Angel Island slide presentation. ca. 198-

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Angel Island slide presentation. ca. 198-

Includes 46 black and white slides, compiled by the Angel Island Exhibit Committee, depicting the origins of the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco and lives of immigrants detained on the island. Also includes script and sound cassette transcript of the slide presentation, along with, information sheets on the exhibit, Island : history of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 and the book, Island : poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940.

1 box (46 35 mm. slides) : b&w + 1 script and sound cassette (.2 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7593097

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.)

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Angel Island Immigration Station, located in San Francisco Bay, operated from January 21, 1910 to November 5, 1940. The island was originally a fishing and hunting site for Coastal Miwok Indians before being colonoized by the Spanish and later the United States. Starting with the Civil War, the island served as a U.S. Army post. During the island's Immigration Station period, the island held hundreds of thousands of immigrants, the majority from China, Japan, India, Mexico and the Philippines. T...

Lai, H. Mark

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Him Mark Lai was born in San Francisco on November 1, 1925. He worked from 1953-1984 as a mechanical engineer for the Bechtel Corporation. By avocation, he is a historian and acknowledged as the dean of Chinese American Studies. He has written numerous books and articles relating to Chinese American history and held teaching positions at San Francisco State University and the University of California, Berkeley. Lai participates in many Chinese community organizations and is the recipient of many...

Yung, Judy

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The Chinese Women of America, 1848-1982, project was proposed by Judy Yung in January 26, 1981 to establish a "pictorial exhibit and resource catalog that visually dramatizes the historical, racial, and sexual inequities suffered by Chinese American women in order to promote the need to understand and remedy present educational inequities faced by minority women." From the description of Chinese Women of America 1848-1982 project files. ca. 1981. (University of California, Berkeley)....