Him Mark Lai Digital Archive

Him Mark Lai Digital Archive

The Him Mark Lai Digital Archive Project is an ongoing project dedicated to the lifelong work of the man known as the “Master Archivist” who gave legitimacy to Chinese American history. Visit the site at himmarklai.org > Him Mark Lai digital images...
CHSA at the Google Cultural Institute

CHSA at the Google Cultural Institute

The Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) has added 51 high resolution art works to the Google Cultural Institute, allowing people all over the world to explore their collection of historic images online. To date, CHSA has contributed 51 photographs and...
Julia Morgan Legacy Project

Julia Morgan Legacy Project

Architecture and Influence During a time when women were not allowed to get architecture degrees, Julia Morgan was one of the Julia-Morgan-panelscan2-571x750first women to receive a degree in civil engineering in 1894 at University of California, Berkeley. Morgan went...
Sun Yat-sen: An American Legacy

Sun Yat-sen: An American Legacy

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the modern republic of China, CHSA presents the exhibition Sun Yat-sen: An American Legacy. The exhibition tells the story of the “father of modern China” Dr. Sun Yat-sen and his travels in America as he rallied...
History Pin

History Pin

CHSA began a project of digitizing our photography collection and posting it online to History Pin, thanks to our faithful volunteer, Nancy Fong. History Pin is a global history project that allows you to compare historic photos to their modern day locations. While...
Civil Rights Suite

Civil Rights Suite

In celebration of 2008 Asian Pacific Heritage Month, the Chinese Historical Society of America is proud to present the Civil Rights Suite, a trio of exhibits comprised of The Chinese of California, Remembering 1882, and To Enjoy and Defend Our American Citizenship....