Chinatown Museum Foundation
238 West 23rd Street
238 West 23rd StreetChinese-American Museum of Chicago Chicago, IL 60616-1904
Chicago, IL 60616-1904Raymond B. and Jean T. Lee Center Tel: 312-949-1000
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www.ccamuseum.org2005 Annual Report
CULTURAL HERITAGE, HISTORY, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY
繼往開來, 務實求真
MISSION 目標
The purpose of the Museum is to promote exhibitions, education, and research relating to Chinese-American culture and history in the Midwestern United States.
BACKGROUND 成立過程
The Chinatown Museum Foundation was founded by a group of six community members in 2002. It was registered as a non-profit organization in the same year and acquired 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in June 2003. In May 2005 the Foundation opened the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago’s Raymond B. and Jean T. Lee Center. The new museum is located at 238 West 23rd Street, Chicago.
PROGRESS 發展動態
With the opening of the Museum in May 2005, the Foundation has achieved its first goal two years ahead of schedule. Thanks to the generosity of a number of donors the Foundation was able to complete the acquisition of the old Quong Yick building and to renovate its first floor for use as an exhibition space. The Museum’s inaugural exhibition, “Paper Sons, Chinese in the Midwest 1870-1945,” is on view until the end of 2005.
STRUCTURE 行政組織
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors, aided by members of an Advisory Council and six Board Committees recruited from the community. Completely volunteer-based, the Foundation is proud to have a diversified membership comprised of ethnic Chinese, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Vietnamese, Latinos, African-Americans, and European-Americans. Together its directors and advisors have rich museum, community networking, and teaching experience. The Foundation’s full board will have 25 members. Currently there are five vacancies to be filled.
Board of Directors 董事局
Chuimei Ho (President), Kim K. Tee (Treasurer), John Rohsenow (Secretary)
Kinman Auyeung, John Beal, Mark Birbeck, Rosita Chan, Catherine W. Chin, Joseph Chiu, Grace Chun, Matthew Eng, David K. Lee, P.C. Leung, Tao Luo, Billy Moy, Soo Lon Moy, Andrea Stamm, Sheldon Wing, Loong-Yan Wong, Wai-Chee Yuen.
Advisory Council 顧問團
Bennet Bronson, Margaret Chung, Michael Davitti, Joseph Farruggia, Mary Lawton, Raymond Lee, Ann Leung, Richard Tze-chung Li, Leonard Louie, Henry Moy, Jeffrey Moy, Ruth Moy, Susan Lee Moy, Elinor Pearlstein, John Shea, Nancy Wing, Francis Yip, Yman Huang-Vien, Betsy Yung.
Board Committee Members 行政組組員
Ling Arenson, David Kun Chang, Carolyn Chen, Emily Chen, Jen-Ching Chen, Nina Chen, Lillian Chenbyerley, Telly Cheung, Ian Chin, Sheila Chin, Carmen Chiu, Joanne Chiu, Julianne Chiu, Tuan Do, Rich Faron, Susanna Fong, Li Fu, Linh Khuu, Margaret Larson, Angie Lee, Thomas Lee, Yan Meng, Gwen Moy, Maria Moy, Pat Moy, Sandy Moy, Stewart Moy, Robert Sit, Gordon Tai, Chooninie Ting, Elysia Tse, Jean Vondriska, Conrad Winke, May Wong, Ling Wang, Tom Yuen, Lisa Zhao.
Facilities and Administrative Committee – A place for work and learning
舘址產業: 明天會更好
The renovation of the rest of the museum building is the primary concern of the committee. The other floors of the century-old museum building, though solid and well built, are not currently fit for museum use. Our plan is to convert the second floor into another gallery by May 2006, the third floor into a conservation laboratory and collection storage area, the fourth floor into a library and offices, and the basement into a space for educational activities.
Meanwhile, substantial repair projects have been completed. The museum building now has a new roof with a rebuilt parapet. The front of the Museum will soon have a new façade with new structural beams, windows, and signs.
The Committee is also working to turn the vacant lot next door into a “parking garden” with attractive landscaping details. The Committee’s architects, structural engineers, and planners have been busy in shaping the future look of the Museum.
Collections and Exhibitions Committee – What makes a museum a museum
收藏與展览: 博物館核心工作
This year the Museum received artifact donations from 40 individuals, thus raising the number of objects in its collection to well over 1,500. Gifts included historical immigration documents, early photographs, garments, utensils, and other objects. Among the more unusual items were the pagoda roof that once adorned the Chinatown telephone booth at the corner of Cermak and Wentworth, two beautiful marble-topped dining tables used formerly in a Chinese restaurant in Minneapolis, and several pieces of finely carved furniture. Aided by new computer programs, the committee is accessioning the newly donated objects while working on improving the storage space.
The Exhibition subcommittee finished the inaugural show, Paper Sons on schedule and published an accompanying volume, Chinese in Chicago. The subcommittee is now working on several exhibition ideas: Silk and Wood – Recent Acquisitions, which will be ready for the public in January 2006, and Tofu – the Wonder Food scheduled for March 2006. In addition, the committee will design a sequel to “Paper Sons,” completing the immigration story up to 1990, and is developing ideas for several other exhibitions In Touch with Heaven, Chicago’s Two World Fairs in Asian Perspective, and Sweet Hometowns.
The Museum launched the first archaeological program in Chinatown, working in the Museum’s vacant lot. More than 28 students from four local schools participated in the program and were coached by urban archaeologists from the Field Museum and DePaul University. The excavation will continue until construction of the parking garden begins on the same site.
Public Program Committee – Education with fun
社區事務: 寓教育於娱樂
Providing informal education to the public is the purpose of this committee. Since it opened in May, the Museum has organized public lectures at the Chicago Cultural Center, Skokie Public Library, Northbrook Public Library, and the University of Illinois, as well as at the Museum. Subjects have included the history of Americanized Chinese food, early Chinese immigration, brewing and shopping for tea, historical eating styles in China, and the role of women among early immigrants. The Museum has also begun to offer Chinatown tours focused on historical and cultural topics: Chinese BBQ, appreciating Chinese tea, and Chinatown’s historic organizations. When the other floors of the museum building are renovated, the Museum will be able to offer more such programs.
External Affairs Committee – A world beyond the Midwest
高瞻遠顧: 芝城内外,四海一家
This Museum’s website, operated by the Committee, has received many good comments and has had almost 10,000 visitors since April. The Committee’s mission is to put the Museum on the map nationally and internationally for research, exhibitions, and collaborative programs. Last April the Museum hosted a roundtable panel. Participants included museum colleagues from Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Butte, Montana. In October at a conference hosted by San Francisco’s Chinese Historical Society of America, the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago was selected to lead the next national meeting for Chinese-American museums and historical societies. In addition, the Committee is developing lasting relationships with local schools, colleges, and museums, as well as with other Asian-American community organizations.
Development Committee – Honoring donors and developing relationships
開拓財務: 廣结善缘
While its primary mission is fundraising, this committee values and maintains good community relations. All the funds pledged last year have been realized, thus allowing the museum building to become a mortgage free property. The largest one-time contribution this year, $10,000, came from the Tang Research Foundation for continuing the Museum’s lecture series. More than 50 individual donors have contributed $1,000 or $5,000; they will be honored by having their names etched on a glass brick wall in the Museum. The Committee’s goal is to raise a million dollars in the next three years for renovation, maintenance, and programs. The Museum has 150 paid members, which is well below target. The Committee will work on doubling that number in 2006.
Finance Committee – It’s all about money
財政管理: 持業兢業
The Museum received $437,000 between January and September, and carried over substantial funds from the previous year. 2005 income included realized pledges, admissions, membership, sales of the exhibition catalogue, and donations. Expenditures came to $599,000, and were mainly for retiring the building mortgage, exhibition and renovation costs, and roof replacement. Salary costs remain low as the Museum pays only one part-time employee. The Museum’s debts remain manageable. It is currently carrying a mortgage on its the vacant lot, a commercial line of credit, and loans on very favorable terms from two advisors.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 鳴 謝
The Foundation and the Museum have expanded significantly since the annual banquet of 2004. In addition to the 20 board members, the 19 members of the Advisory Council also play an active role in fund-raising and helping with governance issues. In the past year, generous individual donors have contributed more than $85,000 toward various programs. The Foundation’s six governing committees are now manned by more than 50 volunteers. The following is a list of those who have given significant support since October 2004.
Financial Donors 支持與鼓勵: 有錢出錢
$50-$999: Patricia Ann Beltz, Elizabeth Bobrinskoy, Rosita Chan, Dominic Cheng, Ian & Sheila Chin, Chinese American Civic Council, Chang Ying Ginseng Hong Inc, Vicky Chiung Chih Chuang, Margaret Chung, Culver Duck Farms Inc, Dor Fook Jewelry, Nancie Dunn, Ross Edman, Matthew Eng, the Fortnightly Club of Chicago, Shui Di Ho, Duc Huang, Don & Joane Hugh, Edmund Ing, Ruth Kung, Lam Sai Ho Tong (Lum’s Family Association), Lou Lamis, Kerstin Lane, Mary Lawton, Ben An Lee, Ann Leung, Richard Liang, Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple, Ken & Anne Liu, Jonathan Lustig, Martin & Jialing Li Ma, Zoe Ma, John Meengs, William & Donna Miller, Janis & John Notz, Olga H.Huncke Scholarship Foundation, Joan O’Connor, Elinor Pearlstein, Akiko & Minoru Saito, Norman Sandfield, James & Sophia Shih, Grace Sielaff, Julie Sinson, Woon-Wah Siu, Susan Stern, Robert Swiderski, John Tan, William Wylie Tomes, Jr., Anne Underhill, Ramon Uy, Charles & Linda Weber, China West, David & Esther Wong, Eileen Yeoh, Mark Yun, Betty Yung.
$1,000-$4,999: Bennet Bronson, Delilah Chan, Ezra Chan, Jen-chin Chen, Kelvin Chen, Catherine W. Chin, Chinatown Parking Corporation, Grace Chun, Linval Chung, Country Style Meats, Families with Children From China, Bill Hinchliff, Chuimei Ho, Kam & Puying Ho, Margaret Larson, Mary Lawton, Lee Family Association, David K. & Yolanda Lee, Steven & Kam Lee, P.C. Leung, George Lilovich & Family, Tao Luo, Richard & Lilly May, Billy & Maria Moy, Edmund Moy, Carl & Karen Moy, Ronald Moy, Pat & Ken Moy, Soo Lon & Ram Moy, Roland Moy, Ruth Moy, Stewart Moy, Walter Moy, Moy’s Family Association, Moy’s Family Association (Women’s Club), Moy’s Family Association (Music Club), Daniel & Jade Nardini, Julie & Yuen Ng, Pacific Global Bank, Anthony & Sherby Scurto, Daniel Solis, William Spence, Andrea Stamm, Kim K. Tee, Chooinie Ting, Nai Fu Tiao, William & Tessa Tong, Henry Toy, Top Glove Corporation, Wei Wu, Won Kow Building Corporation, Loong-Yan & May Wong, Helen & Roland Woo, Dvorah & Edward Yastrow, Wai-Chee & Fai Yuen.
$5,000-$9,999: Anonymous, Francis Bushell, C.W. Chan, John Shea.
$10,000 and more: Raymond Lee, Jeffrey Moy, Tang Research Foundation.
Special Mention: Our first donor in the over-$5,000 category was Helen Lee, in early 2004
Artifact Donors 支持與鼓勵: 文物捐赠
Elizabeth Bronson, Delilah Chan, LaVerne Chan, Yuk-Kau and Po-Lin Chan, Catherine W. Chin, Philip Chow, Philip Choy, Celia Cheung, Vincent Darmali, Glenda A. Garbutt, C.J. Herhold, Chuimei Ho, Gary Holcomb, Eugene & Ruth Kung, Mary Lawton, Helen Lee, Irene Lum, Raymond Lum, Rose & John Meengs, Rochelle Megidson, M. Coralee McDannell, Billy & Maria Moy, Ruth Moy, Susan Lee Moy, Jeffrey Moy, Stewart Moy, Pat & Ken Moy, Reiko Mrozik, Daniel & Jade Nardini, New York Quilting Club at the Friends of the Library of Dobbs Ferry, Robert Salika, Robert Smietana, Jay Y. Sun, Jr., Robert Swiderski, Harry Tong, Henry Toy, Arnold Winslow, Francis Wong, Ronald Woo, David Wu, Dvorah & Edward Yastrow.
Consultants, Volunteers, and Sponsors of Activities 支持與鼓勵: 有力出力
Apple Sign Co., Kinman Auyeung, Jane Baxter, John Beal, Eliza Bondy, Julie Burros, Phyllis Cavallone, C.W. Chan, Sarah Chang, Ian Chin, China Blossoms, Chicago Chinese Performance Arts, Chicago Department of Water Management, Chicago Historical Society, Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, Chinatown Parking Corporation, Chinese American Legion, Chinese American Service League, Chinese Historical Society of America (San Francisco), Chiu Quon Bakery, Christine Chun, Howard Chun, Crystal Windows & Doors, Fr. Michael Davitti, Four Seasons Travel, Frank DeBose, Scott Demel, Diego Diaz, Emperor’s Choice Restaurant, Feida Bakery, Susanna Fong, Gee Kow Oak Tin Association, Golden Country Oriental Food L.L.C., Golden Dragon Fortune Cookie, James Ward Elementary School, John C. Haines Elementary School, Gourmet Kitchen Inc., Hong Mun (Chinese Freemason) Society, Anita Hsueh, Wai Tim Hung, King Wah Restaurant, Joyce Jeng, Winnie Ko, Kerstin Lane, Dominic Lai, Lee Wing Wah Restaurant, the Lee Brothers, Frances Lee, Raymond Lee, Lee Family Association, Dave Lilovich, Ann Leung, Irene Leung, Jason Loo, Paul Lum, Lung Kong Tien Yeen Association, Carmen Mora, Moy’s Family Association, Helen Moy, Jeffrey Moy, Ram Moy, Ruth Moy, Wayne Moy, Colin Moore, Susan Murphy, National Broker Seafood, National Archives & Research Administration, Noah Russian Musicians Group, Oceania Tours, On Leung Association, Pacific Global Bank, Pacific Realty, Pro Architect, Inc., Qideas Flowers, Red River Museum, Robert Healy Elementary School, Victor Rosenblum, Saint Anna Bakery, St. Therese Church (Chinese Catholic Mission), St. Therese School, Carmen Siew, Sabrina Siew, Simone Siew, M. Grace Sielaff, Daniel Solis, William Spence, Ten Ren Teas & Ginseng, Three Friends Studio, Shing K. Tom, Z. J. Tong, Raymond Tu, Susan Vandenbosch, Charles Weber, Yin Wei, Westmont 988 Seafoods, Wing Chan BBQ Restaurant, Wing Hung Restaurant, Woks ‘N’ Things, Won Kow Restaurant, Wong Family Association, Bernie Wong, Ernest Wong, William & Sandy Wong, David Wu, Yee Wau Tong, Paul Yih.
Lecturers & Tour Leaders 學術活動: 導遊與導師
Bennet Bronson, Emily Chen, Joanne Chiu, Grace Chun, Matthew Eng, David K. Lee, Soo Lon Moy, John Rohsenhow, Chuimei Ho, Stewart Moy, Joe Chiu, Loong-Yan Wong, Hong Wu.
