Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0872
Creator:
Yu, Alice Fong
Title: Alice Fong Yu papers
Dates: 1918-2000
Bulk Dates: 1960-1989
Physical Description:
28 Linear feet
Summary: These papers document Alice Fong Yu’s lifelong commitment to teaching and her role as a Bay Area Chinese American community
leader. Included are files Yu maintained during her career with the San Francisco Unified School District; Yu’s coursework
from the speech therapy program at U.C. Berkeley; professional and family correspondence; biographical materials and clippings
that highlight many of Yu’s various professional and civic achievements; photograph albums and scrapbooks; administrative
materials and publications relating to the Square and Circle Club, the Chinese Historical Society of America, and Berkeley
Community Church; and various publications relating to Chinese and Chinese American interests and history.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
Alice Fong Yu Papers (SC0872). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Alice Fong Yu (1905-2000) was recruited as the first Chinese American teacher in San Francisco by Commodore Stockton Elementary
upon completion of her studies at San Francisco Teachers College in 1926. Inspired by her experiences with her son who was
born with cerebral palsy, Yu returned to school in the 1950s and obtained a credential in special education and speech therapy
from U.C. Berkeley. With her certification, Yu worked as a speech therapist throughout San Francisco schools until her retirement
in 1970. In 1996 San Francisco renamed the nation’s first Chinese-immersion program the Alice Fong Yu School in her honor.
In addition to her work as an educator, Yu was very active in many Chinatown organizations. She was a founding member of both
the Square and Circle Club and the Chinese Historical Society of America.
Description of the Collection
These papers document Alice Fong Yu’s lifelong commitment to teaching and her role as a Bay Area Chinese American community
leader. Included are files Yu maintained during her career with the San Francisco Unified School District; Yu’s coursework
from the speech therapy program at U.C. Berkeley; professional and family correspondence; biographical materials and clippings
that highlight many of Yu’s various professional and civic achievements; photograph albums and scrapbooks; administrative
materials and publications relating to the Square and Circle Club, the Chinese Historical Society of America, and Berkeley
Community Church; and various publications relating to Chinese and Chinese American interests and history.
Access Terms
Chinese Historical Society of America.
San Francisco Unified School District.
Square and Circle Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
University of California, Berkeley --Students.
Yu, Alice Fong
Chinese American women.
Chinese Americans.