07. Asian American community
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Lowe Family Papers
The collection consists of the correspondence, papers, and selected books accumulated and saved by Chuan-Hua Gershom Lowe throughout his lifetime as student, journalist, Chinese embassy official, librarian, husband, and father. Lowe was born in China in 1902, earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Chicago, lived again in China, in Burma, in India, in Argentina, in Canada, and again in the U.S., dying in 1996.
Jain religious artifacts collection
Prayer and worship items of the Jain religion, including embroidered textiles, wooden folding cradle for sacred text, framed mantra text with deity sculpture, red painted metal tray with accompanying red box with red vessel inside, and more.
George Gee personal papers and photographs
Photographs, certificates, awards and more, documenting the financial and insurance services career of George Gee, who was a member of long time member of the Asian American community in Houston, Texas. George Gee family members and various politicians are pictured.
Tito Refi Filipino-American event programs
Event programs from a variety of Filipino community and professional organizations document the groups' activities in both the Houston area and the greater Texas region.
Dr. Lawrence Chan papers
This collection includes a copy of the Senate bill which authorized his permanent residency in the U.S., clippings of news articles on Dr. Chan's work, a copy of an honorary degree from the University of Hong Kong, and publications of papers that he co-authored.
Cawas Mody Zoroastrian Religious Artifacts collection
The collection contains Mody's personal prayer cap and beads; his book of daily prayers; his copy of Hymns of Zarathustra by Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin; his copy of Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism by Mary Boyce; his copy of Zoroastrianism by Annie Besant; and an obituary of Mody in the Lawrence Journal-World, as well as a program for his celebration of life ceremony at First United Methodist Church in Lawrence, Kansas.
Judge Toni Ingversen Asian American Heritage Association event photographs
Eufemia Chua Philippine Nurses Association of Metropolitan Houston newsletters and clippings
This collection consists of programs, newsletters, and clippings. These items were collected by Eufemia Chua during her time serving in leadership roles with the Philippine Nurses Association of Metropolitan Houston (PNAMH). The items included are from the years 1980, 1988, and 1996.
Vietnamese Culture and Science Association event programs
The collection consists of programs from annual Youth Excellence Recognition Award luncheons, the 25th anniversary celebration of the Vietnamese Culture and Science Association, newsletters of the association, and a program from a 2004 national conference of the National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies.
Flor Guinhawa Filipino-American history books and gala programs
21 bound event programs, 2006-2016, and 12 books to be cataloged separately with the following note: Gift: Donated by Flor Guinhawa, of the Philippine-American Chamber of Commerce Texas, via the Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University.