Chinese Historical Society of Southern California id60
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 862647
Los Angeles, CA 90086-2647Phone: 323-222-0856
Fax: 323-221-4162
Email: chssc2001@yahoo.com
Contact: Mr. Cy Wong, President
Web site: http://www.chssc.org
Institution Type: Community Service Organization, Historical Society
Location of Institution: Downtown Los Angeles
Archive and Collections
Description: The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California was founded in1975 to discover and recognize Chinese American pioneers and the history of Chinese Americans in Southern California. It also works to increase aware-ness of Chinese American heritage through public programs, education, and research. The society's holdings focus on Southern California Chinese American history. Its collections include three hundred transcriptions of oral history interviews with Southern Californian Chinese Americans, the Robert Nash Collection on Chinese junks and fisheries, artifacts from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority old Chinatown/Union Station excavation and the Santa Barbara Chinatown archaeological site, photographs of old Chinatown and China City, and three paintings of old Chinatown. Its archive contains extended summaries of the oral history interviews and a number of original documents. Some of the society's holdings are on display at the Chinatown Heritage and Visitors Center (411 Bernard Street).
Regions Covered: Southern California, with a focus on Los Angeles
Type of Materials: Architectural Drawings, Cultural Artifacts, Materials & Objects, Oral Histories, Photographs
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949
Languages: Chinese, English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: Asian Descent, Lower to Middle Income, Middle to Upper Income
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: No
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Sun 12pm-5pm; China Town Heritage & Visitors Center, 411 Bernard Street
Reservations requiredFee: $5 - 20 depending (students to corporations). Som
Open for Research: Yes
Reservations requiredFee: cost for duplicating materials and mailing
Access Procedures: Senior peer review and appropriate referral (i.e. by credentialed professors and teachers or by examination of resumes and/or past work)
Management
Catalogue System: None
Repository/Depository: Yes
Loan To Others: Yes
Exhibited: No
Exhibition Frequency: Continuous display at Chinatown Visitors Center.
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: Newsletter
