and Co.). The household materials include kitchen items, artwork, clothing, sewing materials, record albums, medicinal objects, and books. The business materials include account books, furniture, and signage. The majority of the items are...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1920s-1990s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Margot Jones Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2017.009
Scope and Contents
Materials donated by Margot Jones, who was a teacher at PS 42. The collection consists of photos, slides, newspaper articles, and other objects.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1974-1982
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Mary Lampel Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1990.021
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 18 photographs that show Mary Lampel's grade school and adult students. It also includes some photographs of her adult students living their daily lives.
Dates:
1954 - 1969
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Mee Heung Chow Main Co. collection
Collection
Identifier: 2004.041
Scope and Contents
The collection mostly contains administrative and business records of Mee Heung Chow Main Co., such as bills, business cards and letterhead, calendars, handwritten menus, insurance documents, monthly receipts, and tax records. In addition, there are a few objects, including a cash register, check register, and original storefront sign and awning. Most of the business records are from the 1960s, but there is an automobile insurance card from 1937. Other proprietors, from the late 1950s-early...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1937-1970
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Milton L. Barnett collection
Collection
Identifier: 2001.022
Scope and Contents
This collection includes research material conducted by Milton L. Barnett for his thesis on alcoholism in the Chinese-American community in the late 1940s-1950s. It also includes research material from two colleagues (Eugenia Chen, possibly a student of Barnett's, and Richard Wang, a doctor at the New Jersey State Hospital) who worked with him, on the topic of the role and significance of drinking in Chinatown, and constituted a committee. The committee's research mainly involved compiling...
Dates:
Majority of material found in late 1940s-early 1950s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America