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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
Alex Jay collection
Collection
Identifier: 2001.026-2015.041-2017.003
Scope and Contents
This collection mostly contains materials procured by Alex Jay and focus on Chinese American writers and playwrights, artists and illustrators, actors, comic book artists, filmmakers, designers, and architects. There are various periodicals, artwork, books, comic books, recipes, playbills, and other items either by Chinese Americans or about Chinese Americans, all dating between 1914 and 2015. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1877-2015
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Alice Lee Chun collection
Collection
Identifier: 2004.096
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of paper documents and newspaper clippings related to Alice Lee Chun's work as a public health nurse. In addition, it includes paper documents, photographs, and a large scrapbook from her time as a member of the Ging Hawk Club. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at http://mocanyc.pastperfectonline.com/randomimages.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1933-1982
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Archaeology of Change Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2008.040
Abstract
This collection of interviews was started in 2008 and explore the diversity and depth of stories about the neighborhood's change and the force of gentrification as told through the communities residents, workers, and families. The interviewees reminisce about key landmarks in Chinatown from the Music Palace to the Phoenix Poultry Market to the former Jewish Daily Forward Building and how these locales have changed throughout the years. The collected personal histories explore how everyday...
Dates:
2008-01-01 - 2008-12-31
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Bruce E. Hall collection
Collection
Identifier: 1999.001
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research materials used by the donor/author for his book, "Tea that Burns." These materials are all paper documents, mostly photocopies of newspaper articles, from 1850-1998. There are also some magazine articles, photocopies of sections from books, handwritten notes, and correspondence with archives.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1850-1998
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
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
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
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
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
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