Mansie Chew scrapbook : Oakland, Calif., 1913-1945.

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Mansie Chew scrapbook : Oakland, Calif., 1913-1945.

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Twine bound scrapbook (53 p. ; 24 x 31 cm) of a Chinese-American woman pianist, rubber stamped on inside front cover with her name and address in Oakland, mostly containing ephemera concerning her piano teacher, Edward F. Schneider, with some additional materials concerning herself, father, and a sister. Scrapbook materials, glue-mounted on black paper, include programs for music recitals and performances in various venues in and around San Francisco and Oakland, California including those for the Bohemian Club, Mills College, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Also includes a small manuscript poem to Mansie, signed by Schneider. Contains numerous newspaper clippings from local papers (annotated with dates) including one Chinese language clipping from Chung Sai Yat Po, ten Chew family photographs (b&w), and two photographs (b&w) of Schneider as a child and young man. Also includes some materials concerning her own actvities and performances, performances by her sister Caroline Chew who was a noted traditional Chinese dancer, and a small amount of material on her father, Dr. Ng Poon Chew, a journalist and noted lecturer on Chinese civil rights.

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Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Schneider, Edward F. (Edward Faber), 1872-1950

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Obituary appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Sunday, July 2, 1950, p. 14a. Edward Faber Schneider, 77, Dean of Music at Mills College for 30 years, (sic) and world famous composer of tone poems, died yesterday [i.e., Saturday, July 1, 1950] in a Santa Clara County rest home. Noted as a pianist and as a teacher of piano, Mr. Schneider has been in ailing health. He was active as teacher, however, until recent years. ...

Mansie, Chew, 1892

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Mansie (Jingping) Chew, eldest daughter of Ng Poon Chew, attended the University of California, Berkeley (entering class of 1913) was a professional pianist and took over the position of English language editor of the Chinese language paper, Chung Sai Yat Po, after the death of her father in 1931. From the description of Mansie Chew scrapbook : Oakland, Calif., 1913-1945. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 775022359 ...

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Oakland Symphony Orchestra

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Ng, Poon Chew, 1866-1931

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Ng Poon Chew (March 14, 1866 – March 13, 1931) was an author, publisher, and advocate for Chinese American civil rights. He published the first Chinese language daily newspaper to be printed outside of China. Born in the Toisan district of Guangdong province in Southern China, Ng moved to California in 1881, where he first worked as a domestic servant on a ranch. He became a student of U.S. culture, studying English, adopting Western dress, and converting to Christianity. He joined the semina...

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