Paul Ma Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ma, Paul
label: Former owner
content: Ma, Linda
topic: label: Topic
content: Bookkeeping
label: Topic
content: Cooking, Chinese
label: Topic
content: Cooks
label: Topic
content: Food industry and trade
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated to the Archives Center by Paul and Linda Ma, 2018.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ma, Paul
setName: label: See more items in
content: Paul Ma Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents Paul Ma's work as a chef and his efforts to popularize Chinese food in America.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1469
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Brochures
label: Type
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Menus
label: Type
content: Notes
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Recipes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series in chronological order.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmmons, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Brochures
label: Genre/Form
content: Color prints (photographs)
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Genre/Form
content: Menus
label: Genre/Form
content: Notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Recipes
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: The collection documents Paul Ma's work as a chef and his efforts to popularize Chinese food in America.  Included in the collection are notes on food, recipes, letters, a photograph album, menus, brochures relating to courses Ma gave on Chinese cuisine, financial documents, examples of "double bookkeeping" (in Chinese and in English) used by Chinese restaurants.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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