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Box 02, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Standard Shelf [Aisle: 4, Section: 7, Shelf: 3], MS--00332, Sue Fawn Chung Collection on Asians in Nevada

Archival objects in this container:

  1. Asian Pacific Journal volume 4, number 2, 1996 February 16 to 1996 February 28
  2. Newspaper clippings and newsletters describing Chinese and Japanese daily life, political activities, and community events in Nevada, approximately 1988 to 2001
  3. The Chinese in Evanston, Wyoming, 1870-1939 and Rededication of the Chinese Temple booklets, 1996
  4. "Asian American Organizations and Historic Sites in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington" resource compilation by Edgar Weird, Jr. for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2001 January
  5. Journal articles by Dr. Chung: "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad," "The Chinese Experience in Nevada: Success Despite Discrimination," "From Fu Manchu, Evil Genius, to James Lee Wong, Popular Hero," and "The Chinese American Citizen's Alliance: An Effort in Assimilation, 1895-1965", 1976 to 1991
  6. "Filipino Americans in Nevada" presentation printouts, approximately 1992 to 2000
  7. Photocopies of a 1913 "International Chinese Business Directory," Nevada Consolidated Copper Company employment forms from 1915 to 1923, "The Japanese in Churchill County" 1956 publication by Masa Kito, and a 1942 correspondence from H. J. Small Agricultural Engineering regarding Japanese internment during World War II, approximately 1998
  8. Photocopy of the 1992 article "Ninety Years and Counting" from Rafu Shimpo magazine, approximately 1992 to 1999
  9. Invitations to exhibits and events, Chinatown Chatter newspaper clippings advertising Chinatown Plaza in Las Vegas, Nevada, and an Inside Out newsletter featuring the article "Savoring History: The Story of Missy Wah and the Nevada Frontier" by Dr. Chung, 1989 to 1995
  10. Ninnis, Lillian N., "They Stayed Chinese" article, Nevada Highway and Parks Magazine, 1967
  11. Larsen, Jeffrey, "Chinese Contribution to the Gaming Industry" paper, 1997 December
  12. "Osteology and Paleopathology of the Carlin Chinese Cemetery," Smithsonian Institute paper, 1997 November
  13. Gue Gim Wah oral history transcript from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and a 1989 photocopied article "Gue Gim Wah: Pioneering Chinese American Woman of Nevada" by Dr. Chung from History and Humanities, approximately 1990 to 1999
  14. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) history seminar papers for classes taught by Professor Hal K. Rothman and Dr. Chung pertaining to Asians in Nevada, 1992 to 2009
  15. Articles, papers, and essays about Filipinos in the United States, 1981 to 1998