February 2016 | Vol. 52, No. 1 Railroad photography journeys back in time Exhibition features historic & contemporary photos by Alfred Hart & Li Ju he fruitful collaboration Tbetween the Chinese His- torical Society of America and Stanford University’s Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project (CRRW Project) to recover the untold stories of Chinese railroad workers continues strong in its fourth year. New for 2016, the CHSA Main Gallery hosts a new exhibition produced by Stanford University’s CRRW Project and Guangxi Normal University Press Group. Titled The Chinese Helped Build the Railroad, the Railroad Helped Build America, the multi-panel Left: Courtesy Alfred A.Hart Photograph Collection, Stanford University. Right: Courtesy Li Ju exhibition presents a compre- Alfred A. Hart’s famous railroad photographs (such as Excursion Train at Cape Horn, 3 miles above hensive historical overview of Colfax) are paired with contemporary versions by photographer Li Ju in the new Stanford exhibition. how the First Transcontinental Stanford University’s collection, and present reveal how Pacific versity, and CHSA is the first Railroad was built, and how and captures the grand scope of Railroad construction sites look venue to showcase the exhibi- thousands of Chinese labor- the railroad building effort and today. tion outside of Stanford. Dis- ers made the completion of the the challenging landscape of The Chinese Helped Build the cussions are underway to bring railroad possible. the Sierra Nevadas. These side- Railroad first premiered in No- the exhibition to other venues Due to space constraints, the by-side comparisons of past vember 2015 at Stanford Uni- in the United States. full exhibition will be displayed at CHSA in four parts from The Chinese and the Iron Road Pam Wong at [email protected] to Artist selection for CRRW now through September 2016. Exhibition On Tour inquire about availability. Memorial Monument Project It prominently features contem- Demand remains high nationally Five artists from a pool of 18 have porary photographs by photog- for CHSA and Stanford CRRW Save the date: June 4, 2016 been selected in a public vot- rapher Li Ju. Beginning in 2012, Project’s first traveling exhibition The 2nd annual “Chinese and the ing process to propose designs Li Ju visited sites from the Pa- The Chinese and the Iron Road, Iron Road” event is slated for June for the CRRW Memorial Project. cific Railroad route four times. which premiered in June 2015. 4, 2016 at the CHSA Museum. This The future monument honoring Inspired by Alfred Hart’s his- Now on view at the UC San Diego joint CHSA & Stanford CRRW Proj- Chinese railroad workers will be toric photos of the Pacific Rail- Library, future venues include ect program will honor the legacy placed near Gold Run, Califor- road from the 1880s, Li Ju trav- the San Diego Chinese Historical of Chinese railroad workers and nia off Interstate 80 and will be eled across mountains, canyons, Museum (March), Folger Stables their descendants, and update unveiled May 2018. To learn about and deserts and searched relent- (April-May) and the Yolo County the public on the latest efforts to the artists and contribute to this lessly to find the sites of Hart’s Libraries (June). uncover this lost history. Event project, please visit crrwmemo- original photos. Li Ju’s photog- Interested in exhibiting The details TBA. rialproject.com. CHSA is a fiscal raphy is paired with original Chinese and the Iron Road at your sponsor of the CRRW Memorial Alfred Hart photographs from venue or organization? Contact Project. Happy Year of the Monkey! Read about CHSA’s annual Lunar New Year Celebration on February 20th, plus other upcoming events on Page 2. 2 | CHSA Museum Bulletin | chsa.org | February 2016 SIDCHINESEEBAR Upcoming CHSA events HEHISTORADERICAL 1: SOCIET Y OF CHSA Celebrates Year of the Monkey Lam veliquis augait do odip ex SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 11AM–4PM esecteAMER vel utpatICA aut nim venit, HSA Museum will be hosting its annual Lunar New Year cel- commodip er irit lorperilla Cebrations once again. Welcome the Year of the Monkey with feumBOARD dionsequi OF DIRECTORS enit dolobore us with a dragon dance performance by Corey Chan and Kei Lun magnaErwin Tam, facing President el dolestrud & Martial Arts. Rosemary Gong will give a presentation on “The Fes- tatingTreasurer erat alit iriustie con hent tive and Fortuitous Foods of the Chinese New Year.” We will also laortieElsie Lam, tion 1st verostrud Vice President tat give thanks to all our donors who have supported us in the past year. 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Wong Melvin & Jeannie Lee, of Sarah Choy in honor of Phil Choy Harry & Mayling Low Full list of 2015 year-end donors at chsa.org/support/supporters 1930s through the 1970s, with live musical accompaniment by acclaimed jazz musician Francis Wong. Memories to Light is a project to col- lect and digitize home movies and to share them, and the stories they tell, to a broad public. Visit the collections at caamedia.org/memoriestolight The Detached by Tatsu Aoki/Lenora Lee Photo courtesy CAAMedia Dance: CAAMFest short film selection SCREENING TIME TBA @ CAAMFEST.COM AAMfest, the nation’s largest showcase one individual’s life and maps it to a rap- irector /filmmaker Tatsu Aoki’s col- for new Asian American and Asian idly changing neighborhood from 1940s to C laboration with producer/choreogra- films, is happening March 10-20, 2016, and present day.