Joanna Wan-Ying Chan papers, 1970-2020

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Series I: Personal=個人文件, 1975-2004

Series includes personal materials related to and collected by Joanna Wan-Ying Chan, dating from 1975 to 2004.

Subseries I.1: Special Events consisting of materials related to Joanna Chan's relationship with New York Chinatown and the Church of Transfiguration, dating from 1975 to 2002.

Subseries I.2: Playwright Symposiums contains files related to the playwright festivals and symposiums that Joanna Chan attended and contributed, from 1993 to 2004, in conjunction with her activity in the Yangtze Repertory Theatre and the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre.

Subseries I.3: Printed Materials comprise serials and books collected or authored by Joanna relating to art, Chinatown history, and Chinese culture, dating from 1974 to 2013.

Subseries I.4: Memorabilia includes a wallet gifted by the casts and crew of the Oedipus Rex from the Sing Sing RTA program, circa 2006.

Arranged in 4 subseries by subject and material type, and chronologically within each subseries.


Subseries I.1: Special Events=特別活動, 1975-2002

Subseries I.1: Special Events consisting of materials related to Joanna Chan's relationship with New York Chinatown and the Church of Transfiguration, dating from 1975 to 2002.

Arranged chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1 New York City Bicentennial '76, 1975

New York City Chinatown's observance of 200 years of American Independence, 1975. Includes slides from the catalogue of a pictorial history of early Chinatown.



Box 41 Folder 2 New York City Bicentennial '76, 1975

Oversized materials, clipping scrapbook, etc. Also include Chinese press coverage of the opening of A Pictorial History of New York's Chinatown at the headquarters of the Chinese Benevolent Association on 62 Mott Street, New York City, in 1975 in honor of the US Bicentennial, of which Joanna Chan was the coordinator.



Box 1 Folder 2 New York City Council and Chinese American Arts Council, 1993


Box 1 Folder 3 Church of the Transfiguration Bicentennial Celebration, 2002


Subseries I.2: Playwright Symposiums=戲劇硏討會, 1993-2004

Subseries I.2: Playwright Symposiums contains files related to the playwright festivals and symposiums that Joanna Chan attended and contributed, from 1993 to 2004, in conjunction with her activity in the Yangtze Repertory Theatre and the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre.

Arranged chronologically.


Box 1 Folder 4 1st International Chinese-Language Playwrights Symposium=當代華文戲劇創作國際硏討會, 1993


Box 1 Folder 5 Beijing Chinese-Language Playwrights Symposium='96中国戏剧交流暨学术研讨会, 1996


Box 1 Folder 6 2nd Chinese Drama Festival=第二屆華文戲劇節, 1998


Box 1 Folder 7 3rd Chinese Drama Festival=第三屆華文戲劇節, 2000


Box 1 Folder 8 4th Chinese Drama Festival=第四屆華文戲劇節, 2002


Box 1 Folder 9 10th International Chinese-Language Playwrights Symposium=十年建樹1993-2003華文戲劇作品研討會, 2004


Subseries I.3: Printed Materials=書冊類, 1974-2013

Subseries I.3: Printed Materials comprise serials and books collected or authored by Joanna relating to art, Chinatown history, and Chinese culture, dating from 1974 to 2013.



Box 8 Folder 3 Maryknoll Magazine, July/August 1997, May/June 2013

Author:Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. LC#5803058


Box 8 Folder 3 The catalogue of a pictorial history of early Chinatown=紐約華埠歷史圖片展覽目錄 : 附紀念李韜牧師圖書室圖書目錄, 1980

Published: NYC : Arts Inc., 1980. OCLC#34560777


Box 8 Folder 4 Children of the Yellow River=黃河兒女, 1974

Author: Joanna Chan. Publisher: A.R.T.S. Inc., New York, 1974. OCLC#5320644


Box 8 Folder 4 我的小時候 / Wo de xiao shi hou, 1999

Authors: [作者]五十六位與香港共歷成長的朋友 ; [編輯關美琼, 黃幗坤]., 關美琼., 黃幗坤. Publisher: 突破出版社, Xianggang, 1999 / Tu po chu ban she, Xianggang, 1999. OCLC#45250557



Box 41 Folder 1 The Collected Works of Joanna Chan=陳尹瑩藝術作品集, 2021

Oils, watercolors, sketches, photograph, graphic and digital design. ISBN: 9789887708513


Subseries I.4: Memorabilia=紀念物品, circa 2006

Subseries I.4: Memorabilia includes a wallet gifted by the casts and crew of the Oedipus Rex from the Sing Sing RTA program, circa 2006.



Box 40 Wallet, circa 2006

Gift from the casts and crew of the Oedipus Rex made by a member in the Crafts Workshop in Sing Sing.