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Guide to the Chinese American Women's Club of Santa Clara County Records

MSS-2004-02

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Table of contents

Collection Contents

Series I: Administrative Records 1962-1992

Physical Description: 1 Box

Series Scope and Content Summary

The contents in this series represent the organizational, fiscal and administrative records of Chinese American Women's Club of Santa Clara County (CAWC). This is the smallest series in the collection, but it contains important, targeted information for researchers looking to obtain factual information about the constitution and by-laws, the organizational structure, the framework for decision-making and documented accounts of planning and execution of administrative tasks. Papers include financial records, the constitution and bylaws, membership rosters, meeting agendas and approved minutes, membership applications, memoranda and other records that illustrate the daily management of the group.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically by date within each folder. The first folder contains financial records from multiple years, whereas the remaining folders are organized by year.

Box : Folder 1 : 1

Financial Records 1962-1974

Box 1

Administrative Records 1969-1992

Folder 2

1969

Folder 3

1970

Folder 4

1974

Folder 5

1975

Folder 6

1976

Folder 7

1977

Folder 8

1978

Folder 9

1979

Folder 10

1980

Folder 11

1981

Folder 12

1982

Folder 13

1983

Folder 14

1984

Folder 15

1985

Folder 16

1986

Folder 17

1987

Folder 18

1988

Folder 19

1989

Folder 20

1990

Folder 21

1991

Folder 22

1992

Series II: Community Activities and Programs 1969-1970 1976-1994

Physical Description: 2 boxes, 2 cartons

Series Scope and Content Summary

The contents in this series represent event planning and community participation. The main events represented in this series are the Autumn Moon Festival, Agnew Community Awareness Day, the Pageant of the Great Mandarin, Lasting Legacy Luncheon and various temple reconstruction fundraisers. Due to the original order, there are some administrative records interfiled into the event planning records in this series. The scrapbooks, historian notebooks, clippings, photographs, flyers and other event memorabilia contained in this series provide both textual and visual representations of community events.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically. Box 2 is chronological within each folder. Boxes 3, 4 and 5 are chronologically ordered according to the year the scrapbook or historian notebook was created.

Box 2

Community Activities and Programming

Folder 1

1969-1970

Folder 2

1976

Folder 3

1977

Folder 4

1978

Folder 5

1979

Folder 6

1981

Folder 7

1982

Folder 8

1983

Folder 9

1984

Folder 10

1985

Folder 11

1986

Folders 12-13

1987

Folder 14

1988

Folder 15

1990

Folder 16

1991

Scrapbooks

Box 3

1971

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1979

1980

1981

1982

Box 4

1983

1984

1985-1986

1987-1988

Box 5

Historian Notebook

Folder 1

1990

Folder 2

1991

Folder 3

1992

Folder 4

1993

Folder 5

1994

Series III: Outreach and Publicity 1965-1999

Physical Description: 6 boxes

Series Scope and Content Summary

The contents in this series represent Chinese American Women's Club's work in the larger Chinese community. The series contains newsletters, correspondence, awards and certificates of appreciation, news clippings, directories, county resource guides, photographic materials, a cookbook and cultural sound recordings geared towards children. A researcher looking to investigate the influence of organizational outreach efforts would find the materials in this series of great importance.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically. Box 6 is chronological within each folder for folders 1-18 with miscellaneous printed matter in folder 19. In box 7, folders 1-5 are arranged chronologically. For folders with multiple images from the same date, the original order has been maintained. The remaining folders contain undated photographic materials and are arranged alphabetically according to the description of the pictorial content.

Box 6

Outreach and Publicity

Folder 1

1970

Folder 2

1971

Folder 3

1976

Folder 4

1977

Folder 5

1978

Folder 6

1979

Folder 7

1980

Folder 8

1981

Folder 9

1982

Folder 10

1983

Folder 11

1984

Folder 12

1985

Folder 13

1986

Folder 14

1987

Folder 15

1988

Folder 16

1989

Folder 17

1990

Folder 18

1991

Folder 19

1992

Box:Folder 6:20

Miscellaneous Printed Matter n.d.

Box 7

Photographic Material

Folder 1

1965-1979

Folder 2

1983

Folder 3

1986

Folder 4

1987

Folder 5

1988

Folders 6-9

n.d.

Box 8

Plaques

Heritage Club Plaque 1988

Chinese Historic and Cultural Project Plaque 1988

Golden Legacy Plaque 1990

Patron's Club Plaque 1990

Benefactor's Club Plaque 1991

Box 9

Awards

Folder 1

State of California Award 1987

Folder 2

City of San José Awards 1987-1988

Folder 3

Chinese Summer Festival Award 1999

Miscellaneous Items

Folder 4

Agnews State Hospital Badge n.d.

Folder 5

Astrological Chart 1980

Box 10

CAWC Cookbooks

Folder 1

Cookbook 1971

Folder 2

Cookbook Administrative Records 1982-1997

Folder 3

Chinese Cooking Our Legacy 1998

Item added to collection August 17, 2006.

Box 11

LP Records

Folder 1

Marn-Ling Instrumental LP Record 1971

Folder 2

Marn-Ling Lion Dance LP Record 1972

Collection Contents

Administrative Records

Community Activities and Programs

Outreach and Publicity

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