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Chinese Alliance Society from Chi-Lang Photograph
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-CASC
Abstract
A photograph depicting members of the Chinese Alliance Society from the Chin-Lang residence of the Chich-Kung Tong, headquartered in San Francisco (probably Grand Ave.) celebrating the establishment of the Republic of China, 1911-1912.
Dates:
1911
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Chinese Americans in San Francisco, Monterey, and Portland Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-CASF
Abstract
The collection includes photographic negatives of Chinese and Chinese Americans around 1900. Photographs were taken in San Francisco and Monterey in California, and in Portland, Oregon.
Dates:
circa 1900
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Chinese and Vietnamese Coin Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-CHC
Abstract
The Chinese and Vietnamese Coin Collection includes six cards mounted with coins. Four cards are labeled "Chinese Moneys" and are indicated as coming from the "Dynasty Chou," more commonly referred to as the Zhou dynasty. These coins are labeled as "Press Money (BC 620-560)," "Lacca Pu (BC 560)," "Hu Money (BC 320)," "Cikoty Money (BC 860)," "Scimitar Money (BC 580)," "Acravins Money (BC 255-206)," and "Lucky Coin (BC 680-280)." Two cards labeled "Vietnamese Coins Collection" include notes...
Dates:
860 BCE - 1907 CE
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Chinese Postcards Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-CPC
Abstract
The collection consists of three postcards from the 1920s and 1930s which depict scenic views and other sites from Hankou, Shanghai, and Tientsin.
Dates:
1923-1936
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Zaruhy "Sara" Chitjian Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-SCC
Abstract
Zaruhy “Sara” Chitjian was an educator, immigrant, and daughter to survivors of the Armenian genocide. The Zaruhy “Sara” Chitjian Collection was created to preserve the material content of the Harry and Ovsanna Chitjian Family Foundation, which works to increase awareness and promote recognition of the Armenian genocide. The materials detail the timeframe before and after the genocide, starting in 1914 and continuing until 2020, and also document the Chitjian family immigrant experience. The...
Dates:
1914-2021
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Christmas Seals Signed by Calvin Coolidge
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-CCS
Abstract
Sheet of 40 Christmas seals issued by the National Tuberculosis Association, signed by President Calvin Coolidge.
Dates:
1929
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
E.R. Chumley World War II Diary
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-ECH
Abstract
E.R. Chumley was in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was aboard the USS Palawan. The diary documents Chumley’s locations and activities with chronological entries beginning when he was sworn into the Navy on December 3, 1943 and continuing until September 16, 1945. Near the end of the chronological entries there is a notation in different handwriting which states that Chumley died in Danville, Kentucky on May 23, 1959. Towards the middle of the diary...
Dates:
1943-1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Cities of Destiny Oral History Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-CDOH
Abstract
The Cities of Destiny Oral History Project interviewed immigrants and minorities in Los Angeles. These histories document life and childhood in the interviewees' native countries, how they came to the United States, and their impressions of America.
Dates:
1982
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Emmon M. Clarke Farmworker Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: TBC-EMC
Abstract
The Emmon M. Clarke Farmworker Photograph Collection contains negatives, prints, and contact sheets documenting the United Farm Workers Association's activities, such as picket lines, protests, rallies, meetings, voting, fundraising, and operations at the El Malcriado newspaper office. It also depicts families in farmworker camps, fieldworkers, significant labor leaders and picketers such as Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Manuel Rivera, and members and...
Dates:
1966-1996
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
W.F. Clingman World War II Journal
Collection
Identifier: SC-WFC
Abstract
W.F. Clingman, a United States Coast Guard officer, kept this handwritten journal from September 22nd to October 3rd, 1945 while assisting in minesweeping operations in the Kii Channel (Kii Suido) in Japan after the end of World War II. In the journal, Clingman describes in detail his experiences in Japan, writing about the minesweeping process, the weather, his interactions with the local Japanese people, his observations of Japanese culture...
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives