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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
Cheng Wang collection
Collection
Identifier: 1995.030
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a manuscript, newspaper clipping, book, and photocopy. The manuscript was written by Cheng Wang, and it described his experience in the war. The newspaper clipping is from the "World Journal" and it is about the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the war. Wang is pictured in the photograph included in the article. The book, published in Taiwan, is also a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the war; it is the 3rd edition, published in 1991. Finally,...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1990s
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
Coaching books collection
Collection
Identifier: 2016.002
Scope and Contents
Thus far, this collection contains five coaching books, all in Chinese. One book, written in calligraphy, is for the Tam family. Another book, handwritten, is for the Huang family, possibly for the wife of the person mentioned in the Tam book. Only two books appear to be dated, one of which is from the Toy or Loy Young family; it includes an envelope from an Edmond Toy in Chicago to a Chester Loy Young in Kwangtung, China, and the envelope is postmarked 1947. The other dated book is from...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1930s-1940s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Committee of 100 collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008.039
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of conference proceedings on videocassette tapes and oral histories saved on a variety of media, including DVDs, Betamax tapes, and mini digital videocassettes. The conferences cover the years 1991 and 1995-1996. The oral histories cover the years 2004 and 2007.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1991-1996 and 2004-2007
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Evelyn Yee collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012.003
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of items from Evelyn Yee's family. These items include three liberty bonds issued by the Republic of China, one in 1937 and two in 1938. These bonds belonged to her parents when they lived in New York. In addition, there is part of a letter written to Evelyn's mother from her uncle (or another relative) in 1937 about a trip taken from New York to Hong Kong. Finally, there are two record albums in Chinese ("Mothers Teach Children" and "Madame Butterfly") plus record...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1920s-1930s
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
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
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