Paul G. Chace Ephemera Collection 2021.M.1.Chace
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Contributing Institution:
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Title: Paul G. Chace Ephemera Collection
Creator:
Chace, Paul G.
Identifier/Call Number: 2021.M.1.Chace
Physical Description:
4.625 Linear Feet
2 banker boxes, 1 rectangular box, and 1 archeological box, and 1 flat box
Date (inclusive): 1662-2016
Abstract: The Paul G. Chace Ephemera Collection is an assortment of memorabilia collected by anthroplogist and arheologist, Paul G.
Chace. This collection is a part of a larger donation from Chace to CHSSC that, as a whole, were split into five main categories:
Books, Documents, Archeological Reports, Grey Literature, and Ephemera. All portions of the donation are available to qualified
researchers by appointment at the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.
These specific objects and artifacts within the entirety of the donation were processed seperately as their own collection,
entitled the Paul G. Chace Ephemera Collection, for organizational purposes. The Paul G. Chace Ephemera Collection is arranged
at the Series-Level and Subseries-Level. Materials include: postcards, brochures, pamphlets, ceramics, figurines, prints,
framed art, audio visual material, coins, Chace's dissertation and handwritten notes, and correspondence circa 1662-2016.
A large portion of this collection consists of VHS tapes, and newspapers pertaining to the Bok Kai Festivals from 1925-1999,
as well as 2006. There are also archeological artifacts from an excavation that took place in Riverside, California. These
artifacts include: a geological object, broken glass with Chinese chararcters on them, broken cermaics, bones, and film negatives.
The collection is significant to the CHSSC becuase of the historical, archeological, and cultural insight it provides about
Californian Chinese Americans. Additonally, the collection's broad scope of time period, content, types of materials, and
geography offers CHSSC, researchers, and the public a wider range of resources and materials on Chinese American history.
Language of Material: English , Chinese .
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 3
Container: 4
Container: 5
The Paul G. Chace Ephemera Collection was donated by Paul Chace. Chace completed his undergraduate degree at California State
University, Long Beach and went on to earn his Masters in History from the State University of New York, Oneonta. Chace became
a lecturer with the University of California, Riverside in 1985, where he earned his PhD in Anthropology and Archaeology.1
Chace currently works as a proprietor for Paul G. Chace and Associates and is the C.E.O. of the Presidio Heritage Trust. As
such, Chace conducts historical research and specializes in "cultural resources management, preservation law, and ethnic relations
theory."2
1. Fred Marks, "Paul G. Chace Recognized by Marquis Who's Who for Achievements in Archaeology," 24-7 Press Release (Marquis
Who's Who, December 15, 2017), https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/448009/paul-g-chace-recognized-by-marquis-whos-who-for-achievements-in-archaeology.
2. "Paul Chace - Linkedin," Linkedin, accessed July 12, 2022, https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-chace.
The Paul G. Chace Collection is arranged at the Series-Level and Subseries-Level. The collection consists of ceramics, photographs,
VHS tapes and newspapers about the Bok Kai festival, and various papers collected or written by Paul Chace. Also included
are film negatives and artifacts from an archeological excavation that took place in Riverside, California.
The collection is arranged at the Series-Level and Subseries-Level with materials housed in boxes. It is separated into five
(5) series: Audio/Visual Media, Photographic Material, Objects, Papers/Documents, Archeological Artifacts.
This collection is open to researchers and to the public for access. Please contact the Chinese Historical Society of Southern
California for more information.
[Item], Paul G. Chace Ephemera, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Paul Chace donated a large collection of books, archeological reports, grey literature, objects, and artifacts to the Chinese
Historical Society of Sourthern California. From the overall donation, four boxes of objects and artifacts were pulled to
create the Pual G. Chace Ephemera Collection. For the purposes of organization and documentation, the ephemera was processed
seperately as its own collection, though the entirety of Chace's donation can be found at the CHSSC.
The ephemera collection was processed by archivist interns Taylor Burnett and Daisy Cabot, and archivist Amanda Galvez, as
a part of the CHSSC's ongoing mission to preserve resources on Chinese Americans, and to make them accessible to the public.
The boxes were numbered by CHSSC, and to maintian the integrity of the collection, all of the boxes maintain their original
content. Box 5, which contains a contact sheet and enlargements of photographs, was originally located in Box 2. Burnett and
Cabot made Box 5 its own seperate box for the purpose of finding mateirals. In Box 1, there is a piece of paper entitled "Old
Chinese Coins" with coins attatched and labeled by date. The dates include 1662, 1736, 1821, and 1970. though the 1970 coin
was missing upon donation. Since the date is listed on the artifact, the year 1970 is included in the finding aid under Series
III: Objects, Subseries 3D: Coins- despite the coin's absence from the collection. Series III: Objects also includes Subseries
3E: Recipe Book, the date of which is listed as 2004/2006. The book states that the first edition was published in 2004 and
the second edition in 2006, but does not specify which edition this book in the collection is. For this reason, the date for
this book has been listed as 2004/2006.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Paul G. Chace to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in November, 2021.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Artifacts
Brochures
Catalogs
Ceramics
Chinese Archeological Dig
Chinese Artifacts
Coins
Correspondence
Electronic Mail Messages
Decoration
Letters
Los Angeles (Calif.)- Newspapers
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Photographs
Bones
Compact Disks
Riverside (Calif.)
Chinese characters
box 3
box 3
box 1, box 4, box 5
box 4
Film Negatives undated
Physical Description: 0.79 Linear Feet
box 1
box 5
Archeological Photos undated
Physical Description: 1.08 Linear Feet
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs
Chinese Archeological Dig
Ceramics
box 1, box 2
box 1, box 2
box 1
box 1
box 1
box 1
box 1, box 2, box 4
box 1
box 1
box 1, box 2, box 4
box 4
Archeological Artifacts undated
Physical Description: 0.79 Linear Feet
Language of Material: English.
This series is processed at the box-level. Select years contain bones, a geological artifact, broken ceramics, and glass shards
with characters.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bones
Riverside (Calif.)
Chinese characters
Chinese Artifacts
Chinese Archeological Dig