Quin Shen Yu Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Yu, Quin Shen, 1916-2003
label: Donor
content: Yu, Susan Shen
topic: label: Topic
content: Emigration and immigration
label: Topic
content: Boy Scouts
label: Topic
content: Identification cards
label: Topic
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated to the Archives Center in 2019 by Susan Shen Yu.
creator: label: Creator
content: Yu, Quin Shen, 1916-2003
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of papers relating to Chinese immigrant Quin Shen Yu and his family.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1487
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Biographies
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Cd-roms
label: Type
content: Notes
label: Type
content: Report cards
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Writings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Biographies
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: CD-ROMs
label: Genre/Form
content: Notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Notes -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Report cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Writings
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection consists of papers relating to Chinese immigrant Quin Shen Yu and his family.  It includes identification documents and credentials; photographs of the family and of Yu's life; letters; scrapbook; school papers such as report cards and assignments; writings and notes; papers from Yu's time in the Boy Scouts; biographical information, including a book and a CD.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: For related material on Chinese immigration, see the following collections:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History


Philanthropy Oral History Collection, NMAH.AC.1582

Anacostia Community Museum Archives


Asian American Foodways Project, ACMA.01-007.22 

National Anthropological Archives


Ruth Leah Bunzel Papers, NAA.2006-22

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution


Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1988 Festival of American Folklife, CFCH.SFF.1988


Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1989 Festival of American Folklife, CFCH.SFF.1989

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, CFCH.SFF.1997


Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, CFCH.SFF.2016