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Boy Scouts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Boy Scouts, 1919-1982

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

This series contains Boy Scout documents and memorabilia. The materials are mostly comprised of correspondence with troop members and the Boy Scout headquarters; accounting ledgers; Boy Scout letterhead; Boy Scout newsletters; one Boy Scout magazine; sketches and drawings; newspaper clippings; official Boy Scout graphics (images for rowing, nature, drafting, etc.); specific Troop 150 information (address lists and activity reports); and awards.

Dates: 1919-1982

Objects, 1945-1979

 Series
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

The documents in this series include the following: books; composition books of various sizes; small and large journals/notebooks; large bound coupon books; a Boy Scout identification card (belonging to a Harry Lee); a scarf from a Boy Scout uniform; a name plate with "Samuel S. Fung" etched into it; and a metal printing mold for printing/replicating business cards for Samuel S. Fung.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1945-1979

Personal items, 1980s

 Series
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents

The documents in this series include personal correspondence; illustrations (in pencil, pastel, and pen); and holiday and greeting cards in Chinese and English. The bulk of the material is research and mock-ups for a book that Samuel S. Fung was trying to write and possibly publish.

Dates: 1980s

Photographs, 1920-1984

 Series
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents

This series contains various sizes of black and white and color photographs. The images are mostly comprised of family portraits, family gatherings, individual portraits, lion dancers, candid images, landscape images, and images of shops. The exact location of the pictures is unknown, and the photographer has yet to be identified. Some of the photographs are accompanied by notes and diagrams, written on the bottom or back of the image, which indicate individuals pictured.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1920-1984

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