WAUPriceRuthA5004.xml Guide to the Ruth A. Price Papers 1902-1980 Price (Ruth A.) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/18/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5004 Price, Ruth A Ruth A. Price papers 1902-1980 2.17 cubic feet (4 boxes) Collection materials are inEnglish. Papers of a longtime Secretary of the China Club of Seattle, spent more than thirty years in the field of Chinese-American relations

Ruth Price went to China in 1928 and lived there until the beginning of the war in the Far East in 1937, when she and her husband and their infant daughter Joy established a home in Seattle. From 1937 to 1957 she served as Secretary for the China Club of Seattle. She participated in many organizations which worked to improve China-U.S. relations, and was the founder of the American Chinese Pioneer Historical Association, which worked to collect and preserve the history of early-day Chinese in this country.

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Accession No. 5004-001: Ruth A. Price papers, 1902-1980 .84 cubic foot (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Research notes, photographs about the Chinese population of the Pacific Northwest, and related papers.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Joy Price Casserly, 2/26/1997.

 Ruth A. Price papers Accession No. 5004-002: Ruth A. Price papers, circa 1925-1970 (bulk 1937-1960) 1.33 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, clippings, scrapbook, note cards, photographs. Much of the accession consists of material collected by Mrs. Price under the auspices of the China Club of Seattle for an American Chinese Pioneer Historical Association. Some are generic records of the China Club, including those of Mrs. Price's predecessor, W.E. Priestley. China relief during World War II is documented, mainly by photographs.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Joy Price Casserly, 11/4/1997.

 Ruth A. Price papers