Correspondence, documents, and notebooks

The Correspondence, documents, and notebooks series consists of personal and business correspondence of Kenneth Y. Fung as well as documents related to Fung and his family including immigration papers, birth certificates, wedding certificates, diplomas, and sympathy cards on the death of Kenneth Y. Fung, in 1952, and his wife's death in 1987. There is correspondence, telegrams, and notes about Congress's hearings and Fung's testimony about the treatment of Chinese American spouses in 1928, including letters by Y. C. Hong and Walter U. Lum and other members of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (C.A.C.A.). There are several client files, with photographs, certifying the citizenship status of those clients, as well as notes and clippings on immigration issues, 1922 to 1936; copies of the Bulletin of C.A.C.A. as well as meeting minutes from 1923 to 1925; several notebooks that deal with Fung's business, address books, and financial notebooks; and material related to the funeral of prominent Chinese American businessman Thomas Foon Chew in 1931. Also included are items of ephemera, copies of senate bills, 1927, a postal map of China, and receipts, invoices, and deeds.