40. Newsletter of T.A. Archives December, 2017

 Taiwanese American Archives (台美史料中心) December 2017 issue NO. 32

NEWSLETTER

http://www.TaiwaneseAmericanHistory.org

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

to You !!!

 

·       Our Journey (我們走過的路):

In order to have a better collection of “Our Journeys” in the past 7 decades, we need your support with  articles and artifacts for the 4 subjects below ASAP:

  1. Brief History of Taiwanese American Organizations
  2. Major Activities of Taiwanese American Organizations       
  3. Activities Specifically for “Care for Taiwanese Americans“
  4. Activities Specifically for “Care for Taiwan“

·       Collection of  your artifacts:

We are interested in collecting historically valuable banners, flyers and artifacts used by your T. A. organizations. The collected artifacts will be displayed at the T. A. Archives Center in Irvine, CA.

·       Important Events Happened in 2017:

Please e-mail us, by December 15, the important events happened in your local T. A. community and T. A.  organizations in 2017. We will compile all the important events together and e-mail to you for voting the 10 most important events of 2017 for T. A. community. The voting results will be published in our Jan.  Newsletter, 2018.

·       Private Collections:

We would like to save your articles ( published and not published), documents, photos and award certificates in “Private Collections” under your names. This collection will provides you with additional place saving your important life-time writings and documents. Please support us by e-mailing whatever you can to us.

·       Photos and Artworks for Video Shows of “Our Journeys”:

Please e-mail or mail us the photos and artifacts related to “ Our Journeys”.

We are preparing a number of video shows of “ Our Journeys” for the past 7 Decades.

·       “Important Events” Collected in November 2017:

  1. The Wildfires in N. CA in Early October
  2. The Petition for Using “Taiwan” to be the Names of the Offices of Taiwan Government in the U. S. by A Numbers of Taiwanese American Organizations

·       “First/Famous” Collected in November 2017:

  1. Enchin Chen (蕭永真) / The first Female Taiwanese Student Studying in the U.S. / 11/01/1953
  2. James Chuang(鍾文忠 ) / A Famous Restaurateur of Sushi Food Ichiban Japanese Cateringin New York
  3. C & L Imperial (北港台菜館 )/ A Famous Restaurant for Taiwanese Foods, Flushing, NY
  4. Jane H. Hsiao (許照惠) / A Renowned Enterprenurer in Bio-tech Business Worldwide
  5. Taiwanese-American Softball Tournament – New Jersey Invitational Softball Tournament/ The First Softball Tournament for Second Generation of T. A. , Sponsored by TACL-NJ & WATAA in Woodlot Park, South Brunswick, N.J./ 08/07/1993
  6. Candidate Night for the Mayor of West Windsor/N. J. / The First Candidate Night with Candidates for Political Office / 05/01/1993
  7. William L. Ko (柯威霖)/ The Oldest Professional Employee, Still Working at Age of 90 for Dryden Flight Research Center/ NASA , Edwards, CA
  8. Li-Huei Tsai (蔡立慧) / The Youngest Member of Academia Sinica in Taiwan(中研院院士最年輕的女院士) / 2009
  9. East Coast Prof. Chen’s Tennis Tournament(美東文成杯網球賽) / The first and largest Tennis Tournament (最早及最大的網球比賽) / 1984
  10. Passport to Taiwan : The Celebration of Taiwanese American Heritage Week in New York City / The Largest Outdoor Taiwanese Event in the U.S. and The Most Organized and Entertaining Asian Festival in New York City / 2002

·       “Pride of Taiwanese American” Collected in November 2017:

  1. Jane H. Hsiao 許照惠
  2. Ming T. Tsuang 莊明哲教授
  3. Chen S. Tsai 蔡振水教授
  4. Tsing-Fang Chen 陳錦芳博士

For further information, please click the link below:

http://taiwaneseamericanhistory.org/projects/02-winners-of-prestigious-awards-and-pride-of-t-a/

·       “Winners of Prestigious Awards” Collected in November 2017:

  1. Outstanding Contributor Award, Alzheimer Research Forum (阿茲海默症研究論壇傑出貢獻獎) / Li-Huei Tsai (蔡立慧) /2004
  2. Truman Awards (民主黨最佳年度民選官員) / John Chiang (江俊輝) / 1995
  3. Commitment to Leadership Award, The United Way( 休士頓聯合公益基金會領導卓越獎) / Cheng Y. Chuang (莊承業) / 1999
  4. World Master Athletic Championship 400公尺(100公尺X4)1,600公尺(400公尺X4)接力賽80~84歲年齡組冠軍 / Fei-Mei Lee Chou (周李惠美) / 2015

·       “Artifacts” Collected in November:

  1. Silk Scarf – Gift of The 29 Annual Convention of NATWA 2017(Donated by Ms. S. Wang/Atlanta, GA)
  2. 台灣學生 Taiwanese Collegian 45 1988-04 的照相樣板(Donated by Mr. K. Liu/Cary, NC)
  3. T-shirt of Southeast Taiwanese American Association ( 1980s) (Donated by Mr. K. Liu/Cary, NC)
  4. T-shirt of Southeast Taiwanese American Association 2005(Donated by Mr. K. Liu/Cary, NC)
  5. T-shirt of Peace, Love, and Democracy for Taiwan 1996(Donated by Mr. K. Liu/Cary, NC)
  6. T-shirt of Taiwanese Collegian 1983 ~ 1993 台灣學生社十年紀念(Donated by Mr. K. Liu/Cary, NC)
  7. T-shirt of Taiwanese American Social Service Committee(Donated by Mr. K. Liu/Cary, NC)

·       “Videos” Collected in November 2017:

  1. Let’s Sing Together with Our Hearts(作伙來唱歌、唱出咱ㄟ心聲) by Greater Washington Taiwanese-American Chorus(大華府臺灣合唱團) / 11/04/2017
  2. Videos of Chung Nan Shih( 施忠男的影音紀錄頻道 )

·       “Publications” Collected in November 2017:

No. Publications # on website Titles of Publications Authors/Donors Published
Date
1 1141 第二十九屆北美洲台灣婦女會年會手冊 NATWA(Donated by Ms. S. Wang) 04/2017
2 1142 北美洲台灣人教授協會南加州分會十周年紀念冊 / /-/1995/Magazines/雜誌 NATPA-SCAL(e-file, Donated by Prof. Doris Lu) -/1995
3 台灣百合論壇 #1 & #9 issues Chhong-bi Memorial Fund 聰美姐紀念基會(Donated by Mrs. S. Chiu) 07/1995~ 11/1996
4 Taiwanese Collegian內部通訊 台灣學生社(Donated by Mr. K. Liu) 05/1994~

08/1997

5 台灣學生社夏令營/冬令營大會手冊 台灣學生社(Donated by Mr. K. Liu) 1987~

2003

6 台灣查某 TW Women (Donated by Mr. K. Liu) 1994~

2000

7 北卡州大校區海報事件經緯 (Donated by Mr. K. Liu) 01/1983
8 北美洲台灣研究討論會年會手冊 NATSC(Donated by Mr. K. Liu) 1995, 1996, 1998

·       Progress in November 2017:

We collected 104 entries in September. The total entry is 7342:

Categories # posted in October # posted in November # posted up to 11/30/17
My Stories 14 12 609
Our journeys 6 6 326
Publications 2 2 1142
Culture/Artists/Exhibitions 1 1 89
Culture/Musicians/Concerts 3 5 539
Private Collections 3 0 48
First and Famous 2 10 352
Videos 2 2 86
Photo Albums 1 1 184
Who’s Who 13 32 1951
Projects (21 sub-titles) 37 16 886
Our Footsteps 0 0 21
Events / Milestones 2 4 142
Artifacts 4 7 62
Organizations 0 5 866
Newsletters 1 1 39
Total Entry 91 104 7342

·       Contact Us :

Email: taarchivescenter@gmail.com                                       Tele. #: (949) 294-6041

T.A. Archives (台美史料中心), Irvine, CA 92606