Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Letter from Peter SooHoo, Secretary of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, to Louis B. Mayer, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. SooHoo writes to Mayer concerning the information that props from the movie the Good Earth are being sent to Sterling's China City. SooHoo explains the efforts of the Chinese-American community to build their New Chinatown, and he asks that Mayer attention be drawn to their efforts.
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Four typed pages which appears to be an open letter from the L.A. Chinatown Project Association. The letter is critical of the project being built by Christine Sterling, and describes the efforts by the Chinese -American community to raise funds for their own project. The officers of the association, Walter Yip, Secretary, Quon S. Doon, Treasurer, and Lee Wah Shew, President, have signed the letter.
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Bound set of papers describing the New Chinatown project. Includes preliminary site plan, descriptions, and finical statements, including capital investments and commitments to space in the development. There are manuscript notes throughout.
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Financial documents related to New Chinatown, including balance sheets, rents collected, expenditures, and disposition of cash.
mssSooHoo
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Financial documents related to New Chinatown, including balance sheets, rents collected, expenditures, and disposition of cash.
mssSooHoo
Manuscripts
Three typed pages, possibly a press release, describing New Chinatown, the location, its architects and architecture, funding by the local Chinese-American community, and tentative opening date. Written by Peter SooHoo acting as Secretary for the Los Angeles Chinatown (Inc.).
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