Manuscripts
This collection contains the papers and photographs of the Hong family, a family of prominent Chinese-American community leaders in Los Angeles, California, specifically focused on the papers and photographs of immigration lawyer You Chung Hong (1898-1977), his wife, Mabel Hong (1907-1998) and their two sons, lawyer Nowland C. Hong (born 1934) and architect Roger S. Hong (1941-2006). The papers and photographs are arranged according to creator, followed by ephemera and oversize materials.Note: Within each series of papers there are subseries chiefly consisting of the following record types: Business files consisting of records of each creator's professional papers, including business correspondence. You Chung Hong's business files include papers related to his law office operations, business financial records, correspondence, logs, client lists, visitors' books, leases, deeds, writings, and receipts. Roger S. Hong's business files include architectural project files, biographies, certificates, correspondence, notes, and resumes. Chinatown files reflecting each creator's involvement in the Los Angeles Chinatown community, such as papers related to commercial development, community festivals and events, correspondence, feasibility studies, photos, newspaper clippings, architectural records, financial records, insurance records, property records, menus, and specifications. Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) files reflecting each creator's involvement and participation in the organization. Also included are proceedings from CACA's biennial national conventions dating from 1912 to 2003. Education files reflecting each creator's educational background, including but not limited to their secondary and post-secondary education files. Lecture notes figure prominently in this sub series. Personal files including records related to each creator's personal life, such as correspondence, book catalogs, funeral books, birth certificates, death certificates, passports, photos, notebooks, speeches, writings, and investment records. Political and Community Activities files reflecting each creator's participation within his or her community and political organizations, such as political fund raising, war finance drives, various societies and clubs, student organizations, women's organizations, religious organizations, war relief organizations, and election committees. Photographs Additional textual files containing additional paper files that were housed separately due to processing constraints but typically correspond intellectually to the subseries above.
