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Mooie Eng collection
Collection
Identifier: 1994.013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs and paper materials (brochures, pamphlets, and reports) from Mooie Eng's tenure at the Community Service Center. The photographs are black and white, and the majority of them depict Mooie Eng demonstrating proper health care techniques to women. They are all dated 1954. There are two images of the Golden Age Club, depicting older men and children, most likely from around 1954. The paper materials include bulletins from CSS, dated 1947, 1971, and 1973;...
Dates:
Majority of material found in late 1940s-mid 1970s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Moriah Historical Society - Digitization Project
Collection
Identifier: 2018.017
Scope and Contents
2 digtized prison ledgers containing the records of 681 Chinese immigrants that were arrested and jailed in Port Henry, NY between 1901-1903.
Dates:
1901 - 1903
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Museum of Chinese in America
Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection
Collection — Box: 1-11, Frame: 12-13
Identifier: 2009.015
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 250 hand written opera manuscripts, Books and articles written by Chiu, Hung Fook and other authors on Cantonese opera history, theory, performance, and instrument. Photographs of Chiu, Mui Yuen Kung and Chiu, Hung Fook on stages, at training classes, at their opera business, and in their daily life, in group pictures with other Hong Kong opera singers, as well as the materials of the Art and Performance Center and the Arts Training Centre, including business...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
OneWorld COVID-19 Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020.020
Dates:
Majority of material found in 2020
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
OneWorld COVID-19 Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2021.025
Abstract
MOCA has launched the OneWorld COVID-19 Special Collection that seeks to document and share the stories of Chinese Americans and the Chinese diaspora resisting coronavirus-fueled hate with incredible acts of compassion and generosity. This collection will not only feature stories of community efforts but also highlight experiences of individuals and families during these unprecedented times. We welcome you to send us a write-up, photos, videos, audio, emails, texts, and any other materials...
Dates:
2021
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Oscar Ho collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008.025-2014.015
Scope and Contents
This collection includes paper documents ranging from personal records to newspapers and war bonds; 10 books; maps of various Manhattan neighborhoods; and 80 photographs. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at http://mocanyc.pastperfectonline.com/randomimages.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1919-1964
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Portraits of Chinatown Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2013.022
Abstract
Initiated as an oral history project by artist Tomie Arai and scholar Lena Sze as MOCA prepared to move into its current home in 2009, the project addressed the vital question of MOCA's own role within the communities of Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo through interviews with 27 neighborhood residents and community leaders. At the core of these conversations were the ever-present concerns of gentrification and displacement.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 2009
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Poy Gum Lee collection
Collection
Identifier: 2015.044
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, sketches, drawings, blueprints, documents, and objects. Photographs and newspaper articles portray Lee’s life in New York and China, his family, and his architectural projects. Letters and documents record business transactions, proposals, legal contracts and the experiences after the Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. The objects encompass some of the essential tools of the trade used by an architect. Lee...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900 - 1990
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Public School (PS) 23 collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012.022-2004.021
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of class materials, objects, photographs, and printed material either salvaged or donated by various individuals. The class materials include teacher's master copies of worksheets, student evaluations, and students' notes. The objects consist of 4 autograph albums donated by former students, an artwork, and two drawers filled with student report cards. The photographs mostly consist of class photographs, in black and white, although there are a few in color. These...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1920s-1991
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Sam Katz collection
Collection
Identifier: 1993.008
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mostly of 78 rpm record albums (102 total) and audio tape reels of Chinese and Japanese music, mostly instrumental. The audio tape reels are duplicates of the record albums. Most of the albums are undated, but the few that do have dates are from the 1950s-1960s. The records include classical, opera, and folk music. In addition, there are a few paper documents and journals, such as a journal in English with an article about ancient Chinese instruments, from 1926; a...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America