Giving Tuesday 2023
The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, Inc. (CHSSC) was organized in November 1975. The mission of the Chinese Historical Society is to bring together people with a mutual interest in the important history and historical role of Chinese and Chinese Americans in Southern California.
We have a vast collection of archival materials, and our primary goal is to preserve our assets and share them with the public. Among our most endangered treasures is our collection of phonograph records. Most of these recordings are of Cantonese opera made between the 1910s and the 1950s, distributed by companies across the U.S. as well as China, Germany, and the U.K. Some of our rarest records were made by the very first Chinese- language radio station in North America.
Preserving these recordings will not only help us preserve the Cantonese language but give insight into Cantonese culture in the early twentieth century as well as provide evidence of the distribution networks that served a wide Chinese diaspora. Working with the California State Library’s California Revealed program, we have recently secured funding to digitize some of our records. But due to the rarity and fragile nature of our collection, we would like to preserve all of them as soon as possible. Luckily, the State Library will give us their bulk pricing rate if we can fund the rest of the project.
With your help CHSSC will be able to save these important cultural artifacts and share them with our community for generations to come.
南加州華人歷史學會 (CHSSC) 成立於 1975 年 11 月。華人歷史學會的使命是將對南加州華人和華裔美國人的重要歷史和歷史作用有共同興趣的人們聚集在一起。
我們收集了大量檔案資料，我們的首要目標是保護我們的資產並與公眾分享。我們最瀕危的寶藏之一是我們收藏的留聲機唱片。這些唱片大部分是 1910 年代至 1950 年代製作的粵劇唱片，由美國以及中國、德國和英國的公司發行。我們最稀有的一些唱片是在北美洲由一家中文廣播電台錄製的。
保存這些錄音不僅有助於我們保存粵語，還能讓我們深入了解二十世紀初的粵語文化，並提供為廣大華人僑民服務的發行網絡的證據。我們與加州州立圖書館的加州揭秘計劃合作，最近獲得了資金來將我們的一些記錄數位化。但由於我們收藏的稀有性和脆弱性，我們希望盡快保存所有這些託收。幸運的是，如果我們能夠為該項目的其餘部分提供資金，州立圖書館將為我們提供批量定價。
在您的幫助下，CHSSC 將能夠保存這些重要的文物，並與我們的社區子孫後代分享。
We have a vast collection of archival materials, and our primary goal is to preserve our assets and share them with the public. Among our most endangered treasures is our collection of phonograph records. Most of these recordings are of Cantonese opera made between the 1910s and the 1950s, distributed by companies across the U.S. as well as China, Germany, and the U.K. Some of our rarest records were made by the very first Chinese- language radio station in North America.
Preserving these recordings will not only help us preserve the Cantonese language but give insight into Cantonese culture in the early twentieth century as well as provide evidence of the distribution networks that served a wide Chinese diaspora. Working with the California State Library’s California Revealed program, we have recently secured funding to digitize some of our records. But due to the rarity and fragile nature of our collection, we would like to preserve all of them as soon as possible. Luckily, the State Library will give us their bulk pricing rate if we can fund the rest of the project.
With your help CHSSC will be able to save these important cultural artifacts and share them with our community for generations to come.
南加州華人歷史學會 (CHSSC) 成立於 1975 年 11 月。華人歷史學會的使命是將對南加州華人和華裔美國人的重要歷史和歷史作用有共同興趣的人們聚集在一起。
我們收集了大量檔案資料，我們的首要目標是保護我們的資產並與公眾分享。我們最瀕危的寶藏之一是我們收藏的留聲機唱片。這些唱片大部分是 1910 年代至 1950 年代製作的粵劇唱片，由美國以及中國、德國和英國的公司發行。我們最稀有的一些唱片是在北美洲由一家中文廣播電台錄製的。
保存這些錄音不僅有助於我們保存粵語，還能讓我們深入了解二十世紀初的粵語文化，並提供為廣大華人僑民服務的發行網絡的證據。我們與加州州立圖書館的加州揭秘計劃合作，最近獲得了資金來將我們的一些記錄數位化。但由於我們收藏的稀有性和脆弱性，我們希望盡快保存所有這些託收。幸運的是，如果我們能夠為該項目的其餘部分提供資金，州立圖書館將為我們提供批量定價。
在您的幫助下，CHSSC 將能夠保存這些重要的文物，並與我們的社區子孫後代分享。