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Guide to the Alice Fong Yu Papers
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  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
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  • 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.