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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
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
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
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
Sun Sing Theatre collection
Collection
Identifier: 1993.007-2014.006
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of paper documents, printed materials, publicity materials, objects, and photographs. The paper documents include administrative and financial information about the theater, such as film inventories, time schedules, bills, account ledgers, and payroll records. Printed material, of which there is very little, includes books and journals, most likely personal copies of Sun Sing Theatre employees. Publicity materials consist mostly of film posters and lobby cards (or...
Dates:
1982-1993
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Walter Wah Hom collection
Collection
Identifier: 2011.085
Scope and Contents
The collection mostly contains business records of Walter Wah Hom. There are various receipts from different proprietors, including Scoy Shirt Pressing and Quon Hing Company, a restaurant and laundry supplier. In addition, there are many bank and insurance documents, plus commercial vehicle and auto licenses and renewals. Most of the documents are from the 1950s. There is also a box of cigars labelled “Robt. Burns Cigarillos.” Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1940s-1960s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
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