subj3. Holdings related to Asian Americans

Scope and Contents This collection is a valuable resource for the study of the abolitionist movement. It includes approximately 350,000 manuscript pieces. The mass of these was written during the period from 1839 to 1882, but several thousand are dated before and after that time. The manuscripts include some of the treasurers’ papers and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, as well as other items such as sermons, statistical reports, drawings, photographs, and essays; however, letters make up the large...

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Includes collected research materials, photographs, a centennial booklet, and a centennial calendar, including both Chinese and English-language materials. The Chinese Community Church became affiliated with the American Missionary Association at its inception.

Scope and Contents The records of the Chinese Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, consist largely of photocopied correspondence, monthly and annual reports, church bulletins, financial reports, attendance records, news clippings, and other church records, as well as photographic negatives and oral histories with members of the church. The materials comprising the collection date from 1882 to 1984. The majority of the materials consist of photocopies of documents with some original...

Scope and Contents The records of the Tulane University Vietnamese Association (TUVA) provide a small amount of documentation about the organization's first two years of community and charitable work. The collection contains documentation in Vietnamese and English in the form of correspondence, meeting agendas, newsletters, publications, questionnaires, and speeches. The collection contains a small selection of color photograph snapshots and negatives of members at meetings of the association. The...

Content Description Joseph T. Vuong is a counselor who includes fellow Vietnamese students in Jefferson Parish public schools and refugees among his clients. This collection includes photocopies of typescripts regarding counseling and guidance of Vietnamese students, culture and the history of Vietnam. Items in this collection also include four issues of a Vietnamese publication, Day Ngoc Lan, published in New Orleans; a typescript of an interview with Thai Nguyen by Dung Tran and Linh Truong; and a handbill...