Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Chinese American Democratic Club archives
- Dates:
- 1983-2009
- Creators:
- Chinese American Democratic Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Abstract:
- Records of the Chinese American Democratic Club, a San Francisco based, community organized political advocacy group focused on asserting Chinese American civil rights.
- Extent:
- 10 Linear Feet (1 carton, 12 document boxes, and 1 oversize flat box)
- Language:
- English , Chinese .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Chinese American Democratic Club archives, CEMA 49. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains materials produced and compiled by the Chinese American Democratic Club (CADC) in its work promoting the election and hiring of Asian Americans to state and local government offices and positions.
Materials may include administrative files, campaign documents and publications, newsletters and promotional articles, and reference materials. Represented throughout the materials is the work of several former CADC presidents, such as Douglas Chan, Roland Quan, and Harold Yee.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Chinese American Democratic Club (CADC) was chartered in 1958 by the California State Democratic Central Committee and the California Democratic Council in response to growing political repression and violations of Chinese American civil rights in the 1950s. The group advances the causes of Chinese Americans in the San Francisco area.
The CADC Bylaws Article II Objectives states that: The aim and purpose of this Club shall be to encourage the development of meaningful political awareness within our community and to thereby foster active participation in the democratic process of government by all citizens; to encourage Chinese candidates to run for elective office; to encourage the appointment of Chinese persons to appointive positions; to demand a high standard in government to seek justice and equality for all peoples and to study, develop, and advocate issues relevant to the empowerment and civil rights of Chinese Americans. (Chinese American Democratic Club)
The Club has influenced City elections throughout the 1980s and 1990s and Club leaders have served on important City Commissions, including the Airport, Planning, Port, Civil Service and Human Rights Commissions.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Chinese American Democratic Club, 1997. Additions donated by Doug Chan, July 2004 and December 2024.
- Arrangement:
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The collection has been arranged by topic into seven series:
- Series 1: Administrative records
- Series 2: Correspondence
- Series 3: Endorsements and Candidate Information
- Series 4: Events
- Series 5: Club newsletters and press releases
- Series 6: Subject files
- Series 7: Newspaper articles and newspapers
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-24 09:26:28 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Chinese American Democratic Club archives, CEMA 49. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062