Pamphlet
2006 · San Francisco
by Tung Sen Benevolent Association 中山隆都同善堂
San Francisco: the Association, 2006. Pamphlet. Four booklets, 8.5x11 inches, with glossy pictorial covers, text mostly in Chinese with some English; length ranges from 21 to 36 pages per report. Years present are 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005. The first and last issues have a brief pen note on the cover, some sun-fading to edges, otherwise very good. Includes photos of meetings and other activities; lists of participants, and short essays by members. The Tung Sen Benevolent Association is a social group for immigrants from Longdu, a group of towns around Zhongshan City in Guangdong province. Among its duties is the maintenance of a cemetery for fellow countrymen in South San Francisco. Some issues include descriptions by young people of the lessons they learned by caring for grave sites.
(Inventory #: 184098)