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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Paul Ma Papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1469
- Creators:
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Ma, Paul
- Dates:
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1976-2000
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.3 Cubic feet1 box
- Repository:
The collection documents Paul Ma's work as a chef and his efforts to popularize Chinese food in America.
Content Description
Content Description
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.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into one series by chronological order.
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated to the Archives Center by Paul and Linda Ma, 2018.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmmons, archivist, 2018.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Preferred Citation
Paul Ma Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Brochures | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Color prints (photographs) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cooking, Chinese | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cooks | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Food industry and trade | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Letters (correspondence) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Menus | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Notes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photograph albums | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Recipes | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ma, Linda | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
archivescenter@si.edu
