Asian Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Committee on Women, Population and the Environment records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00768
Abstract
The collection contains the business records of the Committee on Women, Population,& the Environment (CWPE), a multi-racial alliance that works on the local, regional, national, and international levels to oppose population control policies that blame overpopulation for poverty, hunger, environmental degradation and political volatility.
Dates of Materials:
1979 - 2012
Lora Jo Foo papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00561
Abstract
Lawyer; Labor organizer. Materials documenting Foo's activism in advocating for the rights of immigrant workers in the U.S., primarily via the Asian Law Caucus and Sweatshop Watch; plus published writings, speeches, and interviews.
Dates of Materials:
1940 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1973 - 2007
Pacific Coast Field Committee minutes and reports, 1907 May-1922 February
File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 13, microdex: 1
Scope and Contents
Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Pacific Coast Field Committee. Field committees unite local associations under the general purposes and missions of the National YWCA, assist with emerging and established local associations, arrange conferences and camps and oversee fundraising campaigns. Materials include reports from field secretaries, narrative reports that summarize work with local associations, make recommendations and requests for personnel and finance, report on...
Dates of Materials:
1907 May-1922 February
Pacific Coast Field Committee minutes and reports, 1922 February-1922 December
File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 14, microdex: 1
Scope and Contents
Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Pacific Coast Field Committee. Field committees unite local associations under the general purposes and missions of the National YWCA, assist with emerging and established local associations, arrange conferences and camps, and oversee fundraising campaigns. Materials include reports from field secretaries, narrative reports that summarize work with local associations. In this final year of field committee reports, much attention is given to the...
Dates of Materials:
1922 February-1922 December