May Chen Papers
Call Number
WAG.301
Date
1970-2017, inclusive
Creator
Chen, May Ying
Chen, May Ying (Role: Donor)
Extent
28.06 Linear Feet
in 37 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 3 flat boxes, 3 oversized flat boxes, 1 cassette box, and 1 oversize folder.
Extent
30.85 Gigabytes
in 907 computer files
Extent
5 VHS
Extent
13 VHS-C
Extent
4 MiniDV
Language of Materials
Some materials are in Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.
Abstract
May Chen (1948- ) is a labor organizer who has done outreach and advocacy for immigrant workers since the 1980s. The materials in this collection relate to May Chen's work as a labor organizer and community activist in New York's Chinatown from 1989 to 2015. The collection includes materials related to sweatshop reform such as flyers, petitions and brochures. It also contains newspaper clippings (English and Chinese), conference materials, logistical planning documents for protests, meeting notes, contact lists, photographs, buttons, name tages, totebags, press releases, flyers, posters, and memos produced by the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) and the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA). The other component of Chen's collection consists of advocacy work to aid Chinatown's economic recovery after 9/11.
Biographical Note
May Chen (1948- ) is a labor organizer who has done outreach and advocacy for immigrant workers since the 1980s. Born and raised in Boston, MA, she received her BA from Radcliffe College and her MA in Education at UCLA. While in California, Chen worked as a high school and adult education teacher, wrote for the Asian/Pacific/American (A/P/A) publications Gidra and Roots, founded a day care center that employed mainly immigrant women, and taught Asian and Asian American Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Chen's involvement in the labor movement began in 1983 with her membership in Local 23-25 and her work on the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) Immigration Project beginning in 1984. The first union-initiated legal advocacy department for immigrant workers, the Immigration Project assisted thousands of union members in application for U.S. citizenship, sponsorship petitions on behalf of relatives, and legalization under the "amnesty" clause of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.
In 1989, Chen began a full-time position at Local 23-25's Education Department, coordinating labor education programs, English and Civics classes, voter registration and political action projects, and numerous other union and community activities for members. She became active in other labor-related groups, including the Coalition of Labor Union Women, on whose National Executive Board she served from 1984 to 1993, the Asian Labor Committee of the New York City Central Labor Council, and the AFL-CIO's Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), of which she was a founding member and officer.
Until her retirement in June 2009, Chen served as International Vice President of UNITE HERE and Manager of Local 23-25. She also served as Secretary of the New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board.
Arrangement
Materials in this collection are divided into four series.
Series I: Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (UNITE/HERE)
Series II: Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Series III: Labor, Union, Conference, Political, and Research Materials and Reports
Series IV: Post-9/11 Chinatown and Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Within each series, materials are organized alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Most of the materials in this collection relate to May Chen's work as a labor organizer and community activist in New York City's Chinatown from 1989 to 2015. The collection contains newspaper clippings, logistic planning documents, meeting notes, contact lists, photographs, artifacts, press releases, flyers, conference materials, posters, and memos from UNITE meetings. The collection also reflects Chen's advocacy work to aid Chinatown's economic recovery after 9/11. These files include reports and conference materials relating to a variety of organizations, for example, Asian Americans for Equality's Rebuild Chinatown Initiative, the Asian American Federation's economic impact study of Chinatown after Sept 11th, and the Asian American Leadership Conference, "Healing and Rebuilding in New York," held on May 10, 2002. In addition, there are materials relating to Chen's work as a founding member and executive officer of the Asian-Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA). These include a constitution and chapter by-laws, an application for tax exempt status, contact mailing lists, an executive board directory, and a directory of Asian-American organizations in New York and California.
Other materials in this collection include training guides, research materials, conference documents, pamphlets, and reports on Asian American labor rights and labor organizing. There is a large focus upon Asian American workers in the garment industry and workers in New York City's Chinatown including the work of organizations like the APALA, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - Local 1199, and the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (UNITE/HERE) between the 1990s and early 2000s. There are also several travel journals and labor tour journals May Chen kept during trips to China and Japan between 1999 and 2011, as well as photo albums from Chen's travels and work in labor organizing.
The collection also includes memorabilia such as campaign and protest buttons, conference badges, and tote bags, as well as collected movies on VHS. Several original video recordings also feature footage of speeches, demonstrations, and conferences between 1988 and 2005, including footage of Jesse Jackson speaking in Chinatown in 1988 and footage from May Chen's travels to China and South East Asia.
Finally, the collection contains born-digital materials containing photographs and videos.
Subjects
Organizations
Genres
People
Topics
Donors
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection were not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
May Chen sent a gift of 7 boxes of her papers in 2009. The accession number associated with this gift is 2009.004. Chen sent an additional 3 boxes of papers relating to her work with the clothing industry in 2010. The accession number associated with this gift is 2010.091. In 2012, Tamiment received a donation of papers related to May Chen and Rocky Chin. One box of materials from this donation pertaining to May Chen were added to this collection. The accession number associated with these materials is 2012.008. May Chen donated an additional 11 boxes of her papers in 2018. The accession number associated with this gift is 2018.078.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596 with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Born-Digital Access Policies and Procedures
Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, special.collections@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596 with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
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Processing Information
The May Chen Papers is comprised of a gift from May Chen, in addition to some accretions. Processing decisions made prior to 2018 have not been recorded. In 2018, 11 boxes were added the the collection. At the time of accessioning, materials were described at the collection-level and included a brief box-level inventory. Original folders were retained at this time. Born-digital records in the 2018 accretion were inventoried, but were not forensically imaged.
The collection was fully processed and described by an archivist in the summer of 2022. During processing, duplicate materials were removed from the collection. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Original folder titles were retained when possible.
New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content. 15 optical disks were forensically imaged, analyzed, and arranged using Isobusters and Forensic Toolkit. A single 3.5 inch floppy disk was forensically imaged and analyzed using Kryoflux
Revisions to this Guide
July 2015:
Edited by Heather Mulliner to reflect updated administrative information
June 2018:
Edited by Heather Mulliner to include materials from 2018 accretion
Repository
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Series I: Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (UNITE/HERE), 1983-2013, inclusive
Extent
4.79 Linear Feet in 10 manuscript boxes, 2 flat boxes, 1 oversized flat box, and 1 cassette box
Scope and Contents
This series focuses upon May Chen's advocacy work to aid unionized workers, particularly in Chinatown's garment industry, via her involvement as a representative of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) Local 23-25 and the Hotel Employees and Resturant Employees (HERE) International Union. Materials in this series include, but are not limited to, anti-sweatshop documents in both English and Chinese, rally posters, educational circulars, photographs, petitions, UNITE memos, copies of UNITE newsletters, Chinese news publications, research statistics, and zoning information focused upon the garment district. This series also includes some audiovisual and born-digital items.
8/28/98 Rally, 1998
Box: 1, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
8/28/98 Rally Press Clippings, 1998
Box: 1, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Materials are written in both English and Chinese
2006 China Trip UNITE HERE & SEIU/2008 Chin-Wang Reunion, 2006, 2008, inclusive
Box: 39, MiniDV: 301.0019 (Material Type: video)
Apparel, 2003
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Apparel Industry Task Force, 1999
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Apparel Industry Task Force (UNITE/HERE), 2005
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Americans for Equality (UNITE!), 1998, 2005, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Federation of New York - Economic Characteristics of Asian Americans in New York Metropolitan Area, 2005-2007, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Federation of NY (AAFNY) Research, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bio/Personal (May Chen), 1998-2010, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bloomberg '05, 2005
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Blouse Guideline (UNITE), undated
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Building Bridges Conference, 2007
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Buttons, undated
Box: 41 (Material Type: Realia)
Calendar of Public Hearings on Contract Awards, 2003
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Carl Proper/1710 Memos, 1997-2001, inclusive
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Change to Win Coalition, 2005
Box: 2, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Change to Win Meeting, 2007
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Change to Win National Organizing Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, 2005
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
China, 2006
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
China Safeguards, 2004
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Chinatown Garment Industry Study, 1983
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese News, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Chinese.
Chinese Press Clips (UNITE), 2002-2003, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Chinese.
City Support, 1998
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Consortium for Worker Education, 2002
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence - Asian American Federation of New York, 2004
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence - International Textile, Garment, & Leather Worker's Federation, 2004
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Daily Newspaper, 1999-2001, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Education, 2002
Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Eileen Fisher, 1999-2001, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Forms - Job Training Questionaire for UNITE Members, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Center Rezoning & Revitalization, 1992, 2003, 2007, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Center Zoning, 2004-2007, inclusive
Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment District Post 9/11, Rebuilding New York, 2002
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Industry Development Corporation, 2003
Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Worker Oral History Interviews, 1998
Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Workers & Sweatshops, 2003
Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
GIDC, MINY, 2002-2003, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"GIDC - Ron Karpman Reports", 2000, 2003, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Guess Campaign, 1996-1998, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hot Line 96-97, 1997, 1999, inclusive
Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Chinatown Press Conference, 2003
Box: 5, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Industry, 1997-1999, 2002, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Japan Trip, 1999
Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Job Training Classes, 2002
Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
July 29 Rally/Lobby, 1998
Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
L23-25 Members Leader File 3/06, 2006
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_4 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
L23-25 Members Leader File 3/06: 2006- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Labor Tours: Tote Bag and Gift Plate from Guangzhou Labor Union, undated
Box: 40 (Material Type: Realia)
Local 23-25 Cash Voucher - Shop Activist Meeting Member Lists, 2001
Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Local 23 25 Lunar New Year Dinner 03-12-2004, 2004
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_7 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Local 23 25 Lunar New Year Dinner 03-12-2004: 2004- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Local 23-25 Scholarship, 2000-2003, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Local 23-25 UNITE!, 1991, 1999-2000, inclusive
Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
MAA, 1998
Box: 6, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
May Y. Chen, 1998, 2002, 2005, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
May Ying Chen Biographical Information, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
May Chen Nametags, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Fashion Space, 2003
Box: 6, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Fashion Space Executive Summary, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The New York Immigration Coalition, 2007
Box: 6, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board UNITE! Pamphlet, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Materials are written in both English and Spanish
NYIRN, 2003
Box: 6, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NY State Hearing About Unemployment (7/8/2005), 2005
Box: 6, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NYC - AICP, 1998-1999, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NYC's Garment Industry - A New Look?, 2003-2004, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Organize! Mobilize! Unite! Poster, undated
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photograph - UNITE!, undated
Box: 6, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs, 1986-1990, 1992, 1995-1996, 2009, inclusive
Box: 6, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs - UNITE and Hillary Clinton, 2000
Box: 7, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo Album - Labor Tour of Japan, 1999
Box: 7, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pre-Retirement Seminar (UNITE), 1997
Box: 7, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Press Release - Labor Dispute Against Firm of Tracy Evans (UNITE), undated
Box: 7, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
SAA, 1998-1999, 2002, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sep. 18 Hearing - Asian Community (White House & UNITE), 2000
Box: 7, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Shopping Guide - Where to Buy Made in New York Pamphlet (UNITE!), 2002-2003, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
State of New York Department of Labor, 2005
Box: 7, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Statements and Testimonies, 1999-2001, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sweatshops, 1998-2002, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Textile/Fiber Coalition Wins Victory on China Safeguards", 2003
Box: 7, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Trade Union Ephemera, 1990, 1992, 2013, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unemployment Insurance Issues, undated
Box: 7, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE!, 2004-2007, inclusive
Box: 7, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE! - 100 Years (1900-2000), 2003
Box: 8, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE: Basic Steward Training Manual, undated
Box: 8, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Convention - Local 23-25 Delegation Group Photo, 1999
Box: 8, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Directories, 2001, 2004, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Event with Hillary Clinton/Fix '96 Campaign, 1999-2000, inclusive
Box: 8, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Here! Activist Pin, 2004
Box: 8, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Here! National Retirement Fund Brochure, 2008
Box: 8, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Here!: Retirement Party, 2008
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_13 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
UNITE Here!: Retirement Party: 2008- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
UNITE Here Solidarity Relief for 2008 China Earthquake Victims, 2008
Box: 8, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Immigration Project, 2008
Box: 8, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE - Instructional Materials for How to Organize Meetings, undated
Box: 8, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE! - Knitgoods Workers' Union Local 155 Newsletter, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE! - Local 23-25 Newsletter, 1997-2003, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 1-3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Materials are written in English, Spanish, and Chinese
UNITE! - New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board Newsletter, 2004-2006, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Materials are written in English and Chinese
UNITE! Newsclippings, 2008
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE Pre-Retirement Seminar, 1990
Box: 9, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE! - Proudly Made in New York Bookmarks, undated
Box: 9, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE - Reading Matter, 2000-2001, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
UNITE! Retiree Service Department, 1996
Box: 9, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
University of Massachusetts - Amherst Labor Studies Materials, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 9, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 10, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Various UNITE! Papers, 2000-2003, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women's Apparel Inc. Task Force, 1999-2002, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women's Apparel Inc. Task Force Meeting Materials (UNITE), 1999
Box: 10, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Workers' Center (UNITE!), undated
Box: 10, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Zoning & GC, 2003, 2007, 2009, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series II: Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), 1992-2015, inclusive
Extent
2 Linear Feet in 5 manuscript boxes and 1 oversized flat box
Scope and Contents
This series focuses upon May Chen's invovlement with the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA); Chen was a founding member and executive officer. Materials include administrative documents, artifacts, mailing lists, APALA Board Meeting minutes, campaign information, press releases, powerpoint presentations, conference materials, demographic and political statistics, as well as voter education manuals.
APALA, 2004-2014, inclusive
Box: 10, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 11, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA 8th Biennial Convention, 2005
Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA 9th Biennial Convention, 2007
Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA 10th Biennial Convention, 2009
Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA 10th Bienniel Convention Tote, undated
Box: 40 (Material Type: Realia)
APALA 11th Biennial Convention, 2011
Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA 2007 Convention, 2007
Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA 2010 Report & 2011 Goals, 2010
Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA, AFL-CIO Executive Board Meeting, 2000-2001, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA, AFL-CIO Political Education Conference, 2000
Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA - Chapter By-Laws, 1992-1993, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Chapter Membership Report, 2000
Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"APALA Condemns Terrorist Attacks and Calls for Unity and Tolerance", 2001
Box: 12, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Congressional Voter Guide, 2006
Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Constitution, 2005
Box: 12, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Constitutional Convention, 2006
Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Executive Board Meeting, 2004-2005, 2007, 2009, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 9-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 13, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Founding Convention WDC-ILG Delegation, 1992
Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Membership, 2007
Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Membership Brochure, 2010, 2015, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Memos, 2000
Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Materials are written in English and Chinese
APALA New York Chapter, 1997-1999, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Old Files, 1996, 2002-2003, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA Papers, 2005-2007, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APALA - Tax Status - Ein, 1993
Box: 13, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - A Concise History (APALA), undated
Box: 13, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Women's Organizing Institute, 2010
Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: Reports from the First National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing, 2010
Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Celebrating APALA's First Decade: Continuing the Fight for Worker Justice, 2001
Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers, 2011
Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Japanese Union Reps and Individuals Attending APALA Convention, 2003
Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Making America Work: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the Workforce and Business, 2014
Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Asian-American/Pacific Islander Worker Protection Summit, 2010-2011, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Strengthening Our Voices for Worker Rights, Immigrant Rights, and Civil Rights (APALA National Convention), 2003
Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Unity Slate (APALA), undated
Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series III: Labor, Union, Cultural, Research, Conference, and Political Materials and Reports, 1970-2017, inclusive
Extent
20.06 Linear Feet in 21 manuscript boxes, 1 flat box, 1 oversized folder, 4 oversized flat boxes, 1 half manuscript box, and 1 cassette box
Scope and Contents
Series III focuses upon the improvement of the garment district in New York City, garment industry reform, conferences, protests, women's role in labor movements, Asian and Asian American communities, New York City politics, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Materials include photographs, tote bags, newspaper clippings, brochures, flyers, posters, educational course materials, and petitions. This series also contains audiovisual and born-digital materials.
3 Kings Celebration, 1996
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0007 (Material Type: video)
9th Annual General Meeting of NUGW Tokyo South Annual Policy for 2002, 2002
Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The 10th Chinatown Labor Fair Poster, 1993
Box: Shared Tamiment 079, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
16th National Conference on Women and the Law, 1984-1985, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
95 Jing Fong, 1995
Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
96 School Board Complaint, 1996
Box: 14, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
96 Welfare Reform, 1996-1997, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1199 CAT, 2015
Box: 14, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1199 Chinese Activist Training: Language Training Exercises, 2015
Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1199 Chinese Activist Training: Readings, 2004-2005, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1199 Chinese Activist Training: Unions in New York City, 2010-2011, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1199 SEIU Home Care Division - Chinese Activist Teacher Training, 2015
Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1199 SEIU News Magazine, 2002
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1970's 1980's Lit on Asian Americans and Asian Struggles, 1971-1972, 1982, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1982 Garment Strike, 2012
Box: 15, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1989 CPA Voter Skit, 1989
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0006 (Material Type: video)
2002 Fashion Bid Report, 2002
Box: 15, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AAHEC Leadership Conference, 2002
Box: 15, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Aaron's Jokes, 1993, 1996-1998, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Conference, 2006
Box: 15, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
AFL-CIO Pre-Convention Conference, 2005
Box: 15, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ameco Beijing Annual Report, 1994
Box: 15, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
America @ Work: The Face of the New Economy, 2005
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The American Citizens for Justice Yearbook Vincent Chin Murder, 1983
Box: 15, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Friends Service Committee, 1993, 1995, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Sons, undated
Box: 38, VHS: 301.0002 (Material Type: video)
AMPO Japan-Asia Quarterly Review, 1995
Box: 16, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
APSU (Asian Pacific Student Union), 1981-1982, 1995, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asia Conf., 1982-1983, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asia Students in Action, 1982
Box: 16, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Access to Democracy I nthe 2008 Elections, 2008
Box: 16, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Americans and the "American Dream" 1984 East Coast Asian Student Union (ECASU) Conference, 1984-1986, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American/Asian Research Institute City Univeristy of New York, 2016
Box: 16, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Bar Association, 2002-2006, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), 1991-1992, 1998, 2003, 2005, inclusive
Box: 16, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Americans for David Dinkins (AADD)/AABNY, 1989
Box: 16, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Elders in New York City, 2003
Box: 17, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Federation of New York: Report on Asian American Mental Health, 2003
Box: 17, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Leadership Conference: Healing & Rebuilding New York, 2002
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_20 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Asian American Leadership Conference: Healing and Rebuilding New York: 2002- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Asian American Organizations: New York, 1991-2002, 2010, 2013, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Organizing: Reports and Action Plans, 1986-2012, inclusive
Box: 17, Folder: 4-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 18, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders - A People Looking Forward, 2001
Box: 18, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Rights: New York City, 1998-2003, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Student Conference Tape #1, 1995
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0010 (Material Type: video)
Asian American Student Conference Tape #2, 1995
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0011 (Material Type: video)
Asian American Vote and US Census, 2004, 2010, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns, and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy, 2002
Box: 18, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Labor Materials, 1972, 1980, 1987, 2016-2017, inclusive
Box: 18, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Labor Materials: Research on Chinese Labor, 2006
Box: 18, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Labor in America: Challenges & Opportunities First Annual Conference, 1988
Box: 19, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian American Labor Materials, 1987
Box: 19, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Asian American Labor Movement, undated
Box: 19, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Labor Class, 1996, inclusive
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0013 (Material Type: video)
Asian Labor Resource Center, 1983-1984, 1988-1989, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian/Paciic American Heritage Festival Celebrating Pacific American Literature, 1993
Box: 19, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVOTE), 2007
Box: 19, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Pacific Islander Caucus Bylaws, 2008
Box: 19, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Women, 1971
Box: 19, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Asian Women: Myth & Reality (Mount Holyoke College), 1981, 1995, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Beat Goes On: As Study Findings are Disseminated, Impact of Joint Programs is Recognized", 2003
Box: 19, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Behind Closed Doors II: Another Look into Underground Sweatshop Industry, 1999
Box: 19, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Boycott's the World" Protest Song, undated
Box: 19, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bulletin: Center for Transnational Labor Studies, 1999, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 19, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bumper Stickers, undated
Box: 19, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Business Agents Shop Richard Guido & Joseph Delli Carpini, 2004
Box: 19, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Buttons, circa 1980s-2000s, inclusive
Box: 41 (Material Type: Realia)
Scope and Contents
Includes buttons for Jessie Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore's 1996 presidential campaign, Rocky Chin's 2001 City Council campaign, pro-labor and union mottos, Mayor David Dinkins' mayoral campaign, and Michael Dukakis' 1988 presidential campaign.
CAAC Inflight Magazine, 1995
Box: 19, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Center for Working Families - Policies and Priorities for New York's Working Families, 2007
Box: 20, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Challenges: People and Development - "Women's Empowerment", 1995
Box: 20, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Changing Chinese America Conference, 2005
Box: 20, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
China, 2002-2007, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
China Aids Fund, 2005
Box: 20, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown & Garment District, 2013
Box: 20, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown Labor Fair Committee, 1993
Box: 20, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New York, 2004
Box: 20, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese CLUN Meeting (Coalition of Labor Union Women Asian-Chinese Committee), 1990-1996, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese Immigration and Chinese in the United States, 1996
Box: 20, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese News Articles, 1992, 2001, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese Newspapers, 2001, 2006, inclusive
Box: Shared Tamiment 081, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese Postcards, undated
Box: 20, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinese Press Releases, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 20, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
City Originals: Women Making It Work, undated
Box: 38, VHS: 301.0003-301.0004 (Material Type: video)
The City University of New York, 2001
Box: 21, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clean Streets Chinatown: Progress Report, 2007
Box: 21, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Collected Articles on Garment Workers, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Committee on Human and Trade Union Rights, 2002
Box: 21, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cornell IRL - Labor Programs, 2007
Box: 21, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cornell IRL School, 2010
Box: 21, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cornell University "Organizing Immigrant Workers" Conference, 1989
Box: 21, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cosmopolitan Orchestra Concert, 2002-2003, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra, 2002
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CPC - 41st Anniversary Celebration of Chinese New Year, undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_3 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
CPC - 41st Anniversary Celebration of Chinese New Year: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Critique of Trade Union Rights in Countries Affiliated wih the League of Arab States (Dr. George E. Gruen), 1996-2001, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CUNY/Labor Ed., 2004-2005, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CWE (Consortium for Worker Education), 2003
Box: 22, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Day Care Fashion Show, 1990
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0012 (Material Type: video)
Dear Diane: Questions and Answers for Asian American Women, 1983
Box: 22, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Defend the Garment Industry! Mass Rally Poster, 1998
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dinkins, undated
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0009 (Material Type: video)
Dinkins Election and Unity House, 1988-1990, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Doris Ling, 1992
Box: 22, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, 2006-2007, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
ECASU 2002 Workshop - Sweatshops & Labor, 2002
Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Economic Status of American of Asian Descent: An Exploratory Investigation, 1988
Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Education Reading, 1998
Box: 22, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Event Flyers, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Facts About New York City's Chinatown, undated
Box: 22, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fiscal Policy Institute, 2003
Box: 22, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ford Foundation APA Women, 2002
Box: 22, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts - International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1978
Box: 22, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Freedom Ride, 2003
Box: 23, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Friends of Women Foundation, undated
Box: 23, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment, 2010-2011, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Industry Day Care Center of Chinatown, 1993
Box: 23, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Industry Development Corporation - Annual Report, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Garment Industry Development Corporation - A Case Study of a Sectoral Employment Development Approach, 1999
Box: 23, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Worker Hours Calendar, 1995
Box: 23, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Workers and NYC Unions, 2005, 2008, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Garment Workers Union Files, 2003, 2007-2008, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
GBA China Tour '98, 1998
Box: 23, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
GBA (Greater Blouse Association), 1998-1999, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
GIDC Sourcing Pr., 1998-1999, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Global Thinking/Local Voices (CUNY Bulletin of Asian American/Asian Studies), 2011
Box: 23, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Greater Blouse, Skirt, & Undergarment Association National Association of Blouse Manufacturers - 75th Anniversary, 2008
Box: 23, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005
Box: 39, MiniDV: 301.0022 (Material Type: video)
Health Care, 2006
Box: 23, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Health Care Research, 2003
Box: 23, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
History of the World Trade Center, 2001
Box: 24, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Holiday Card from NY Forum to May Chen, 2005
Box: 24, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"How to Try or Defend a Civil Case When You Don't Have A Lawyer" (Hon. Margaret Cammer), 1999
Box: 24, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Human Services for Asian Americans in Metropolitan New York, 2000-2003, inclusive
Box: 24, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Immigrant Workers, undated
Box: 24, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, 2003
Box: 24, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Posters, 2003
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - Trade Union Rights, 2002
Box: 24, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Labor Rights Forum, 2007-2009, inclusive
Box: 24, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Resolution on China re: Tianament Square, 1989-1990, inclusive
Box: 24, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
An Invitation to Chinese and Foreign Entrepreneurs Trade Talks, 1995
Box: 24, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jackson in Chinatown, 1988, inclusive
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0016-301.0018 (Material Type: video)
Japan Labor Review, 2004
Box: 24, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Jobs Now-Unemployed Workers Campaign" (New York Unemployment Project), 2001
Box: 24, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, 2009, 2011-2012, inclusive
Box: 24, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Korean Headband, undated
Box: 24, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
La Fuente, A Tri-State Worker and Community Fund, Inc., undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_17 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
La Fuente, A Tri-State Worker and Community Fund, Inc.: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Labor Advisory Board Meeting, 2010
Box: 24, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Brochures, undated
Box: 24, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Reports, 2011
Box: 25, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Labor Rights Training Resources, 2004-2008, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lee Lee Tribute, 2006
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_19 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Lee Lee Tribute: 2006- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
LES for DD 11/5, undated
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0014 (Material Type: video)
LES for Dinkins, undated
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0015 (Material Type: video)
Liberty Jobs, 2003
Box: 25, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Celebrate Lunar New Year and Year of the Dragon Photography Susan Soo 2/22/2012, 2012
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_6 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Celebrate Lunar New Year and Year of the Dragon Photography Susan Soo 2/22/2012: 2012- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Many Paths, One Goal: Organising Women Workers in Asia, 1991
Box: 25, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
May Chen: Notebook and Address Book (Chinese Labor Tours), 2011
Box: 25, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
May Chen Notebook: Chinese Labor Tours, 2005-2006, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
May is Labor History Month! Poster, 2012
Box: Shared Tamiment 081, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mayor David Dinkins & Search Committees, 1989
Box: 25, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Medals, undated
Box: 26, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memorandum - Rights of Undocumented Workers Under NLRA, 1987
Box: 26, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Memorial Notebook for Professor Lee C. Lee, 2006
Box: 26, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Men's Day Skit, 1990
Box: 39, VHS-C: 301.0008 (Material Type: video)
Misc Articles (some by May Chen), undated
Box: 26, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Multiculturalism and American Trade Unions" (Cornell University, ILR School), 1991
Box: 26, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mutianyu Great Wall Cable Car Corporation Ltd, undated
Box: 26, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association - Civil Rights Committee 1998 Resource Handbook, 1998
Box: 26, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention, 17th, 2005
Box: 26, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention, 18th, 2006
Box: 26, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
National Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions, undated
Box: 26, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City Action Summit for Latino/Immigrant Worker Safety and Health, "Making Difference", 2010
Box: 26, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City's Chinatown Garment Industry: A Critical Case of Ethic Enterprise and Worker Organization, 1995
Box: 26, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City Department of Enviromental Impact Report on One Police Plaza Security Plan, 2006
Box: 26, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York City Transit, 1985, 1999, 2008, inclusive
Box: 27, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Civic Participation Project, 2006-2008, inclusive
Box: 27, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Fashion Space, 2003-2004, inclusive
Box: 27, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Industrial Retention Network, 2000, 2003, 2007, inclusive
Box: 27, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Industrial Retention Network Memos, 2003
Box: 27, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York State Council, 2008
Box: 27, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New York Times Magazine - "The Union Kids", 1996
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New Youth Forum Banner, undated
Box: Shared Tamiment 150 (Material Type: Realia)
Newspaper Clippings - Women's Forum, 1995
Box: 27, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NG Slater Invoices & Textile Samples, 2005
Box: 29, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum '95 on Women - The Fourth World UN Conference on Women, 1995
Box: 27, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - Asia Pacific Souvenir Booklet, 1995
Box: 27, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women (Beijing), 1995
Box: 27, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 28, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - Beijing '95, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - Beijing (Chinese Women Series Booklets & Brochures), 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women , Beijing - Program, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - Brochure, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - Bulletin, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - A Collection of Theses on "Women's Studies in China", 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - Gala Reception Invitation, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Forum on Women - Look at the World Through Women's Eyes, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO's Report on the Situation of Foreign Migrant Women in Japan and Strategies for Improvement, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NGO Women's Conference in Beijing, 1995
Box: 28, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 29, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Norman Hill APRI, undated
Box: 39, MiniDV: 301.0020 (Material Type: video)
Northeastern Illinois University - Workplace Learning, 1994, 1996, inclusive
Box: 29, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NY92 - NY is Fashion, 1992
Box: 29, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NY Membership Database, undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_16 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
NY Membership Database: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
NY Politics - Squadron, 2008
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_1 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
NY Politics - Squadron: 2008- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
NYC Action Summit for Latino/Immigrant Worker Safety and Health "Making a Difference", undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_18 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
NYC Action Summit for Latino/Immigrant Worker Safety and Health, "Making a Difference": undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Annual Dinner Dance and Awards Ceremony, 2004
Box: 29, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NYIRN - Manufacturer's Almanac, 2007
Box: 29, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
NYIRN - "Wake Up and Taste the City", 2003
Box: 29, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Office of the Mayor Proclamation - "Chinese Heritage and Culture Week", 1987, inclusive
Box: Shared Tamiment 079, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Our Movement, Our World - Union Women's NE Summer School, 2014
Box: 29, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Outlines History of the Chinese in America, undated
Box: 29, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Paying the Price: Worker Unrest in Northeast China, 2002
Box: 29, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo Album, 1988
Box: 29, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo Album - Birthday and Immigration Project Staff, 1987
Box: 30, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo Album - Family, 1994
Box: 30, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photo Album - Peace Demonstration, Baltimore Harbor Place Chinese Embassy, Wong Case Rally, 1987
Box: 30, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photos, 2008
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_2 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Photos 2008: 2008- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Pins, undated
Box: 30, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Po Ling Ng, 1996
Box: 30, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Po Ling Ng's School Board Election Campaign Materials, 1993, 1996, inclusive
Box: 30, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Postcards, undated
Box: 30, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poster: Activist Bill of Rights, undated
Flat-File-Folder: 2, Tray 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Poster - Tea & Justice Documentary (Signed), 2007
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Princo Budget, undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_8 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Princo Budget: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
A Profile of the Chinese Community in New York, undated
Box: 30, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Project on Independent Verification of Compliance with Code on Conduct in Garment Industry, undated
Box: 30, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Prospect of the Lower East Side Historic Landmark District, 2006
Box: 30, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Protecting and Growing New York City's Industrial Job Base, 2005
Box: 30, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Putting Gender on the Agenda: A Guide to Participating in UN World Conference, 1995
Box: 30, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Q&A In Cultural Diversity, 1993
Box: 30, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Quaker Bulletin Service- American Friends Service Committee, 1995
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reading Packet May Chen Contemporary Issues in Labor Spring 2009, 2009
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_14 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Reading Packet May Chen Contemporary Issues in Labor Spring 2009: 2009- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Re-Elect Po Ling Ng Poster, 1996
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Reference Guide to the Overseas Chinese History, 1981
Box: 30, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2004
Box: 31, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Reports on Immigrant and Youth Labor, 1989
Box: 31, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Research: Garment Workers - New York City, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 31, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Research Papers, 1992-1993, 1996, 2000-2001, inclusive
Box: 31, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Restavek No More - Eliminiating Child Slavery in Haiti, undated
Box: 31, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revitalizing Chinatown Business: Challenges and Opportunities (Asian American Federation), 2008
Box: 31, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rising to the Challenge - Asian Student Unity Conference, 1982
Box: 31, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
San Francisco's 1938 National Dollar Store Strike: An Opportunity for Change (Angela Y. Lean), 1993
Box: 32, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Sixities" Student List, 1970
Box: 32, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Slaying the Dragon, 1988
Box: 38, VHS: 301.0005 (Material Type: video)
Stephen Chan Photo Exhibition, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_12 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Stephen Chan Photo Exhibition 2001-2002: 2001-2002 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Stiched Up By Big Brands Poster, 2000
Box: Shared Tamiment 081, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Subsidizing Sweatshops", 2008
Box: 32, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Summary Report: Asian Pacific Islander Workers Hearing, 2002
Box: 32, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sweatshop Slaves: Asian Americans in the Garmet Industry (Kent Wong, Julie Monroe), 2006
Box: 32, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Temporary State Task Force on the New York City Community School Board Elections Final Report, 1998
Box: 32, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tenement Museum ESL, 2002
Box: 32, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Tenement Story (Tenement Museum), 2004
Box: 32, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Thesis on the Work of Guangzhou Trade Unions by Chen Weiguang, 2009
Box: 32, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Transitions: The Changing Profile of New York Chinatown, undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_11 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Transitions: The Changing Profile of New York Chinatown: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Travel Joural - Trip to Japan, 1999
Box: 32, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Triangle Fire Commemoration Photos, 1994
Box: 32, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, 2010-2013, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Turn Around American Health Care - AFL-CIO, 2008
Box: 33, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unions, 2007-2009, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United Farm Workers AFL-CIO of American Patch, undated
Box: 33, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United Hebrew Trades Division of the Jewish Labor Committee Newsletter, 2000
Box: 33, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Urban Agenda, 2004-2006, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_22 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Urban Agenda: 2004- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"US Unions Resume Talks after 20 Years" (Leigh Jenkins), 2002
Box: 33, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Vassar, 1997-1998, inclusive
Box: 33, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Videos for Waging Peace, undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_15 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Videos for Waging Peace: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Vietnamese Women in Science & Technology, 1992
Box: 33, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A Voice for Every Worker, undated
Box: 33, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Volunteer Organizing Committee (VOC) - UFCW, 2000
Box: 33, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Waiting on Equality: The Role and Impact of Gender in the New York City Restaurant Industry, 2010
Box: 33, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Where is Home? - A Conference on the Past & Future of Chinese Americans, 1997
Box: 34, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Without Ceremony: Asian Women United, 1988
Box: 34, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women's Health - Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
Box: 34, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women and Health (World Health Organization Publications), 1995
Box: 34, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women, Ink - Books on Women and Development Booklet, 1995
Box: 34, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women Thinking Globally Acting Locally: On the Road to Beijing and the 21st Century, 1994-1995, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women in Tottori Japan, undated
Box: 34, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women of Yunnan Province, 1995
Box: 34, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Women's Wear Daily (WWD) Newspapers, 2003
Box: Shared Tamiment 150, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Workers Rights Reports, 2006-2009, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Workers United Will Never Be Defeated, 2002
Box: 34, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Language of Materials
Materials written in English and Japanese
Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, 2005
Box: 34, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wu, 2004, 2010,2014, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Yeshiva Garments W/S, 2006, inclusive
Box: 39, MiniDV: 301.0021 (Material Type: video)
YKASEC, 2006-2008, inclusive
Box: 34, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Zuni DTV, undated
Box: 38, VHS: 301.0001 (Material Type: video)
Series IV: Post-9/11 Chinatown & Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, 2001-2008, inclusive
Extent
1.31 Linear Feet in 3 manuscript boxes
Scope and Contents
This series focuses upon Chinatown's economic recovery after September 11, 2001, as well as development efforts in Lower Manhattan designed to aid in this process. Materials include administrative documents relating to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Chinatown/Lower East Side Zone progam, newspaper clippings, brochures, and research studies. This series also contains some born-digital materials.
9/11, 2001
Box: 35, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
9/11 Training, 2003
Box: 35, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Applicants for 9/11 Apparel Bidders, undated
Box: 35, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown Access and Circulation Study Final Report (LMDC), 2004
Box: 35, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown After September 11th: An Economic Impact Study, 2002
Box: 35, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown Development Conference, 2007
Box: 35, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown/Lower East Side Empire Zone, 2002
Box: 35, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown/Lower East Side Empire Zone Administrative Board, 2007-2008, inclusive
Box: 35, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown/Lower East Side Empire Zone Administrative Board Meeting, 2005-2008, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown/Lower East Side Empire Zone Hotel Committee Meeting, 2008
Box: 36, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chinatown/Lower East Side Empire Zone Program, 2007
Box: 36, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Comments on Regs for 9/11 Bidder Registry, undated
Box: 36, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
CT Health Partnership, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grant Proposal - 9/11 Fund, LMDC (Lower Manhattan Development Corp), 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 36, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ground One: Voices of Post 9/11 Chinatown, 2005
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_5 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Ground One: Voices of Post 9/11 Chinatown: 2005- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Lessons Learned from a Program to Sustain Health Coverage After September 11 in New York's Chinatown, 2004
Box: 36, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Listening to the City: Remember and Rebuild (LMDC), 2002
Box: 36, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
LMDC, 2003
Box: 36, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lower Manhattan Development Corp, 2004
Box: 37, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lower Manhattan Development Corp (LMDC) - "World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment Plan", 2005
Box: 37, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Moving On: Chinese Garment Workers after Septembe 11 - Working Paper for the Social Impact Working Group on New York City's Recovery from September 11, 2003
Box: 37, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Rebuild Chinatown Initiative: The Community Speaks, 2002
Box: 37, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Recession and 9/11: Economic Hardship and the Failure of the Safety Net for Unemployed Workers in New York City" (Annette Bernhardt and Kate Rubin), 2003
Box: 37, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Research Papers Post 9/11 Reports, 2002
Box: 37, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"September 11: Two Years Later" (WWD Newspaper Clippings), 2003
Box: 37, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Stop the LMDC Cover-Up!", undated
Box: 37, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment Plan Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement, 2004
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_WAG_301_ER_21 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment Plan: Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement: 2004- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
