Chinese Community Newspaper Archive
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Title: Chinese Community Newspaper Archive
Collection number: 2127
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
Chinese
Physical Description:
5.6 linear ft.
(14 flat boxes)
Date: 1980-1988
Abstract: The Chinese Community newspaper, started publication in the early 1980s and was the first Chinese newspaper to be published
in Southern California. The collection consists of a weekly Chinese language newspaper that chronicles Southern California's
suburban Chinese Community.
Language of Materials: Chinese
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Chinese Community Newspaper Archive (Collection 2127). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Yin Lo and May Chen Lo, 2012
Biography/History
The Chinese Community newspaper started publication in the early 1980s and was the first Chinese newspaper to be published
in Southern California. The paper provided a forum for social, political, and cultural news as well as a place for unknown
and/or up and coming writers to publish short stories and poems.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a weekly Chinese language newspaper that chronicles Southern California's suburban Chinese Community.
Each newspaper contains writings about political, social, economic, cultural, and entertainment (Chinese and American) news
and advertisements pertinent to the Southern California Chinese community. Some of the newspapers are titled
Nan Hu Shi Bao and appear to have been published by the Chinese Community News Corporation.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged in loose chronological order.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chinese Americans--California--Periodicals
Immigrants--California--Periodicals.
Box 1
One volume.
1980.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chinese Americans--California--Periodicals
Immigrants--California--Periodicals.
Box 2
One volume.
1980 Sept-1981 Jan.
Box 3
One volume.
1981 Feb-Aug.
Box 4
Two volumes.
1981 Feb-Dec; 1981 Aug-1982 Jan.
Box 5
One volume.
1982 Feb-July.
Box 6
One volume.
1982 Aug-1983 Jan.
Box 7
One volume.
1983 Feb-June.
Box 8
One volume.
1983 July-1984 Jan.
Box 9
One volume.
1983 Feb-June.
Box 10
One volume.
1984 July-1985 Jan.
Box 11
One volume.
1985 Feb-Dec.
Box 12
One volume.
1986 Jan-1987 Jan.
