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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
Chinatown News
Collection
Identifier: 2011.013
Scope and Contents
Chinatown News was Vancouver's first Chinese News magazine published in English for the Chinese Canadian community. The entire Chinatown News series was published from its establishment in 1948 to 1996. The bulk of the collection consists of 796 paper magazines published between 1954 and 1992.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-09-18 - 1992-11-18
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Front Row Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: 2013.021
Abstract
These interviews were conducted for MOCA's 2013 fashion exhibition, Front Row. The exhibition traced and celebrated the rise of Chinese American designers who have made their mark in the international world of fashion. In the interviews, the designers discuss the diversity of their aesthetics, their individualized approaches to branding, and how their varying personal relationship to cultural identity has shaped what we now understand as not only New York fashion, but an American sense of...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2013
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
OneWorld COVID-19 Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020.020
Dates:
Majority of material found in 2020
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
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