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Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 97 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

Business documents, 1950s-1960s

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

The documents in this series include business receipts, handwritten receipts, ledgers, insurance documents, a mortgage certificate, commercial and vehicle auto licenses, bank documents, business cards, and small notebooks, most likely account books (one of which is dated 1960-1962).

Dates: Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s

Business documents, 1921-1969

 Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents

The documents in this series include tax reciepts, bills, inventory lists, local credit sales accounts, client sales accounts, check books, receipts, permits, business cards, and other financial records. In addtion, there are account books for restaurants outside of New York City, from 1921-1942, and an account book for donations to WWII funds (1946).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1921-1969

Interview with Sylvia Seid, 2003

 Item
Identifier: 2015.007.015
Abstract Sylvia Seid is the sister in law and wife of the men who founded what is now considered a Chinatown cultural trademark - The Chinatown Ice-cream Factory. Of Peruvian and Chinese descent, Seid describes her upbringing and her childhood growing up in Peru and the States. She also discusses the evolution of the ice-cream business from the late 1970s to the early twentieth century and how it has transformed from being the once tourist destination to the now localized sweet-treat icon it is known...
Dates: 2003

Lisa Eng, 1940 - 1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: 2019.031
Scope and Contents

351 photographs digitized in 600dpi. The photographs depict pictures of the donor's family.

Dates: 1940 - 1956

Newspapers

 Series
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

The document in this series is a newspaper clipping.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1921-1969

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

Oral History Interview with Agnes Chan, 2008

 File
Identifier: 2008.041.001
Abstract In 1980, Agnes Chan graduated at the top of her Police Academy class and became the NYPD’s first Asian female officer. In this position, she sought to build bridges between the Asian community and the police department. Promoted to Detective rank in 1984, Chang served 20 years in the NYPD, including Chinatown’s 5th precinct. She retired in 2000.Chan initially went to John Jay College with the vision of going to law school but after an internship in Chinatown, she decided to join...
Dates: 2008

Oral History Interview with Agnes Wong, 2004-05-21

 File
Identifier: 2014.036.018
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: 2004-05-21

Oral History Interview with Alice Young, 2004-07-01

 File
Identifier: 2014.036.019
Abstract Alice Young is a career teacher and principal who has lived most of her life in Brooklyn. She begins the interview by sharing the story of her family’s immigration to the United States and about her family’s laundry business. Alice reminisces about her childhood and school life leading up to her time at Brooklyn College, where she studied to become an elementary school teacher. As an NYC school teacher, she worked in different boroughs including Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. She...
Dates: 2004-07-01