Series 1
Radin Ethnic Surveys (General),
1934-1935
Physical Description:
73 folders
(ca. 2.5 cu. ft.)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by ethnic group or nationality, with Radin's numbering system noted.
Scope and Contents note
Interviews with members of various ethnic groups in California--mostly from the San Francisco Bay Area--carried out by over
200 SERA workers under the supervision of Paul Radin. Includes article on San Francisco's Japantown written in 1934 and published
in the
Hokubei Mainichi in 1989.
Box 1, Folder 1, Radin_number XI
Box 1, Folder 2, Radin_number XLII
Box 1, Folder 3, Radin_number VB
Box 1, Folder 4, Radin_number IX
Box 1, Folder 5, Radin_number -
Americans/Autobiographical
Box 1, Folder 6, Radin_number VII
Americans: Frontier Memories
Box 1, Folder 7, Radin_number XLVII
Box 1, Folder 8, Radin_number XVI
Box 1, Folder 9, Radin_number XVII
Box 1, Folder 10, Radin_number XLIII
Box 1, Folder 11, Radin_number XLI
Box 1, Folder 12, Radin_number XLII
Box 1, Folder 13, Radin_number XXXV
Box 1, Folder 14, Radin_number XXII
Box 1, Folder 15, Radin_number XXV
Box 1, Folder 16, Radin_number XIV
Box 1, Folder 17, Radin_number XIXA
Box 1, Folder 18, Radin_number XIXB
Box 1, Folder 19, Radin_number LI
Box 1, Folder 20, Radin_number -
Box 1, Folder 21, Radin_number XXVIIA
Box 1, Folder 22, Radin_number XXVIIB
Box 1, Folder 23, Radin_number XLVIA
Box 1, Folder 24, Radin_number XLVIB
Box 1, Folder 25, Radin_number XLVIC
Greek "Professional Class"
Box 2, Folder 1, Radin_number XXIX
Box 2, Folder 2, Radin_number XXIV
Box 2, Folder 3, Radin_number XVIIB
Box 2, Folder 4, Radin_number XVIIC
Box 2, Folder 5, Radin_number XXXIIA
Box 2, Folder 6, Radin_number XXXIIB
Box 2, Folder 7, Radin_number XXXIICA
Box 2, Folder 8, Radin_number XXXIICB
Box 2, Folder 9, Radin_number XXXIID
Box 2, Folder 10, Radin_number XXXIIDa
Box 2, Folder 11, Radin_number XXXIIDb
Box 2, Folder 12, Radin_number XXXIIDc
Box 2, Folder 13, Radin_number XXXIIDe
Box 2, Folder 14, Radin_number XXXIIDf
Box 4, folders 22-28
Japanese
Physical Description:
6 folders
Box 2, Folder 15, Radin_number VIII
Box 2, Folder 16, Radin_number XLIX
Box 2, Folder 17, Radin_number XXXIX
Box 2, Folder 18, Radin_number XXXIII
Box 2, Folder 19, Radin_number XXXIV
Box 2, Folder 20, Radin_number II
Box 2, Folder 21, Radin_number XIII
Box 2, Folder 22, Radin_number XXVI
Box 2, Folder 23, Radin_number XXXI
Box 2, Folder 24, Radin_number XLV
Box 2, Folder 25, Radin_number XLV
Box 2, Folder 26, Radin_number XXXVIIA
Box 2, Folder 27, Radin_number XXXVIIA
Box 3, Folder 1, Radin_number XXXVIIB
Box 3, Folder 2, Radin_number XXXVIIB
Box 3, Folder 3, Radin_number XVIIIA
Box 3, Folder 4, Radin_number -
Box 3, Folder 5, Radin_number -
Box 3, Folder 6, Radin_number XIII
Box 3, Folder 7, Radin_number XV
Box 3, Folder 8, Radin_number XXX
Box 3, Folder 9, Radin_number XXX
Box 3, Folder 10, Radin_number XX
Box 3, Folder 11, Radin_number XXIA
Box 3, Folder 12, Radin_number XXVI
Box 3, Folder 13, Radin_number XLVII
Box 3, Folder 14, Radin_number XLIV
Box 3, Folder 15, Radin_number -
Series 2
Radin Ethnic Surveys (Chinese),
1934-1935
Physical Description:
19.0 folders
(1.0 cu. ft.)
Subseries A
Chinese Folklore and autobiographical materials
Arrangement
Arranged as received, by Radin's folder titles and numbering system.
Box 3, Folder 16, Radin_number -
Box 3, Folder 17, Radin_number LIIA
Box 3, Folder 18, Radin_number LIIB
Box 3, Folder 19, Radin_number LIIC
Box 3, Folder 20, Radin_number LIIC
Box 3, Folder 21, Radin_number LIIE
Box 3, Folder 22, Radin_number LIIE
Subseries B
SERA worker Jon Lee's papers, including material for "The Golden Mountain"
Arrangement
Divided into Lee's Chinese survey files and his files for The Golden Mountain, each arranged numerically.
Box 4, Folder 1, Radin_number -
Box 4, Folder 2, Radin_number LIID
Box 4, Folder 3, Radin_number -
Box 4, Folder 4, Radin_number -
Box 4, Folder 5, Radin_number -
Box 4, Folder 6, Radin_number -
Box 4, Folder 7, Radin_number -
Box 4, Folder 8, Radin_number -
Box 4, Folder 9, Radin_number -
Material for "The Golden Mountain" No. 1
Box 4, Folder 10, Radin_number -
Material for "The Golden Mountain" No. 2
Box 4, Folder 11, Radin_number -
Material for "The Golden Mountain" No. 3
Box 4, Folder 12, Radin_number -
Material for "The Golden Mountain" No. 4
Box 4, Folder 13
Series 3
Letters from Jon Lee,
1943-1945
Physical Description:
1.0 folder
Scope and Contents note
Letters to Radin from Jon Lee while he was in the Army during World War II, stationed in India and China.
Box 4, Folder 14-15
Series 4
Italians survey cards,
[1934-1935]
Physical Description:
2.0 folders
Scope and Contents note
Index cards containing data from interviews with Italian Americans, apparently compiled as part of Radin's research for the
portion of the SERA project later published as The Italians of San Francisco: Their Adjustment and Acculturation. Includes
a few cards about Chinese Americans.
Series 5
Mary Sacharoff-Fast Wolf papers,
[193?]-2000
Physical Description:
7.0 folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Box 4, Folder 16
Miscellaneous Radin WPA Project documents,
1936
Box 4, Folder 17
Anthropology Term Paper,
1988
Box 4, Folder 19
Biographical Material on Radin (photocopies),
2000
Box 4, Folder 20
"Survey of San Francisco's Minorities" and SERA political cartoon (color photocopies),
undated
Box 4, Folder 21
WPA Project Master Control List,
undated
