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Plans Formed to Renovate Quake Damaged Buildings

News article; the association in the 1910 Hip Sing building hopes to apply for a city-backed loan that would renovate and restore the upper floors for lower-income people, especially after the building was badly damaged after the Nisqually…

Noji Flight Sets New Mark

News article; Rick Noji won the 23rd Annual Pasco Invitational Track and Field Meet with a winning jump of seven (7) feet.

From Immigrant to Insider in Burien

News article; Wing Woo was elected as the mayor of Burien, a city where only 7 percent of the residents are Asian American. (contains article, photographs)

Celebrating the Girl Scout World

A photograph of the Seattle Chinese Community's Girls Drill Team. (contains photo, author unavailable.)

Membership Directory, 1990-1991

Membership directory of the Japan-America Society of the State of Washington.

12-Year Old Bears a Religious Burden

News article; Gurbaj Singh, a Sikh was playing basketball when his kirpan (ceremonial knife) fell. An adult saw the knife and reported to the prinicipal, who asked Gurbaj to hand over the knife. However, the boy refused, erupting a debate of minority…

Mizuki Nursery is closing

After owner Bill Mizuki's death, his family decided to close G. Mizuki Nursery and Landscaping in Rainier Valley. Includes a map of where the Nursery was located and a history of the business.

A Man of Firsts

Interview article; interview of Frankllin Odo, first director of the Asian Pacific American Program. (contains interview and photo of Odo)

Tribute to a Chinese man who saved Jewish lives

Feng Shan Ho was living in Vienna in 1938 when the Holocaust happened. He helped the Jews by issuing Chinese entry visas to Jews. (contains article and a color photo)

Organizations of Chinese Americans (OCA) packet

Folder; Contains letters, pamphlet, and an agenda of the Organization of Chinese Americans National Convention from July 26-29, 2001.