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Chin, Reading Room File

• Joe K. Chin, 82, Long a Restaurateur. Detroit Free Press (Mar. 5, 1972).
• Joe K. Chin restaurant owner. Detroit News (Mar. 5, 1972).
• Soon L. Chin, Birmingham restaurateur. Detroit News (Jan. 12, 1973).
• Best, Mike.Heng-Chao Chin, research physicist. Detroit News.

Chung, Reading Room File

• Gaming Raid Jails Chinatown Mayor. Detroit News (Feb. 5, 1944).
• Treen, John C. Chinese Pay Chung Honor. Detroit News (May 25, 1951).
• Death Takes ‘Mayor’ of Chinatown. Detroit Free Press (May 24, 1951).
• Colorful Rites (Photo). Detroit Free Press (May 28, 1951).
• Engaged. Detroit News (Feb. 7, 1951).
• Treen, John C. When the Dragon Danced in Detroit. 2. Detroit News (Jan. 27, 1957).
• Rare Oriental Gowns in Chinese Wedding. 2. Detroit News (Oct. 12, 1959).
• Chung’s Owner Dies at 67. Detroit Free Press (Apr. 26, 1973).
• Mrs. Chung Dies; Restaurant Pioneer. Detroit News (Apr. 25, 1973).

Yee, Reading Room File

• Harry Y. Yee and Robert Yee (Photo). Detroit Free Press (Feb. 12, 1922).
• Harrison, Zan. Others Call Their Mother ‘Doctor.’ Detroit News (Apr. 1, 1967).
• Young Yee. Macomb Daily (June 30, 1973).
• Jack F. Yee, architectural engineer. Detroit News (Nov. 28, 1973).
• Butcher, Mary Lou. A spelling champ emerges. 2. Detroit News (May 6, 1976).
• Susanne Yee. Detroit Free Press (May 31, 1987).
• Christopher Yee. Plymouth Observer (Mar. 11, 2001).
• Yut Yee. Macomb Daily.

The Detroit Free Press

• Lin Luen Fai. Sept. 1, 1880.
• John Chinaman. Jan. 29, 1873.
• Another John. Feb. 5, 1873.
• Remember Them. Dec. 20, 1873.
• The number of Chinamen. May 26, 1874.
• Detroit now has ten Chinese. Dec. 3, 1874.
• John Chinaman’s Christmas. Dec. 20, 1874.
• The Heathen Chinee. Jan. 19, 1875.
• The Chinese residents of Detroit. Jan. 29, 1875.
• The Chinese New Year’s Day. Feb. 5, 1875.
• There is not a Chinese woman in this city. Mar. 14, 1875.
• One of Detroit’s heathen Chinese. Apr. 6, 1875.
• Lee Sie, a Chinese laundryman. May 21, 1875.
• Celestial Celebration. 2. Jan. 25, 1876.
• Lung Sing. July 25, 1877.
• Will Observe. 2. Dec. 11, 1877.
• Yesterday was Chinese New Year’s day. Feb. 2, 1878.
• Our Orientals. July 17, 1879.
• Detroit has twenty-seven Chinese residents. Sept. 25, 1886.
• Detroit’s First Chinese Newsboy. Aug. 30, 1908.
• Chinese Here Greet New Year Quietly. Feb. 6, 1924.
• Hunt Alien Ring Here: Immigration Officials Reveal Influx of Chinese. Oct. 27, 1931.
• Detroit Chinese Honor American: Enshrine Flier Who Died in Combat. Mar. 7, 1932.
• Chinese Group Honored Here: Educators Welcomed by Churches. Nov. 26, 1934.
• Firecrackers didn’t pop Monday. Jan. 28, 1941.
• City Opens Drive to Aid China Today. Apr. 3, 1941.
• Chinese Exhibit to Open Sunday. May 20, 1941.
• Tenny, Allen. Chinese Actress and Patriot Says Nation Will Rise Anew. Jan. 27, 1942.
• China Relief Passes Halfway Mark. June 10, 1942.
• Chinese Plan Anniversary. Mar. 12, 1944.
• Athletic Club Keeps Chinese Fit for Postwar Role. 2.
• Griffith, John. City’s Chinese Pass Up New Year Celebration. Feb. 11, 1948.
• Courage, Ray. These Young Detroiters Go to School Every Day. Sept. 23, 1958.

The Detroit News

• The Chinese Colony: The Aims, Aspirations, and Character of the Ten Mongolians in Detroit. May 18, 1878.
• City’s Chinese Hold Meetings: Plan to Buy Planes in Detroit for Use Against Japs in Manchuria. Jan. 11, 1932.
• Local Chinese To Raise Fund. Feb. 1, 1932.
• Adler, Philip A. Chinese Donate Savings To Help Fight Japanese. Feb. 25, 1932.
• Chinese Women’s Club. Nov. 6, 1935.
• City’s Vanishing Old China Sorrows for New Years Past. Jan. 19, 1936.
• Detroit’s Chinese Colony Celebrates the New Year. Feb. 14, 1937.
• 400 at Feast to Aid China. Oct. 26, 1937.
• Chinese Rally Hears Bishop. May 3, 1939.
• Rising Sun Eclipsed: Chinese Beauty Sheds Radiance Here. May 3, 1939.
• Chinese Celebrate Quietly the Dawn of a New Year. Jan. 27, 1941.
• Parade to Feature China Relief Drive. Oct. 8, 1941.
• Chinese Funds for U.S. Defense.
• A Dragon of Victory Routs Evil Spirits. 2. Feb. 16, 1942.
• 2-Week Drive for $250,000 Starts Here. Apr. 12, 1942.
• China Relief Drive Off to Good Start. Apr. 14, 1942.
• Chinese Mark Anniversary: Detroiters Pray for Victory Over Japs. July 6, 1942.
• Detroit Chinese Apply for First Citizenship Papers. Apr. 25, 1944.
• Treen, John C. Ancient Music and Drama Open Chinese Colony Center. Mar. 1, 1950.
• Treen, John C. Chinese Eschew Red Paper: Detroit Community Hails Democracy. Jan. 21, 1951.
• Treen, John C. Woodward Cars Halt for Chinese Mourners. Mar. 7, 1951.
• Treen, John C. Juvenile Delinquency Low in Detroit Chinese Colony. 2. Feb. 26, 1956.
• Anderson, James K. Picnic and Fireworks Top Nationality Events. Aug. 18, 1958.
• Fodor, Susan. ‘Love and Discipline’ Rear Good Children. Jan. 20, 1959.
• Chinese New Year. Feb. 5, 1959.

Miscellaneous Material

• The Chinese class. Post & Tribune (May 19, 1882).
• Servants to the Dead. Detroit Tribune (Aug. 12, 1886).
• Four Chinamen. Detroit Journal (July 17, 1895).
• Over Bridge of Ice Wily Chinese Seek Forbidden U.S. Land. 2. Detroit Journal (Jan. 18, 1910).
• Bits of Old World In Detroit. Detroit Saturday Night (Mar. 4, 1922).
• Detroit Proves That East Is West. Detroit Saturday Night (Aug. 18, 1928).
• THIS LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS. Sponsorship: Provisional Committee To Aid The Chinese People (Aug. 4, 1938).
• Christmas Greetings to American Mothers. Sponsorship: Provisional Committee to Aid the Chinese People.

The Detroit Free Press

• Unveil Plans for $3 Million Chinatown: Merchants Tell Council They’re Ready to Build. Aug. 3, 1961.
• Old Chinatown Born Anew At Relocation Ceremonies. 2. 3. May 13, 1963.
• Treloar, Jim. Year of Dragon Draggin’. Feb. 12, 1964.
• Our Chinese Welcome The Year of the Boar. Jan. 21, 1971.
• Bunnell, Sandra. The Dragon Dances. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Jan. 6, 1974.
• Bang! Chinese Convention Opens. Sept. 3, 1975.
• A bat, a gavel, a question of justice. 2. May 9, 1983.
• The ordeal of Lily Chin. 2. July 7, 1983.
• U.S. indicts 2 given probation in Chin death. 2. Nov. 3, 1983.
• 16 Chin case jurors sworn in. June 13, 1984.
• Federal jury in Chin case hears 2 sides of beating. 2. June 14, 1984.

The Detroit News

• Wells, Robert L. Spur International Village Project. Feb. 19, 1960.
• Gill, John. Chinese Bicker Over Plans to Build New Chinatown Here. July 13, 1961.
• 3 Million Chinese Village Proposed. From Our City-County Bureau. Aug. 3, 1961.
• Jack Manning Says: A New Chinatown Would Vastly Aid Downtown Detroit. Aug. 25, 1961.
• Gill, John. Chinese Reject Village Role, Will Rebuild Along Cass. 2. Nov. 4, 1962.
• Cantor, George. Year of the Rabbit (4661) Arrives with a Quiet Hop. 2. Jan. 26, 1963.
• Carlisle, John M. Chinese Will Hail New Cass District. May 3, 1963.
• Miss Hong Kong to Open Chinatown Festival Here. May 9, 1963.
• Carlisle, John M. Dragon Dance Lifts Evil Spell as New Chinatown Is Born. May 14, 1963.
• Stelly, Frank. Chinatown A-Poppin. 2. Oct. 24, 1964.
• Chinese fortune: A year in the dog’s house. Feb. 1, 1970.
• Parade honors Chinese Republic. Oct. 11, 1971.
• Wells, Robert L. Future of Taiwan a Source of Concern: Nixon Trip Pleases Detroit’s Chinese. Feb. 23, 1972.
• Program to help elderly Orientals. Sept. 10, 1973.
• Detroit’s Chinatown marks lunar holiday. Sept. 17, 1973.
• Group seeks better China understanding. Mar. 6, 1975.
• Chinatown: A clash of cultures where a family can dream. 2. July 10, 1977.
• Japanese, Koreans share Detroit. July 10, 1977.
• Send in the lions. 2. Jan. 26, 1979.
• Chinese fear gang extortion. 2. Jan. 3, 1981.
• Getting Away With Murder? The Life and Death of Vincent Chin. 2. 3. Apr. 17, 1983.
• Beating death stirs rally. 2. May 10, 1983.
• U.S. jury indicts two in Chin case. 2. Nov. 3, 1983.
• Chang, Ti-hua. Lily. 2. 3. 4. 5 Oct. 12, 1986.

Miscellaneous Material

• Norman, Kathie. The New Chinatown: Quaint shops and exotic eateries are sparking rebirth along Cass. 2. 3. Free Press Sunday Magazine (Nov. 2, 1963).
• Special Election Supplement to the ACA Newsletter. Association of Chinese Americans (Nov. 1974).
• Sweeney, Ann. WSU Plans Chinese Classroom. The Sunday News (Mar. 30, 1975).
• Stark, Al. Will Chinatown Come Back?The Sunday News Magazine (Nov. 14, 1976).
• Formal Invitation to Moon Festival. 2. The Chinese American Educational and Cultural Center. Detroit, Michigan: Sept. 16, 1978.
• Moon Festival, Opening Ceremonies. Chinatown, Detroit.2. Sept. 16, 1978.
• Detroit’s Chinese Celebrate Harvest, Femininity, Romance. Detroit Monitor (Sept. 13, 1979).
• Detroit Chinese. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. The National Chinese Welfare Council of Detroit (Nov. 1979).
• Presenting ‘The Chinese Way.’ Linda Ashley. Detroit Monitor. January 24, 1980.
• Chinese Archives Exhibit of Early Detroit Chinese Settlers. 2. 3. Dec. 14, 1980.
• Chinese Archives Exhibit of Early Detroit Chinese Settlers, Opening Ceremonies. 2. Henry Ford Centennial Library. Dearborn, Michigan: Dec. 14, 1980.
• Ritchie, L. Carol. ACJ Plans Asian-American Center. Metro Times (June 17, 1987).
• Double Ten Days: New Chinatown Community Celebrates Chinese Independence Day. Pamphlet.

The Detroit Free Press

• Montemurri, Patricia. Chinatown Lost: Forlorn area is buried in the Cass Corridor. 2. 3. Nov. 26, 1989.
• Chin slaying case unites Asians. 2. June 19, 1992.

The Detroit News

• Remembering A Victim Of Hatred. June 20, 1992.

Miscellaneous Material

• Furchak, George. Chinese students fear repercussions back home. The South End (June 22, 1989).
• Franz, Norb. Family, activists demand new probe of teen’s shooting by cops. Macomb Daily (Jan. 31, 2007).
• Svoboda, Sandra. Shooting Pains. Metro Times (Feb. 7, 2007).
• News Hits Staff. Hmong Among Us.. Metro Times (Apr. 4, 2007).
• Kozlowski, Andy. Plaque memorializes Chinese-American Veterans.. Madison Park News (Nov. 18, 2009).