Center for Oral and Public History
California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd
Pollak Library South (PLS) 363
Fullerton, CA 92831
657-278-3580
http://coph.fullerton.edu/
Reading Room/Archives: Mon-Fri 9a-4:30p
The Center for Oral and Public History (COPH) is primarily a teaching, training, research, publication, and public service operation. Its mission is two-fold. With respect to oral history, it is to develop, archive, and make available to the public significant oral documentation pertaining to the personal, regional, ethnic, political, and international histories that link Southern California to a globalized world.
As regards to public history, it is to connect the academy with broader audiences by promoting historical skills and services related to editing, archives and record management, family/community studies, historic preservation, documentary film production, policy analysis, heritage tourism, and high-technology media in order to enrich historical understanding in public memory.
The 4,000 plus tape-recorded interviews and related documents, photographs, and research/reference material in the COPH archives and reading room are open to the campus community and the public.
COPH connects the university with broader audiences and enriches historical understanding in public memory by promoting historical skills and services.
Their collections are in three main categories: Community History Collections, Ethnic Collections, and Education, Mining, Labor, WWII, Women, and Family Oral History Projects.
Contact the Center for its latest information.
Showing posts with label oral history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oral history. Show all posts
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Chinatown Heritage & Visitors Center, Los Angeles
Chinatown Heritage & Visitors Center
411 Bernard Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-222-0856
http://www.chssc.org/chsscpage.shtml
Sun: 12p-4:30p
The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California was founded in 1975. It's aim is to discover and share Chinese-American history. In 1995, the Society moved into these two Victorian houses (see top picture), built in 1886 and 1888 by Philip Fritz, an emigrant from Alsace (German/French border region), for his family.
Today, the Visitors Center shows the history of the Chinese in Southern California. On display are also artifacts from the archaeological dig performed during excavations for the Metro Red line at Union Station (the location of Los Angeles' original Chinatown).
Archive Room: The research collection includes manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, as well as tapes and transcripts from a Chinatown oral history project.
The bookstore stocks volumes on local and national Chinese-American history.
Historical Tour of New Chinatown
Chinatown was relocated in 1938 to its present location from the area where Union Station is now. The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California offers docent guided historical tour of the New Chinatown.
A tour can be anywhere from 1 hour to 6 hours. It is dependent on the availability of our volunteer docents. The cost is $5 per adult and $3 per student for a group tour of up to 2 hours. There is a minimum of 10 person required in a group tour. Please call for appointment, 323.222.0856.
If you prefer to go on a self guided tour you can pick up a self-guided walking historic trail. The brochure is Angels Walk LA prepared by MTA. It is free.
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California also offers a number of educational programs located at different venues throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Visit their website for current events.
Contact the Historical Society for its latest information.
411 Bernard Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-222-0856
http://www.chssc.org/chsscpage.shtml
Sun: 12p-4:30p
The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California was founded in 1975. It's aim is to discover and share Chinese-American history. In 1995, the Society moved into these two Victorian houses (see top picture), built in 1886 and 1888 by Philip Fritz, an emigrant from Alsace (German/French border region), for his family.
Today, the Visitors Center shows the history of the Chinese in Southern California. On display are also artifacts from the archaeological dig performed during excavations for the Metro Red line at Union Station (the location of Los Angeles' original Chinatown).
Archive Room: The research collection includes manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, as well as tapes and transcripts from a Chinatown oral history project.
The bookstore stocks volumes on local and national Chinese-American history.
Historical Tour of New Chinatown
Chinatown was relocated in 1938 to its present location from the area where Union Station is now. The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California offers docent guided historical tour of the New Chinatown.
A tour can be anywhere from 1 hour to 6 hours. It is dependent on the availability of our volunteer docents. The cost is $5 per adult and $3 per student for a group tour of up to 2 hours. There is a minimum of 10 person required in a group tour. Please call for appointment, 323.222.0856.
If you prefer to go on a self guided tour you can pick up a self-guided walking historic trail. The brochure is Angels Walk LA prepared by MTA. It is free.
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California also offers a number of educational programs located at different venues throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Visit their website for current events.
Contact the Historical Society for its latest information.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)