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Chinese Women of America 1848-1982 project files.
AAS ARC 2000/88
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Chinese Women of America 1848-1982 project filesCreator/Contributor:
Yung, Judy., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Chinese Culture Center of San FranciscoCreator/Contributor:
Women's Educational Equity Act Program (U.S.)Abstract:
Contains copyprints of approximately 1100 photographs spanning the years 1848 to 1982, compiled from collections of historical
societies, museums, libraries, community organizations, and other archive resources relating mainly to Chinese American women,
as well as the Chinese American experience with subjects including people, portraits, families, people in various occupations,
Angel Island, community organizations and activities, locations throughout the United States, China, mass media, railroads,
shipping, sports, theater, and the world wars. Includes descriptive cards for all photographs, negatives for about 10% of
the photographs, approximately 60 slides, and the project proposal with supporting attachments, dated January 26, 1981. Also
includes a 140-slide presentation representing a cross-section of subject areas with a list of slides and corresponding photograph
numbers.
Date:
ca. 1981 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Chinese American women -- History -- Photographs
Chinese American families -- Photographs
Chinese Americans -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
Chinese Americans -- History -- Pictorial works
Note:
Project sponsored by Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco and funded by Women's Educational Equity Act Program, Dept. of
Education, Washington, D.C.
The resource catalog published in 1986 for the project is Chinese women of America: a pictorial history by Judy Yung, published
in 1986 and catalogued in the Asian American Studies collection under the call number HQ1180.Y93.
USE PHOTOCOPIES IN BINDERS, INSTEAD OF COPYPRINTS, FOR REFERENCE.
REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to institutions owning originals,
as indicated in the descriptive information for each image.
The Chinese Women of America, 1848-1982, project was proposed by Judy Yung in January 26, 1981 to establish a "pictorial exhibit
and resource catalog that visually dramatizes the historical, racial, and sexual inequities suffered by Chinese American women
in order to promote the need to understand and remedy present educational inequities faced by minority women."
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graphicSlides.
Physical Description:
photoprint
slide
8 boxes and 1 card file box (ca. 1100 photographic prints, ca. 200 35mm slides) : b&w
6 v. (ca. 1100 images, with descriptive information on verso).
Language:
English
Identifier:
AAS ARC 2000/88
Origin:
United StatesCopyright Note:
USE PHOTOCOPIES IN BINDERS, INSTEAD OF COPYPRINTS, FOR REFERENCE.
REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to institutions owning originals,
as indicated in the descriptive information for each image.