Summary This collection contains books, documents, financial records, letters, and papers that document Chinese immigrant organizations and businesses. The book collection contains more than 200 books including works in literature, religion, medicine and education textbooks. Records and publications of local and national Chinese organizations such as Hip Sing and Hop Sing are included in this collection. Local business records are also included and of particular interest are the Ah Fong Apothecary...

Content Description

This collection contains 19 black and white photographic prints of members of the Chinese immigrant community in Boise, Idaho. Boise businessman Fong Foo Jeung (方富長), also known as Harry Fong, is featured heavily in this collection along with several of his immediate family members, including his first wife, Kwan Shee (方門關氏) also known as Gretta Fong. This collection also contains several portraits of unidentified individuals of Chinese descent.

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Materials removed from the Hop Sing Building in Boise. Much of the material is in Chinese and relates to the Chinese restaurant Louie's Golden Dragon, which was on the corner of Eighth and Grove Streets in Boise. Louie's Golden Dragon closed in 1965.

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Correspondence, minutes, and other materials of the Boise, Idaho, branch of the association.