Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Fung, Sherman
- Abstract:
- Photographs collected by Sherman Fung, son of Kenneth Y. Fung, the Executive Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet (1 folder)
- Language:
- Materials are in English and Chinese.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Sherman Fung photograph collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This small group of items include 52 photographs of Kenneth Y. Fung, Y. C. Hong, president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, and other members of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. In one series of photographs, the group is up at Mt. Lowe. Also included are family photographs of Y.C. Hong and his children, and 12 photographs of San Francisco, and the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. There are also two handwritten notes, presumably by Sherman Fung, about some of the photographs. Some of the items are photographic postcards.
- Biographical / historical:
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Sherman Fung was the son of Kenneth Y. Fung, the Executive Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance. You Chung Hong was president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Sherman Fung, October 2015.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Brooke M. Black in 2015. In June 2024, she created a finding aid.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Chinese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Photographs - Names:
- Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs
Hong family
Fung, Kenneth Y.
Hong, Nowland C., 1934-
Hong, You Chung, 1898-1977 - Places:
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Sherman Fung photograph collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191