Dissertation Acknowledgements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This dissertation is based upon work supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, two U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships, a Friends of the Bancroft Library summer study award, a University of California Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies Fellowship, and a University of California Berkeley Anthropology Department Block Grant. The University of California Berkeley Lowie Foundation and the Stahl Endowment generously provided grants to defray the costs of needed research materials.

Any findings, conclusions, opinions, or recommendations herein expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the findings or views of any of the above granting organizations.

Great thanks to the following for making available research materials: Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey, City of Oakland; Northwest Info Center (Northern California’s archaeological records repository); CalTrans Archaeology Division; Sonoma State University’s Anthropological Studies Center; California State Parks, Glen Farris and Bob Orlins; Past Forward, Inc.; the Bancroft Library; University of California Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library Asian Collection, Historic Bay Area Chinese-language newspaper collections; Oakland Public Library Asian Branch Library, Main Library map collection, Oakland History Room, historic Bay Area newspaper microfilms; Oakland Museum; Angel Island State Park and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation; East Bay Genealogical Society Library; San Francisco Public Library San Francisco History Center; University of California Berkeley Environmental Design Library; Alameda County Registrar Office of Deeds; the Superior Court of Alameda County; National Archives, San Bruno; and others.

When it was learned an Oakland redevelopment project would impact potential archaeological resources of one of the City’s earliest Chinatowns, community members worked to activate the legal protections state law provides for unique and significant archaeological resources. A number of journalists improved the public process by putting in a great deal of time to report on the issues involved. They include: Annalee Allen, Cecily Burt, Ray Chavez, Laura Counts, and Momo Chang (Oakland Tribune); Rick DelVecchio (San Francisco Chronicle); Ken Hu (Sing Tao Daily); Cecilia Im (KTSF Evening News); Sally Lee (Ming Pao Daily); Erika Mailman (The Montclarion); Fred Setterberg and Lonny Shavelson (San Francisco Cultural Landscapes: Portraits of a Globally Diverse Bay Area, forthcoming from Heyday Press); and Monica Xu (World Journal). Their excellent work is being collected and archived by The Oakland Asian Cultural Center and UptownChinatown.org.

This research project was only made possible by the support and assistance of a great many people. Grateful thanks to the membership, staff, and fellow boardmembers of the Chinese Historical Society of America; the hardworking people at the City of Oakland who have been considering these archaeological issues over these past few years; the Oakland Asian Cultural Center; Oakland Heritage Alliance; the founding members and other friends of UptownChinatown.org, and my family. Thank you to the archaeologists who shared their work with me. I also very much appreciate all those who took me under their wing and mentored me at some point in this process. You know who you are—Thank you very much for making this possible!