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...

Content Description Emile Bocian (1912-1990) was a photographer who worked steadily in the 1960s-1980s in New York City. Although there is not a lot of information about Bocian, he worked for Waldo Mayo Associates Public Relations in the 1950s; this firm provided publicity for the film, radio, and television industries. In the early 1970s, Bocian began working for "The China Post" as the Director of Advertising and Public Relations and most likely became an editor at some point. According to his own account, he...

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...