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The tears of Chinese immigrants
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The Hong family papers were organized into six series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong series (Business, Chinatown, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, education, legal, personal, and political activities). 2) Mabel Hong series (Education, personal, and community activities). 3) Nowland C. Hong series (Chinese American Citizens Alliance, personal, and political activities). 4) Roger S. Hong series (Business, Chinatown, education, personal, and community activities). 5) Ephemera series. 6) Oversize Series. The Hong family papers were organized into six series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong series (Business, Chinatown, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, education, legal, personal, and political activities). 2) Mabel Hong series (Education, personal, and community activities). 3) Nowland C. Hong series (Chinese American Citizens Alliance, personal, and political activities). 4) Roger S. Hong series (Business, Chinatown, education, personal, and community activities). 5) Ephemera series. 6) Oversize Series. The Hong family photos were organized into five series with sets of subseries. 1) You Chung Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 2) Mabel Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 3) Nowland C. Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 4) Roger S. Hong photo series (Photographic and textual files). 5) Oversize photo series.
mssHong Family papers
Manuscripts
This collection is comprised of two letters, a list of ingredients, a small note, and a mailing envelope written in a calligraphic Chinese script from John Day, Oregon in November 1881. HM 83910 (a): Liao Gengxin requests Xue Sizhan for more of an unidentified material. HM 83910 (b): Ya Wang asks Xue Yasuo for more money and briefly describes his situation as a miner. HM 83910 (c): List of ingredients for making Chinese herbal medicine. HM 83910 (d): This small note was included with one of the two letters, asking the recipient to deliver the letter to a store in Portland, Oregon and telling the shopkeeper to in turn, deliver the letter to its final recipient. HM 83910 (e): Postmarked envelope addressed to Wang Sang in Portland, Oregon. The author's names are stamped in red to verify authenticity, suggesting they were likely written by a literate calligrapher and dictated by the authors.
mssHM 83910 (a-e)