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Chinese American Women's Club of Santa Clara County Records
MSS-2004-02  
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Series I. Administrative Records 1962-1992

Physical Description: 1 Box

Series Scope and Content Summary

The contents in this series represent the organizational, fiscal and administrative records of Chinese American Women's Club of Santa Clara County (CAWC). This is the smallest series in the collection, but it contains important, targeted information for researchers looking to obtain factual information about the constitution and by-laws, the organizational structure, the framework for decision-making and documented accounts of planning and execution of administrative tasks. Papers include financial records, the constitution and bylaws, membership rosters, meeting agendas and approved minutes, membership applications, memoranda and other records that illustrate the daily management of the group.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 1

Financial Records 1962-1974

Box 1, Folder 2

Administrative Records 1969

Box 1, Folder 3

Administrative Records 1970

Box 1, Folder 4

Administrative Records 1974

Box 1, Folder 5

Administrative Records 1975

Box 1, Folder 6

Administrative Records 1976

Box 1, Folder 7

Administrative Records 1977

Box 1, Folder 8

Administrative Records 1978

Box 1, Folder 9

Administrative Records 1979

Box 1, Folder 10

Administrative Records 1980

Box 1, Folder 11

Administrative Records 1981

Box 1, Folder 12

Administrative Records 1982

Box 1, Folder 13

Administrative Records 1983

Box 1, Folder 14

Administrative Records 1984

Box 1, Folder 15

Administrative Records 1985

Box 1, Folder 16

Administrative Records 1986

Box 1, Folder 17

Administrative Records 1987

Box 1, Folder 18

Administrative Records 1988

Box 1, Folder 19

Administrative Records 1989

Box 1, Folder 20

Administrative Records 1990

Box 1, Folder 21

Administrative Records 1991

Box 1, Folder 22

Administrative Records 1992

 

Series II. Community Activities and Programs 1969-1994

Physical Description: 4 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The contents in this series represent event planning and community participation. The main events represented in this series are the Autumn Moon Festival, Agnew Community Awareness Day, the Pageant of the Great Mandarin, Lasting Legacy Luncheon and various temple reconstruction fundraisers. Due to the original order, there are some administrative records interfiled into the event planning records in this series. The scrapbooks, historian notebooks, clippings, photographs, flyers and other event memorabilia contained in this series provide both textual and visual representations of community events.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 1

Community Activities and Programs 1969-1970

Box 2, Folder 2

Community Activities and Programs 1976

Box 2, Folder 3

Community Activities and Programs 1977

Box 2, Folder 4

Community Activities and Programs 1978

Box 2, Folder 5

Community Activities and Programs 1979

Box 2, Folder 6

Community Activities and Programs 1981

Box 2, Folder 7

Community Activities and Programs 1982

Box 2, Folder 8

Community Activities and Programs 1983

Box 2, Folder 9

Community Activities and Programs 1984

Box 2, Folder 10

Community Activities and Programs 1985

Box 2, Folder 11

Community Activities and Programs 1986

Box 2, Folder 12

Community Activities and Programs (1 of 2) 1987

Box 2, Folder 13

Community Activities and Programs (2 of 2), 1987

Box 2, Folder 14

Community Activities and Programs 1988

Box 2, Folder 15

Community Activities and Programs 1990

Box 2, Folder 16

Community Activities and Programs 1991

Box 3

Scrapbook 1971

Box 3

Scrapbook 1973

Box 3

Scrapbook 1974

Box 3

Scrapbook 1975

Box 3

Scrapbook 1976

Box 3

Scrapbook 1977

Box 3

Scrapbook 1979

Box 3

Scrapbook 1980

Box 3

Scrapbook 1981

Box 4

Historian Book (Binder), 1982

Box 4

Historian Book (Binder), 1983

Box 4

Historian Book (Binder), 1984

Box 4

Historian Book (Binder), 1985

Box 4

Historian Book (Binder) 1987-1988

Box 5, Folder 1

Historian Notebook 1990

Box 5, Folder 2

Historian Notebook 1991

Box 5, Folder 3

Historian Notebook 1992

Box 5, Folder 4

Historian Notebook 1993

Box 5, Folder 5

Historian Notebook 1994

 

Series III. Outreach and Publicity Series III: 1965-1999

Physical Description: 6 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The contents in this series represent Chinese American Women's Club's work in the larger Chinese community. The series contains newsletters, correspondence, awards and certificates of appreciation, news clippings, directories, county resource guides, photographic materials, a cookbook and cultural sound recordings geared towards children. A researcher looking to investigate the influence of organizational outreach efforts would find the materials in this series of great importance.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically. For folders with multiple images from the same date, the original order has been maintained. The remaining folders contain undated photographic materials and are arranged alphabetically according to the description of the pictorial content.
Box 6, Folder 1

Outreach and Publicity 1970

Box 6, Folder 2

Outreach and Publicity 1971

Box 6, Folder 3

Outreach and Publicity 1976

Box 6, Folder 4

Outreach and Publicity 1977

Box 6, Folder 5

Outreach and Publicity 1978

Box 6, Folder 6

Outreach and Publicity 1979

Box 6, Folder 7

Outreach and Publicity 1980

Box 6, Folder 8

Outreach and Publicity 1981

Box 6, Folder 9

Outreach and Publicity 1982

Box 6, Folder 10

Outreach and Publicity 1983

Box 6, Folder 11

Outreach and Publicity 1984

Box 6, Folder 12

Outreach and Publicity 1985

Box 6, Folder 13

Outreach and Publicity 1986

Box 6, Folder 14

Outreach and Publicity 1987

Box 6, Folder 15

Outreach and Publicity 1988

Box 6, Folder 16

Outreach and Publicity 1989

Box 6, Folder 17

Outreach and Publicity 1990

Box 6, Folder 18

Outreach and Publicity 1991

Box 6, Folder 19

Outreach and Publicity 1992

Box 6, Folder 20

Miscellaneous Printed Matter n.d.

Box 7, Folder 1

Photographic Material 1965-1979

Box 7, Folder 2

Photographic Material 1983

Box 7, Folder 3

Photographic Material 1986

Box 7, Folder 4

Photographic Material 1987

Box 7, Folder 5

Photographic Material 1988

Box 7, Folder 6

Photographic Material, No Dates (1 of 4) n.d.

Box 7, Folder 7

Photographic Material, No Dates (2 of 4)

Box 7, Folder 8

Photographic Material, No Dates (3 of 4)

Box 7, Folder 9

Photographic Material, No Dates (4 of 4)

Box 8

Heritage Club Plaque 1988

Box 8

Chinese Historic and Cultural Project Plaque 1988

Box 8

Golden Legacy Plaque 1990

Box 8

Patron's Club Plaque 1990

Box 8

Benefactor's Club Plaque 1991

Box 9, Folder 1

State of California Award 1987

Box 9, Folder 2

City of San José Awards 1987-1988

Box 9, Folder 3

Chinese Summer Festival Award 1999

Box 9, Folder 4

Agnews State Hospital Badge n.d.

Box 9, Folder 5

Astrological Chart 1980

Box 10, Folder 1

Cookbook 1971

Box 10, Folder 2

Cookbook Administrative Records 1982-1997

Box 10, Folder 3

Chinese Cooking Our Legacy 1998

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Item added to collection August 17, 2006.
Box 11, Folder 1

Marn-Ling Instrumental LP Record 1971

Box 11, Folder 2

Marn-Ling Lion Dance LP Record 1972