Box 4

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This series contains the Asian/American Center collections materials pertaining to the running of the center’s operations. Included is historical information on the founding, flyers and promotional materials, reports, newsletters, staff training materials, press coverage, program materials such as business cards and letterhead.

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This series contains administrative items from the Translation Program such as newspaper ads, mailers, and brochures, as well as samples of translated documents from various nonprofits, health agencies, government agencies, museums, and community organizations.

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This series contains reports, research from the 2000s census, and a "Working Papers" series produced by the Asian/American Center dating from the late 1980s up until the mid 2010s.

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Various nonprofits offering services such as housing assistance, legal aid, older adult services, education, and the arts sought translations from the A/AC. This subseries contains a sampling of translations from NYC nonprofit agencies.

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This file contains translation samples from hospitals and community health agencies such as North Shore-LIJ, Flushing Hospital, St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital, and Social Concern Community Development Corporation. Documents show the wide range of topics requested for translation such as family handbooks, policy changes, home health care guides and flyers, and brochures from the Tourette Association of America.

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This file contains translated documents from New York City and State government agencies. Folder includes an Immigrant Services Manual prepared by the Office of the NYC Public Advocate and edited by various NYC non-profits, an information card on GrowNYC’s Zero Waste Program translated into Korean, and a translated document of a Basic Guide to New York State law translated into Chinese from the NY State Division of Human Rights.

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This subseries contains administrative materials from the translation services functions. Included are a brochure advertising their services to community partners, a mailer with their services advertised, a translation agreement, and communications and quotes to place newspaper ads for the translation services.

Scope and Contents Press clippings from various newspapers such as China Press, World Journal, Ming Pao Daily News, Sing Tao Newspaper, Liberty Times, Daily News, and TimesLedger. Clippings cover subjects such as the grant to fund Asian studies, conferences, and the Center's research. Also includes a recording from A/AC director Madhulika Khandelwal's appearance on ITV (a news channel which delivers news about India, Indian Americans, and South Asians) to discuss the A/AC and the center's research. Also...

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This sub-series contains a sampling of documents such as event flyers, brochures, and pamphlets sent by community agencies for translation by the program. This includes museums, health agencies, community organizations, government agencies, and other non-profits.

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This brochure advertises the services offered by the Translation Program, guidelines for who is eligible to use these services, parameters for what documents they offer translations, and a short blurb of the A/AC.