Chinese Community Newspaper Archive, 1980-1988

Collection context

Summary

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.
Extent:
5.6 linear ft. (14 flat boxes)
Language:
and Chinese
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Chinese Community Newspaper Archive (Collection 2127). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Dr. Yin Lo and May Chen Lo, 2012
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in loose chronological order.

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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988