Chung sai yat po newspaper collection, 1900-1904

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Summary

Creators:
Chung Sai Yat Po Pub. Co.
Abstract:
Chung Sai Yat Po was published in San Francisco from Feb. 1900 to 1951. It has a long publishing history and almost all its issues survived.
Extent:
14 microform reels 1,460 online items
Language:
Chinese.
Preferred citation:

Users may cite Chung Sat Yat Po newspaper issues directly.

Background

Scope and content:

On April 22, 1854, the Golden Hills' News, a Chinese weekly, published its first issue in San Francisco. Although it lasted only four months, this paper inaugurated the Chinese language press in the U.S. In the past 150 years, Chinese language newspapers have witnessed both the ups and downs of Chinese immigration to the U.S., and have also faithfully recorded the struggles and prosperity of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. In 1998, Kuei Chiu and Yulan Chou (a former librarian at UC Berkeley), did an extensive survey of Chinese newspapers published in the U.S. looking for representative titles for digitization, and identified Chung Sai Yat Po as the one to be digitized. Chung Sai Yat Po was published in San Francisco from Feb. 1900 to 1951. It has a long publishing history and almost all its issues survived.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown.
Processing information:

In a pilot study sponsored by the Librarians Association of the University of California (LAUC), the investigators of this project, Kuei Chiu, Asian Studies, Humanities & Arts Bibliographer at the University of California Riverside Rivera Library, and Yulan Chou (a former librarian at UC Berkeley) discovered that Chung Sai Yat Po was the most important Chinese American newspaper in the US. It had a history of publication for over 50 years. With additional grants from LAUC and LAUC Riverside, the investigators digitized five years worth of Chung Sai Yat Po.

This project was made possible by two grants from LAUC and one grant from LAUC, Riverside Division.

Physical location:
Microfilm reels for issues from 1900-1905 are housed at the Asian American Collection of the Ethnic Studies Library at UC Berkeley.
Note:

Chung Sai Yat Po is in the masthead, and it is transliterated from Cantonese. Zhong Xi Ri Bao is Pinyin romanization, and Chung Hsi Jih Pao is Wade Giles romanization.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the UC Regents. For permission to publish or to reproduce, please contact the head of the Asian American Collection of the Ethnic Studies and Library.

Preferred citation:

Users may cite Chung Sat Yat Po newspaper issues directly.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, 30 Stephens Hall #2630
Berkeley, CA 94720-2360, US
Contact:
(510) 643-1234
esl-library@berkeley.edu
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