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Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Southern California Chinese American Oral History Project, 1978-1991
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Title: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Southern California Chinese American Oral History Project
Collection number: 1688
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.5 linear feet
(7 boxes and 45 oversize shoeboxes)
Date (inclusive): 1978-1991
Abstract: The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the UCLA Asian Studies Center initiated the Southern California
Chinese American Oral History Project in September 1978. The project collected oral histories from 165 Chinese residents who
discussed their lives in Los Angeles up to 1945. The collection consists of 400 hours of taped interviews, over 1700 pages
of summaries and indices, an appendix with the user's guide sample sheets, and descriptions of the cumulative index. Also
includes interview transcripts. The transcripts are in Chinese, mainly Cantonese dialects, with English translations.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through our electronic
paging system using the request button located on this page.
Creator:
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance through our electronic paging system using the request button located on this page.
Original tapes restricted. Use duplicate copies only.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
Original master tapes not available for consultation.
Audio tapes and transcripts are restricted from copying.
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Digital copies of the recordings are now available for on-site use. Special equipment
or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference desk in advance
of your visit.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Chinese American Historical Society of Southern California, 1991.
[Identification of item], Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Southern California Chinese American Oral History
Project (Collection 1688). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California,
Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232681
The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the UCLA Asian Studies Center initiated the Southern California
Chinese American Oral History Project in September 1978; the project collected oral histories from 165 Chinese residents who
discussed their lives in Los Angeles up to 1945; most of the interviewees were over 60 years of age and were either native-born
Americans or immigrant residents in Los Angeles before 1940; selected interviews were conducted in other Southern California
communities to provide a comparative perspective to the Los Angeles experience.
Collection consists of materials related to the Southern California Chinese American Oral History Project. The collection
includes 400 hours of taped interviews, over 1700 pages of summaries and indices, an appendix with the user's guide sample
sheets, and descriptions of the cumulative index. Also includes interview transcripts. The transcripts are in Chinese, mainly
Cantonese dialects, with English translations.
Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with some in Chinese.
Arranged in the following series:
- Listening (duplicate) copies of tapes (boxes 1-20)
- Summaries and indices (boxes 21-24) - Copies of these are available at the Reference Desk (7 bound volumes).
- Chinese transcripts (boxes 25-26)
- English translations of transcripts (box 27)
- Original tapes (boxes 28-52). (RESTRICTED)
Southern California Chinese American oral history project, 1978- / Chinese American Historical Society of Southern California.
Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, 1982.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California--Archives.
Audiotapes.
Chinese Americans--California, Southern--Interviews.
Oral histories.
Transcripts.