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Title
Open letter concerning the New Chinatown project
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
1936
1937
1938
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Pacific Rim
Rights Information
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Description
Four typed pages which appears to be an open letter from the L.A. Chinatown Project Association. The letter is critical of the project being built by Christine Sterling, and describes the efforts by the Chinese -American community to raise funds for their own project. The officers of the association, Walter Yip, Secretary, Quon S. Doon, Treasurer, and Lee Wah Shew, President, have signed the letter.
Extent
4 p.
Identifier
mssSooHoo
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll12/id/2323
Language
English
Subject
Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Chinese Americans--California--Los Angeles
Chinese Americans--History--20th century
Source
Peter SooHoo, Sr. papers, 1883-2007 (bulk 1923-1945).
02
07, Descriptions, undated
Pacific Rim, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Gift of SooHoo Family Trust, January 2019 and April 2019.

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