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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
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
Samuel S. Fung collection
Collection
Identifier: 1985.001-2011.053
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials gathered by Samuel S. Fung that focus on the Chinese-American boy scouting experience and self-publishing practices for amateur authors. There are various periodicals, photographs, maps, book mock-ups, illustrations, certificates, Boy Scout memorabilia, Boy Scout records, newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, font samples, composition notebooks, journals, coupons, general correspondence, receipts, and other items produced between the 1910s to the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1927 - 1984
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Wah Kiu Wet Wash Co. collection
Collection
Identifier: 2004.091
Scope and Contents
The collection mostly contains administrative and business records of Wah Kiu Wet Wash Co., such as bills, insurance documents, laundry tickets, ledgers, operating licenses, and payroll records. In addition, there are photographs of the salvaging day of one of the laundromats and a few objects, including a clip, stapler, and various pins. Most of the documents are from the 1970s-1990s, but some of the ledgers date back to 1949. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1949-2001
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
William Yukon Chang collection
Collection
Identifier: 2000.020
Scope and Contents
The collection mostly contains materials related to the Chinese-American Times, including original copies of the newspaper itself, photographs used in various issues, and print blocks of three photographs used for publication. In addition, the collection includes ads and cartoons from the paper; correspondence between William Yukon Chang, the editor and founder of the paper, and customers; article rough drafts; newspaper clippings, regarding Chinese-Americans, from other journals; and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s-2000s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America