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Guide to the May Chen Papers WAG.301
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Chen, May Ying |
| Source
- dnr:
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Chen, May Ying |
| Title: |
May Chen Papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1970-2017 |
| 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.
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| Quantity: |
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.
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| Quantity: |
30.85 Gigabytes on 8 CD-R, 4 CD-RW, 1 commercial DVD, 1 3.5 in floppy disk, and 8 DVD-R |
| Quantity: |
5 videocassettes (vhs) |
| Quantity: |
13 videocassettes (vhs-c) |
| Quantity: |
4 videocassettes (minidv) |
| Language: |
Some materials are in Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. |
| Call Phrase: |
WAG.301 |
