The records include handwritten plans in Chinese for the first three issues of the newspaper; congratulatory cards; and an invitation, photographs, and negatives from a reception to celebrate the newspaper. The records are dated September 1990 and are arranged chronologically. The handwritten Chinese plans for each of the first three issues were originally housed in binders. The binders included layout pages; a few faxes, notes, and memos on business letterhead; and congratulatory letters in English from Senator John C. Danforth and from the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association. Both of the letters were printed in the newspaper’s second issue (September 14-20, 1990). The St. Louis Chinese American News hosted an invitation-only cocktail reception at the Chinese Culture Center (8406 Olive Street Road) on September 7, 1990. The invitation is printed in both English and Chinese. A portion of the photographs taken during the reception were printed in the second issue of the paper (f.2). However, people in the photographs are not identified. The reception photographs were originally filed in the back of the Layout Binder for Issue #2 (f.5)