Finding aid for the Katherine Sui Fun Cheung scrapbook and videos 6241
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 September
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Katherine Sui Fun Cheung scrapbook and videos
Creator:
Cheung, Katherine Sui Fun
Creator:
Leschenko, Dorothy
Creator:
Moy, Ed
Identifier/Call Number: 6241
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 box
Physical Description:
4.52 Gigabytes
5 computer folders and 40 computer files
Date (inclusive): 1932-2016
Abstract: A collection of videos and a scrapbook relating to Katherine Sui Fun Cheung (1904-2003), the first Chinese woman to obtain
an international flying license. The scrapbook was created by Cheung and her daughter Dorothy Leschenko and consists of photographs,
newspaper clippings, copies of certificates and articles, and programs from air shows and other events documenting the life
of Katherine Sui Fun Cheung. Cheung immigrated to the United States from China in 1921. After studying music at several institutions,
including the University of Southern California (USC), Cheung learned to fly at Dycer Airfield in Los Angeles and earned her
pilot's license in 1932. Cheung became a United States citizen in 1936. Along with the scrapbook, the collection includes
a VHS tape of the KCET 1993 production
Women Among Us, two DVDs of the 2016 documentary
Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story directed by Ed Moy, and digital files of photographs and moving images relating to both films. The digital files are in computer
folders titled "Katherine Cheung photos," "Aviatrix posters," "Katherine Cheung Material JPEGS MPEG4 Video," and "Aviatrix
Parralax Effect Photos." All digital folder and file names are listed under this finding aid's series titled "Digital files
relating to
Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story and
Women Among Us."
Language of Material:
English
.
A collection of videos and a scrapbook relating to Katherine Sui Fun Cheung (1904-2003), the first Chinese woman to obtain
an international flying license. The scrapbook was created by Cheung and her daughter Dorothy Leschenko and consists of photographs,
newspaper clippings, copies of certificates and articles, and programs from air shows and other events documenting the life
of Katherine Sui Fun Cheung. Cheung immigrated to the United States from China in 1921. After studying music at several institutions,
including the University of Southern California (USC), Cheung learned to fly at Dycer Airfield in Los Angeles and earned her
pilot's license in 1932. Cheung became a United States citizen in 1936. Along with the scrapbook, the collection includes
a VHS tape of the KCET 1993 production
Women Among Us, two DVDs of the 2016 documentary
Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story directed by Ed Moy, and digital files of photographs and moving images relating to both films. The digital files are in computer
folders titled "Katherine Cheung photos," "Aviatrix posters," "Katherine Cheung Material JPEGS MPEG4 Video," and "Aviatrix
Parralax Effect Photos." All digital folder and file names are listed under this finding aid's series titled "Digital files
relating to
Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story and
Women Among Us."
Advance notice required for access. The materials described under the record titled "Digital files relating to
Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story and
Women Among Us" consist of digital computer files preserved in the USC Digital Repository. The files are not publicly accessible online.
Researchers wishing to request access should email specol@usc.edu.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Katherine Sui Fun Cheung scrapbook and videos, Collection no. 6241, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dorothy Leschenko, August 23, 2021.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian American women -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Chinese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Women air pilots -- China -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Women air pilots -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Women immigrants -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Women in aeronautics -- History -- Archival resources
Digital images
Digital media
DVDs
Moving images
Scrapbooks
VHS
Cheung, Katherine Sui Fun -- Archives
Leschenko, Dorothy -- Archives
Moy, Ed -- Archives
Box 1
Scrapbook, VHS, and DVDs
Digital files relating to Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story and Women Among Us
The materials described under this series are digital computer files preserved in the USC Digital Repository (Special Collections,
Doub, non-uscdl folder). The files are not publicly accessible online. Researchers wishing to request access should email
specol@usc.edu.
All records under this series reflect the names and alphabetical arrangement of the digital folders and files saved in the
folder shared by Ed Moy. Each file's date indicates when the file was last modified.
Katherine Cheung Material JPEGS MPEG4 Video
Aviatrix Parallax Effect Photos
Katherine Chueng photos
Aviatrix Posters