Bonner (Mitchell I.) photographs and ephemera

Visual materials Series 1. 1975-2001

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series comprises photographs, slides, and negatives documenting Southeast Asian community and cultural events throughout California, primarily the San Francisco Bay area of Northern California. Photographs document New Year's celebrations, religious and memorial ceremonies, weddings, and music and dance festivals. Materials also document smaller ethnic groups from Laos, such as the Iu Mien and the Khmu.

Series Arrangement

The series is arranged alphabetically by ethnic group or geographic location, and secondarily arranged topically.

box 1, folder 1

Angel Island (San Francisco Bay) 1978

Physical Description: 32 photographic prints and 24 color slides.

box 1, folder 2

Bangkok, (Thailand), old refugee camp circa 1984

Physical Description: 19 color slides.

box 1, folder 3

Bicentennial religious parade, San Francisco 1976

Physical Description: 19 color slides.

Scope and Content Note

Several community religious organizations presented floats and walked in the parade.

box 1, folder 4

Bonner, Mitchell 1978-1986

Physical Description: 71 Photographic Prints

Scope and Content Note

Prints are of Bonner with Asian Americans at their homes and at social gatherings.

box 1, folder 5

Buddhist ceremonies 1985-1986

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 6

Buddhist festivals, Berkeley 1983

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 7

Buddhist Vesak festival, U.C. Berkeley 1988

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

Cambodian (Khmer) Americans

box 1, folder 8

Activities, including parties and Angkor Palace throne 1987-1988

Physical Description: 25 photographic prints.

box 1, folder 9

Fund raising festival 1980

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 10

Fund raising party 1985

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 11-12

New Year 1978

Physical Description: 6 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 13

New Year festival, San Francisco 1982

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 14

"Opera" 1979

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 15

Party 1975

Physical Description: 22 color slides.

box 1, folder 16

Parties 1978

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 17

Singing festival, San Francisco 1982

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 18

Festival at the Lake, Oakland (Lake Merritt) 1992

Physical Description: 49 Photographic Prints

Scope and Content Note

The festival is an annual multicultural event.

box 1, folder 19

Flanagan, Mike, goodbye party 1982 July

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 20

Hare Krishna festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 1996

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

Hmong (Laotian) Americans

box 1, folder 21

New Year, Fresno 1984

Physical Description: 4 photographic prints and 16 color slides.

box 1, folder 22

New Year, Richmond 1982

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 23

Wedding party 1979

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Iu Mien (Laotian) Americans

box 1, folder 24

Anniversary of death ceremony at a home in Richmond and a San Mateo cemetery undated

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 25

Ceremonies 1988

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 26

Conference 1995

Physical Description: 8 photographic prints.

box 1, folder 27

Cultural program, Richmond 1977

Physical Description: 15 photographic prints.

box 1, folder 28

Dance, Oakland 1985

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 29

Delegation from People's Republic of China 1989

Physical Description: 13 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 30

House parties including New Year, wedding, dinners, etc. 1995 and undated

Physical Description: 39 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 31

Mien dinner party 1988 and undated

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 32

Miscellaneous undated

Physical Description: 35 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 33

Miscellaneous 1978-1986

Physical Description: 71 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 34

New Year, Oakland 1982

Physical Description: 7 photographic prints.

box 1, folder 35-36

New Year, Richmond 1982

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 37

Party to welcome Yao delegation from China, Oakland 1992

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 38

Religious rules undated

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 39

Temple ceremony, Sacramento 1990

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

Khmu (Laotian) Americans

box 1, folder 40

Dancers at folk music festival, San Francisco 1983

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 41

Lao funeral 1990

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 42

Khong Le (Khmu leader) party, Fresno circa 1992

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 43

New Year, Richmond 1984

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

box 1, folder 44

New Year festival, Stockton 1983

Physical Description: 24 Photographic Prints

Lao (Laotian) Americans

box 1, folder 45-46

Activities 1995 and undated

Physical Description: 31 photographic prints in 2 folders.

box 1, folder 47

Baci ceremony 1978-1982 and undated

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 1, box 1, folder 48

Birthday parties 1980

Physical Description: 12 photographic prints. 2 folders.

box 2, folder 2-5

Buddhist ceremonies

box 2, folder 2

Ceres/Modesto 1988

Physical Description: 32 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 3-4

San Francisco 1981 and undated

Physical Description: 12 photographic prints. 2 folders.

box 2, folder 5

Oakland 1988

Physical Description: 18 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 6

Buddhist festivals 1982

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 7

Carnival 1978

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 8

Communities, Tennessee and Georgia undated

Physical Description: 18 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 9

Farmer, Livermore, CA 1986

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 10

Festivals, Stockton and Fresno 1992

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 11

Food fair 1996

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 12

Funeral, Oakland 1990

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 13

Khampang's wife's funeral, Oakland 1981

Physical Description: 11 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 14-15

Los Angeles miscellaneous 1987 and undated

Physical Description: 22 photographic prints. 2 folders.

box 2, folder 16-19

Miscellaneous 1982-1988 and undated

Physical Description: 325 photographic prints. 4 folders.

box 2, folder 20

Musical instrument - Khene 1981 and undated

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

box 2, folder 21-37

New Year parties 1978-2000

Physical Description: 203 photographic prints. 17 folders.

box 2, folder 38

Nongkhai, Thailand - refugee camp and Lao village 1984

Physical Description: 14 color slides.

box 3, folder 1-3, box 2, folder 39-47

Parties 1978-2001

Physical Description: 274 photographic prints. 12 folders.

box 3, folder 4

Picnic, Stockton 1978

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

box 3, folder 5

Refugee camp, Thailand 1979

Physical Description: 28 color slides.

box 3, folder 6

Religious ceremonies undated

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

box 3, folder 7

Soccer 1978-1982

Physical Description: 44 Photographic Prints

box 3, folder 8

Temple festival 1981

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

box 3, folder 9

Traditional singers 1992

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

box 3, folder 10-16

Weddings 1980-1996 and undated

Physical Description: 7 folders.

box 3, folder 17

Las Vegas, Suunto temple 1976

Physical Description: 1 color slide.

box 3, folder 18

Lechon Festival, San Francisco 1978

Physical Description: 16 Photographic Prints

box 3, folder 19

Locke, CA, Chinese school 1977

Physical Description: 5 color slides.

box 3, folder 20

Los Angeles 1974-1976

Physical Description: 18 color slides.

Scope and Content Note

Slides include pictures of Asian Americans and a tour of the Thai community in Los Angeles.

box 4, folder 1-8, box 3, folder 21-30

Miscellaneous people and events 1974-1996 and undated

Physical Description: 294 photographic prints and 25 color slides in 18 folders.

Scope and Content Note

Prints and slides depict Asian Americans in their homes, religious ceremonies, and at social gatherings.

box 4, folder 9

Nikune musicians 1981

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 10

Onsy-Buddhist ceremony, Oakland circa 1985

Physical Description: 34 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 11

Penang (Malaysia) 1975

Physical Description: 10 color slides.

box 4, folder 12

Portland and Seattle trip 1981

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

Scope and Content Note

Prints are of Asian Americans who participated in the trip.

box 4, folder 13

Refugee families 1981

Physical Description: 4 photographic prints, 4 color slides.

box 4, folder 14

San Francisco scenes 1975-1977

Physical Description: 3 color slides.

Scope and Content Note

Slides depict parade with Asian American floats and an embroidery of Ankhor Wat in Oakland.

box 4, folder 15

Seattle scenes 1976

Physical Description: 29 color slides.

Scope and Content Note

Slides include scenes from activities done by the PPFWC group and the ISUDA group, a Chinese school district, and a Japanese bell.

Southeast Asian

box 4, folder 16

Artifacts 1980-1981

Physical Description: 25 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 17

Community, San Francisco undated

Physical Description: 65 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 18

Handicrafts, San Rafael 1982

Physical Description: 22 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 19

Miscellaneous (Lao, Vietnamese, Hmong) 1979-1983 and undated

Physical Description: 29 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 20

Refugee Thanksgiving party 1981

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 21

Refugees, Hamilton Air Force Base 1980-1983

Physical Description: 82 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 22

Traditional dance 1988

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 23

Training project Christmas party 1978

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 24

Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia 1976

Physical Description: 10 color slides.

Scope and Content Note

Slides include a Japanese exhibit and tea garden and a Chinese school.

Vietnamese Americans

box 4, folder 25

Activities 1979

Physical Description: 13 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 26

Anti-Communist protest, San Francisco 1981

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 27

Ceremony at sea 1979

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

box 4, folder 28

Miscellaneous, Oakland and San Francisco 1975-1977

Physical Description: 42 color slides.

Scope and Content Note

Slides depict activities that occurred during the Christmas season, including fashion shows, Tet festivals, parties, and musical performances.

box 4, folder 29

New Year 1977

Physical Description: 18 color slides.

box 4, folder 30

Refugees International Student Center, San Francisco 1975

box 4, folder 31-34

Tet festivals, San Francisco 1988-1995

Physical Description: 46 photographic prints. 4 folders.

box 4, folder 35

Tet party, Hamilton AFB 1982

Physical Description: 15 Photographic Prints

Other Asian American Communities in California

Chinese Americans

box 4, folder 36-41

Protests, San Francisco 1989-1996 and undated

Physical Description: 67 photographic prints. 6 folders

box 4, folder 42-44, box 5, folder 1-3

Chinatown, San Francisco 1976-1996

Physical Description: 46 photographic prints, 23 color slides. 6 folders.

Filipino Americans

box 5, folder 4

Activities and martial arts demo, Honolulu 1976

Physical Description: 17 color slides.

box 5, folder 5

Philippine Cultural Center Festival 1977

Physical Description: 21 color slides.

box 5, folder 6-8

Philippine National Day 1978-1981

Physical Description: 95 color slides. 3 folders.

box 5, folder 9-12

Philippine People's Far West Convention 1976-1981

Physical Description: 10 photographic prints, 130 color slides. 4 folders.

Japanese Americans

box 5, folder 13-15

Festivals and parades, San Francisco 1975-1975

Physical Description: 52 color slides. 3 folders.

box 5, folder 16-17

Nihonmachi street fair - San Francisco 1981-1986

Physical Description: 44 photographic prints. 2 folders.

Thai Americans

box 5, folder 18

Buddhist temple, Berkeley 1996

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

box 5, folder 19

Buddhist temple, North Hollywood 1985

Physical Description: 21 Photographic Prints

box 5, folder 20-22

Festivals 1981-1995

Physical Description: 107 photographic prints. 3 folders.

box 5, folder 23

King's birthday ball, San Francisco 1975

Physical Description: 23 color slides.

box 5, folder 24

New Year party undated

Physical Description: 23 Photographic Prints

box 5, folder 25

Parties, San Francisco 1976

box 5, folder 26

Sports day, San Francisco 1992

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

box 5, folder 27

Wedding, Berkeley 1990

Physical Description: 3 Photographic Prints

box 5, folder 28-30

Thailand 1977-1980 and undated

Physical Description: 19 photographic prints. 3 folders.

box 5, folder 31

Tiananmen Square anniversary, San Francisco 1991

Physical Description: 8 Photographic Prints

box 5, folder 32

Tibetan demonstration, San Francisco 1996

Physical Description: 12 Photographic Prints

box 5, folder 33

Tibetan festivals, San Francisco 1995

Physical Description: 28 Photographic Prints

Printed ephemera Series 2. 1976-2002

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains printed materials including programs, posters and flyers, publications, pamphlets, reports, and brochures, and one computer disc. Many of the printed items relate to cultural events, social services, education, and refugees, and include bus schedules printed in Southeast Asian languages.

Series Arrangement

The series is arranged alphabetically by ethnic group, or subject, and is secondarily arranged by topic.

box 5, folder 34

Bonner, Mitchell. A Visit To The Laotian Refugee Camp At Nong Khai Thailand , manuscript undated

Cambodians

box 5, folder 35

Education pamphlets, booklets, and handouts 1981 and undated

Newsletters

box 5, folder 36

Khmer News circa 1980

Physical Description: 5 issues.

box 6, folder 1

Miscellaneous 1980-1991

Physical Description: 4 issues.

box 6, folder 2

Reasmey Angkor News 1994-1995

Physical Description: 5 issues.

box 6, folder 3

Social services pamphlets, booklets, flyers, and handouts 1981-1991 and undated

box 6, folder 4

East-West Center (Honolulu), newsletters, brochure 1996-2001

box 6, folder 5-6

Hmong, publications 1980-1997

Physical Description: 2 folders.

box 6, folder 7

Intergovernmental Committee For Migration - correspondence, fliers, press release, cards 1981-1982

box 6, folder 8

Iu Mien, booklets, fliers, pamphlets 1981-2001

box 6, folder 9

Khmu, handouts, fliers, booklets 1982-1996

Laotians

box 6, folder 10

Amnesty International materials and reports 1978-1985

box 6, folder 11

Miscellaneous fliers, pamphlets, booklets, newsletters 1984-2002

box 6, folder 12

Postcards undated

box 6, folder 13

Refugee newsletters, pamphlets, reports 1977-1997

box 7, folder 1

Social Services pamphlets, fliers, reports 1977-1997

box 7, folder 2

Miscellaneous fliers, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence on Southeast Asian festivals, visitor centers, organizations, protests, union activities, and restaurant activities 1978-2001 and undated

box 7, folder 3

Religious materials including Supreme Master Ching Hai booklets and pamphlets; Watchtower pamphlet; and church fliers, 1996-2000

Southeast Asians

box 7, folder 4

Ephemera, comprising computer disc, stickers, calender, handouts, booklets, and tickets 2001 and undated

box 7, folder 5

Literature, bookseller catalogs, fliers, and book review 1998-2000

box 7, folder 6

Newsletter, Southeast Asian Refugee Studies 1982-1991

box 7, folder 7

Refugee Forums meeting minutes, correspondence, and other material 1982-1985

Refugees

box 8, folder 1-4

General - pamphlets, fliers, reports, handouts 1981-2000 and undated

Physical Description: 4 folders.

box 8, folder 5

Culture reports 1980-1981

box 9, folder 1

Neighborhood studies 1983

box 9, folder 2

Orientation program correspondence, booklets, and pamphlets 1980-1982

box 9, folder 3-6

Resettlement reports 1976-1985

Physical Description: 4 folders.

box 10, folder 1-3

Social Services pamphlets and fliers 1995-2002 and undated

Physical Description: 3 folders.

box 10, folder 4

Thailand refugee camps report undated

box 10, folder 5

U.C. Berkeley Center for Southeast Asia Studies newsletters, fliers 1991-2000

box 10, folder 6

Vietnamese publications 1988-1998

Other Asian American Communities in California

box 10, folder 7

Chinese - pamphlets, booklets, fliers 1981-2002

box 10, folder 8

Filipinos, International Hotel (Manilatown) fliers, handouts, posters, and other material 1997-2001

box 10, folder 9

Thai flier 2000

box FB-032, folder 14, box FB-071, folder 6

Posters undated

Unprocessed addition 2002-2006 Accession 2002-035 1980-2006 2001-2002

Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This addition to the collection includes printed ephemera such as fliers and announcements, newspaper clippings, reports, copies of Asianweek and SF Weekly, and photographs documenting Southeast Asian communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

box accn2002-035 001

Box 1 1980-2006

box accn2002-035 002

Box 2 1980-2006

box accn2002-035 003

Box 3 1980-2006

box accn2012-039 001

Unprocessed addition 2012 Accession 2012-039 2006-2012

Physical Description: 0.3 Linear Feet

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This addition to the collection contains printed ephemera regarding Southeast Asian communities in the San Francisco, California area. The ephemera includes programs, posters and flyers from cultural, religious, and popular culture events, refugee publications, pamphlets and brochures from refugee assistance agencies, and other materials related to social services, education, and refugees. The accession also includes material documenting other Asian American communities in San Francisco.

box accn2014-008 001

Unprocessed addition 2014 Accession 2014-008 1974, 1979, 2003-2014 2011-2013

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This addition to the collection includes printed ephemera documenting events of Southeast Asian communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Material includes brochures, fliers, pamphlets, clippings, and other ephemera primarily from Burmese, Lao, and Vietnamese cultural heritage organizations. Other ephemera from political and academic events and initiatives are also included. The accession also contains photographs from the 1970s documenting a Vietnamese Cultural Festival in San Jose and Indochinese protests and rallies in San Francisco.

box accn2018-031 001

Unprocessed addition 2018 Accession 2018-031 2011-2015

Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet(1 letter document box)

Access

This addition to the collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This addition to the Mitchel I. Bonner photographs and ephemera contains publicity and planning documents for events within the Indochinese community, specifically the Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival and the International Lao New Year Festival.

Unprocessed addition 2019 Accession 2019-038 2018-2019

Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet

Unprocessed additions 2022 2014-2021

Physical Description: 1.0 Linear Feet(2 letter size document boxes; 1 half size letter size document box)

Series Scope and Contents Summary

These additions to the collection contain flyers, news articles, posters, pamphlets, and advertisements for events for the Indochinese peoples in the San Francisco area.

Access

These additions to the collection are minimally processed and open for research.

box accn2022-030 001

Accession 2022-030 2016-2018

Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet(1 letter size document box)

Scope and Contents Note

This addition to the collection contains flyers, news articles, posters, pamphlets, and advertisements for events for the Indochinese peoples in the San Francisco area.

box accn2022-033 001

Accession 2022-033 2014-2019

Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet(1 letter size document box)

Scope and Contents Note

This addition to the collection contains posters, flyers, and ephemera from Southeast Asian community and cultural events in San Francisco.

box accn2022-034 001

Accession 2022-034 2019-2021

Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 half size letter document box)

Scope and Contents Note

This addition to the collection contains material material from Southeast Asian communities in San Francisco.