Guide to the Tom Hsieh papers M2070

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

2024

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Tom Hsieh papers

Identifier/Call Number: M2070

Physical Description: 22 Linear Feet (53 manuscript boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1970s-1990s

Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Chinese Historical Society of America, 2015.

Biographical / Historical

Tom Hsieh (pronounced "Shay") was a Chinese-American architect and politician from San Francisco, California who served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1986 until 1997, when he termed out. He was appointed to the office by Mayor Dianne Feinstein before winning reelection. During that time, he was involved in the Budget, Economic Vitality, and Social Policy Committees, as well as on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Before that, he created the Asian Pacific Caucus of the Democratic National Committee, and was appointed to the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Police Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for mayor in 1991 as a pro-business fiscal conservative.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Tom Hsieh papers (M2070). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

The collection primarily consists of material relating to Tom Hsieh's tenure on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. This includes reports, memos, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, and other documents, as well as a small number of VHS tapes. Some notable areas are the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Budget Committee, and in seismic safety and unreinforced masonry buildings.

Series 1. San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Subseries 1.1. Legislation and Issues

Box 14, folder 2-5

Asbestos

Box 16, folder 1

Asbestos Comments

Budget

Box 1, folder 1-4

Fiscal Year 1994-1995

Box 1, folder 5-6

Fiscal Year 1995-1996

Box 2, folder 1-2

Fiscal Year 1995-1996

Box 2, folder 3

Budget folder [1 of 4] committee meetings November 1996

Box 2, folder 4

Budget folder [2 of 4] 1996

Box 2, folder 5

Budget folder [3 of 3] health care 1996

Box 2, folder 6

Budget folder [4 of 4] UMB 1996

Box 3, folder 1

Editorial Board, 7/17, 10am 1990

Box 3, folder 2-4

Efficiency Hearings 1995

Box 3, folder 5

Deputy Mayor Audit - Mayor's Office Budget 1990

Box 4, folder 1-3

Deputy Mayors 1990

Box 4, folder 4

Personal Service Contracts 1993-1994

Box 4, folder 5

PGE municipalization 1987-1988

Box 5, folder 1-3

Workers Compensation 1991

Box 5, folder 5

Workers Compensation 1992-1994

Box 6, folder 1

Hiring Freeze 1990

Box 6, folder 2

Budget 1993-1995

Box 6, volume 3

San Francisco Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, FY 1993-1994

Box 6, folder 3-5

Budget Analyst recommendations, FY 1994-1995

Box 6, folder 6

Management Audit - Tax Collector's Office April 1995

Box 7, folder 1

Minutes - Departmental Budget Review June 1995

Box 7, folder 2

Three Year Budget Projection 1996

Box 7, folder 3

Mayor's Budget Summary for FY 1996-1997

Box 50, folder 7

Budget 1992-1995

Box 51, folder 1

Board Meeting, Monday, 12/18/89

Box 51, folder 2

Budget Committee 1994-1995

Charter Amendments, government reform

Box 29, folder 1

"FPPC, Conflict of Interest, etc." 1988-1990

Box 29, folder 2

"Board of Equalization Reform" 1990

Box 29, folder 3

Charter Amendment 1990

Box 29, folder 4

"Restructuring"

Box 29, folder 5

"Board of Supervisors Reform"

Box 29, folder 6

"Government Reform: Charter Amendments" 1992

Box 29, folder 7

City Government Reorganization 1992

Box 29, folder 8

"Kaufman - Charter Reform" 1994

Box 51, folder 3-4

Charter Reform

Box 16, folder 2

"Chinatown Camera Shops"

Box 16, folder 3

"City - Overtime"

Box 16, folder 4

Delinquency Prevention Commission

Box 16, folder 5-6

"Domestic Partners"

Box 16, folder 7

Drive Through

Box 17, volume 1

Proposed Drive Through, Haight Neighborhood Commercial District

Box 17, folder 2-4

Emergency Medical Services

Box 17, folder 5-6

Emergency Medical Services Fund

Box 18, folder 1

Emergency Medical Services Fund

Box 18, folder 2

Facsimile Hand Grenade ban

Box 18, folder 3-4

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Box 18, folder 5

Fire Department (Chinatown)

Box 18, folder 6

"Flowerstand Leg."; "Sidewalk Encroachment Leg."

Box 19, folder 1-2

"Beijing, China -- Goddess of Democracy"

Box 19, folder 3

"Ground Water Reports"

Box 32, folder 1

Ground Water Background

Box 19, folder 4-5

High Rise Sprinklers

Box 20, folder 1

Fire Sprinklers guides

Box 20, volume 2-3

Sprinklers reports

Box 21, folder 1-2

"Immigration Resolution"

Box 20, folder 4

Live animal food sales

Box 21, folder 3-6

MBE Ordinance 1989

Box 31, folder 1-3

"Mission Bay"

Box 31, folder 4-6

"Mission Bay Development Agreement and Exhibits: Draft of November 28, 1990"

Box 32, folder 2

Mission Bay Project

Box 20, folder 5-6

Olympics 1988

Box 22, folder 1

Olympics 1988

Box 22, folder 2

"P.E.R.S." (Public Employee Retirement System)

Box 22, folder 3

Prenatal Care Data Training Sheet

Box 22, folder 4

Public Utilities Commission - Fire and Water Service

Box 22, folder 5

Public Works Code - Clement Street Markets

Box 22, folder 6

Rent Ordinance

Box 23, folder 1

Rent Ordinance

Transportation

Box 7, folder 4

MTC Workshop April 1995

Box 7, folder 5

MTC speech, letters 1994-1995

Box 7, folder 6

Joint Powers Board 1988-1990

Box 7, folder 7-8

JPB Peninsula Corridors Project 1990-1994

Box 7, folder 9

Peninsula Corridor JPB 1992

Box 7, folder 10

Peninsula Corridor JPB 1994

Box 8, folder 1

JPB 1994

Box 8, folder 2

Regional Transportation Plan 1994

Box 8, Folder 3-6

BART - SFO Extension Project

Box 9, folder 1-5

BART - SFO Extension Project

Box 9, folder 6

Caltrain

Box 10, folder 1-3

Caltrain

Box 10, folder 4-5

Caltrain Downtown Extension

Box 11, folder 1

Caltrain Downtown Extension (Mission Bay)

Box 11, folder 2-6

Transbay Terminal/Terminal Separator

Box 12, folder 1

A Report on Terminal Separator Structure Traffic Improvement Projects 1993

Box 12, folder 2

BART - SFO Extension

Box 12, folder 3

Caltrain-San Francisco International Airport Light Rail System Connection Feasibility Study final report 1996

Box 12, folder 4

Caltrain ephemera

Box 12, folder 5-6

High Speed Rail

Box 12, folder 7

SFTA

Box 12, folder 8

"Transit"

Box 12, folder 9-10

"Transportation"

Box 13, folder 1-2

Transportation

Box 13, folder 3

Bay Bridge Congestion Pricing Demonstration Program

Box 13, folder 4

SF Congestion Management Program 1993

Box 13, folder 5-7

Embarcadero Freeway

Box 14, folder 1

Embarcadero Freeway

Box 15, folder 1

Caltrain/BART to SFO

Box 15, folder 2

Caltrain

Box 15, folder 3-5

High Speed Rail

Box 15, folder 6

Embarcadero Freeway

Box 15, folder 7

Embarcadero Freeway (with I-280 material)

Box 32, folder 6-7

"JPB II 4-7-92"

Box 50, folder 8

Rail 1995

Box 23, folder 2

Trucking (Rights)

Box 23, folder 3-4

Uninsured/Underinsured Regional Committee

Unreinforced Masonry Buildings/Seismic Safety

Box 23, folder 5

Unreinforced Masonry Buildings

Box 24, folder 1-6

Unreinforced Masonry Buildings

Box 25, folder 1

UMB Program Board

Box 25, folder 2-3

Seismic Safety

Box 25, folder 4-5

UMB Task Force

Box 25, folder 6

AIA (American Institute of Architects)

Box 26, folder 1

UMB (with 3.5" floppy disc)

Box 28, folder 3

UMB - Engineering Study

Box 28, folder 4

UMB - Yeong Wo Association

Box 28, folder 5-7

UMB

Box 28, folder 8

St. Mary's

Box 28, folder 9

330 Presidio

Box 32, folder 3-4

UMB and Seismic Safety

Box 32, folder 5

Paramedic/City Owned Buildings

Box 26, folder 2-3

Vacancy Control

Box 26, folder 4

Voter Information Pamphlet Legislation 1990

Box 26, folder 5-6

Voter Information Pamphlets (1990 and 1994)

Box 50, folder 15

Water

Box 39, folder 1

Abortion Clinic Access Rights (empty)

Box 39, folder 2

Airport Roundtable

Box 39, folder 3

SFO Airport sale-lease

Box 39, folder 4

1990 Amnesty

Box 39, folder 5

Appointments

Box 39, folder 6

Hsieh Appointments

Box 39, folder 7

Asian Issues

Box 39, folder 8

Asian American Population & Census

Box 39, folder 9

Bank of Canton - Gift.

Box 39, folder 10

Bayside DIscharge

Box 39, folder 11

Broken Ladder Report

Box 39, folder 12

California Historical Society

Box 39, folder 13

Campaign 1995 (clipping)

Box 39, folder 14

Candlestick Park 1999

Box 39, folder 15

G/Castro/L

Box 39, folder 16

CDBG - 94

Box 39, folder 17

1990 Census

Box 40, folder 1

Charity CUltural Services Center

Box 40, folder 2

Chew, Arlene

Box 40, folder 3

Chinatown

Box 40, folder 4

Chinatown Firehouse

Box 40, folder 5

Chinatown Historic District

Box 40, folder 6

Chinatown Landmarks

Box 40, folder 7

Chinatown Library

Box 40, folder 8

Chinatown Temporary Library

Box 40, folder 9

Chinatown Peddlers License

Box 41, folder 1

Chinatown Portsmouth Square Carnival

Box 41, folder 2

Chinatown Youth Center

Box 41, folder 3

Chinese Resource Guide to Health & Social Services

Box 41, folder 4

Churches - UMB

Box 41, folder 5

Complaints

Box 41, folder 6

Constituents

Box 42, folder 1

Crime

Box 42, folder 2

Directory: Political Organizations in SF

Box 42, volume 3

Directory: Union Yellow Pages 1995-1996

Box 42, volume 4

Directory: 19th SF Open Studios (artists) 1994-1995

Box 42, folder 5

Disaster Council

Box 42, folder 6

Domestic Partnership

Box 42, folder 7

Doyle Drive 1993

Box 42, folder 8

Early Retirement Proposal

Box 42, folder 9

Elections/Campaign Financing: General

Box 42, folder 10

Earthquake Resource & Information

Box 42, folder 11

Economic Development

Box 43, folder 1

Economic Development

Box 43, folder 2

Economic Review - SF 1994

Box 43, folder 3

Fang Street

Box 43, folder 4

Filing

Box 41, folder 7

Gangs

Box 41, folder 8

Geary/Richmond Community Meeting

Box 43, folder 5

GLAAD/SFBA letter re: KQED programming

Box 43, folder 6

Golden Gate Bridge

Box 43, folder 7

Grand Jury - Hearings

Box 43, folder 8

Homeless Issues

Box 43, folder 9

Homeless - Reports, etc.

Box 41, folder 9

Horn, Ben

Box 43, folder 10

Hsieh votes

Box 43, folder 11

Jails

Box 41, folder 10

KFRC

Box 43, folder 12

Koo, Roz

Box 41, folder 11

Labor - Management Disputes

Box 43, volume 13

Laguna Honda Hospital Institutional Master Plan

Box 43, folder 14

Lake Merced water

Box 41, folder 12

Landmarks Preservation Board

Box 41, folder 13

Historic Landmark Designation

Box 41, folder 14

Lead Contamination at Fort Point

Box 43, folder 15

Marina Audit [1 of 2]

Box 44, folder 1

Marina Audit [2 of 2]

Box 44, folder 2

Buses in the Marina

Box 44, folder 3-4

Marina Liquefaction

Box 44, folder 5

Marina Seawall

Box 44, folder 6-7

Mayor's Press Releases (Jordan) 1992-1993

Box 41, folder 15

Minority Lay offs

Box 41, folder 16

MUNI trip study

Box 41, folder 17

MUNI Senior/Disabled Fare

Box 41, folder 18

MUNI No Transfer Proposal [1 of 2]

Box 45, folder 1

MUNI No Transfer Proposal [2 of 2]

Box 45, folder 2

Personal Service K's

Box 45, folder 3

[Peter Burns] - Glass Change [Building Code]

Box 45, folder 4

Department of City Planning 1989

Box 46, folder 1

Downtown Plan Monitoring Report 1994

Box 46, folder 2

Overall Work Program for Planning Activities in the SF Bay Area 1994-1998

Box 46, volume 3-4

Planning Department - Civic Center Study 1993-1994

Box 46, Folder 5

SF Redevelopment Program and Area Plan

Box 46, folder 6

City Planning Fee Increases

Box 46, volume 7

Pastoral Plan for the Archdiocese of San Francisco 1993

Box 45, folder 5

Police

Box 45, folder 6

SF Police Museum

Box 45, folder 7

Police - Demonstrations

Box 45, folder 8

Port/Tunnel

Box 46, folder 8

Prop D: Brophy report

Box 46, folder 9-10

Prop 187

Box 48, folder 1

Prop H & I [BART] June 1994

Box 48, folder 2

Prop I - Rent

Box 48, folder 3

Prop M 1989

Box 48, folder 4

Prop X 1993

Box 45, folder 9

RAFT (Regional Alliance for Transit)

Box 45, folder 10

Recycling

Box 45, folder 11

Regulatory Issues

Box 45, folder 12

Reimbursement for GA Employees

Box 45, folder 13

Rent Stabilization Board/Rent Ordinance

Box 48, folder 5

Rent Ordinance letters 1994

Box 45, folder 14

Replica Hypodermic Syringes

Box 45, folder 15

Residential Hotels

Box 47, folder 1

Residential Permit Parking Program

Box 47, folder 2

Safety of Building

Box 47, folder 3

Seismic Safety Paramedic Building

Box 47, folder 4

Building Safety Standards

Box 47, folder 5

Senior Escort Program

Box 47, folder 6-7

Senior Escort

Box 47, folder 8

SEIU - Response

Box 47, folder 9

Sick Leave Transfer

Box 48, folder 6

SF Vessels (empty)

Box 48, folder 7

Salary Standardization Ordinance

Box 48, folder 8

Sanctuary

Box 48, folder 9

St. Mary's Medical Center

Box 48, folder 10

State Campaign Contribution

Box 48, folder 11

Street Closure Application

Box 48, Folder 12

Street Names of SF

Box 48, folder 13

Supervisor's Appearance Before Commissions

Box 48, folder 14

Tax Collector

Box 48, folder 15

[Toilets]

Box 48, folder 17

Town Hall meetings - organizational notes 1986-1987

Box 47, folder 10

"Trammel Crow" [Chinatown]

Box 47, folder 11

Travel Services RFP

Box 47, folder 12

Tsai, Rose - In-law

Box 47, folder 13

Urban Search & Rescue Task Force

Box 47, folder 14

Utility Users Tax

Box 47, folder 15

Voter Registration Info

Box 49, folder 1

Walden House

Box 49, folder 2

Waterfront Development

Box 49, folder 3

National Welfare Reform

Box 49, folder 4

Youth Commission

Box 49, folder 5

Youth Info

Box 49, folder 6

Youth Beating

Box 49, folder 13

Community - Korean

Box 49, folder 14

Community: Chinese

Box 49, folder 15

Community Organization Listings

Box 50, Folder 4

The AIDS/HIV Life Center: Real Estate Development Program

Box 50, folder 5-6

Services for Seniors in San Francisco 1995

Box 27, folder 1

1987 Municipal Election

Box 27, folder 2

"June Election" 1994

Box 27, folder 3

Legislation

Box 27, folder 4-6

Hsieh legislation

Box 28, folder 1

"Hsieh legislation" 1994-1996

Box 28, folder 2

Legislation 1996

Box 50, folder 9

Hate mail 1995

Box 50, folder 10

DPT issues

Box 50, folder 11

Notes

Box 50, folder 12

endorsement of Frank Jordan for mayor 1995

Box 50, folder 13

TH - Media correspondence

Box 50, folder 14

Legislation letters 1996

Subseries 1.2. Press Releases

Box 33, folder 1

Press Releases 1986-1987

Box 33, folder 2

Press Releases 1986-1987

Box 33, folder 3

Press Releases 1988

Box 33, folder 4

Press Releases 1989

Box 33, folder 5

Press Releases 1994-1996

Box 33, folder 6

TH personal history highlights

Box 33, folder 7

TH biography

Box 33, folder 8

Press material [TH biography]

Subseries 1.3. Handbooks

Box 50, folder 1

The Clerk's Handbook

Box 50, folder 2

City Hall Emergency Evacuation

Box 50, folder 3

Orientation to Department Computer System

Series 2. Campaigns

Box 33, folder 9-10

Mayoral Campaign - "Hsieh -- Press Releases -- Speeches -- Issue Papers -- Flyers 1991"

Box 34, folder 1

Campaign Thank-You 1986

Box 34, folder 2

Congratulations 1986

Box 34, folder 3

Board of Supervisors campaign clippings 1988

Box 34, folder 4

Supervisor Tom Hsieh reelection material; news clippings 1987-1988

Box 34, folder 5-7

Hsieh for Sup I [clippings] 1985-1988

Box 34, folder 8

Mayoral Campaign press April-June 1991

Box 35, folder 1-2

Mayoral Campaign press August-September 1991

Box 35, folder 3

Mayoral Campaign press October-November 1991

Box 35, folder 4

"Supervisor Hsieh Stands Out" mailer 1992

Series 3. Asian Pacific Caucus and Democratic National Committee

Box 30, folder 1

Invitation to dinner honoring President Carter 1979

Box 30, folder 2

"Democratic National Committee" 1985-1986

Box 30, folder 3

Asian Pacific Caucus/DNC 1986

Box 30, folder 4-23

APC/DNC regional files

Box 30, folder 24

"APC/DNC Student Chapter - Misc."

Box 30, folder 25-26

"Student Coord. Calif."

Series 4. News and Media Coverage

Box 35, folder 5-6

Clipping binder 1988

Box 36, folder 1-3

Clipping binder 1990-1996

Box 36, folder 4

Hsieh press binder 1995-1996

Box 36, folder 5

Press - Gay issues 1991

Box 36, folder 6

News Clippings - Mayor's Delegation to China June 1979

Box 36, folder 7

Clippings - China (w/photos) 1979

Box 37, folder 1

Transportation clippings

Box 37, folder 2

Press coverage of Nov. 1988 election

Box 37, folder 3

PR - Schwab Asia Pacific Center 1993

Box 37, folder 4

The Pettit Report 1986-1987

Box 37, folder 5-7

Citireport 1988-1995

Box 38, folder 1

"Stories - Shorts on Tom" 1985-1989

Box 38, folder 2

Clippings - district elections 1987

Box 38, folder 3-4

Clippings 1992

Box 38, folder 5

"TH - Newspaper columns" [articles written by Tom Hsieh]

Box 38, folder 6

FAS press info

Box 38, folder 7

Clippings - Transbay Terminal

Box 38, folder 8

Clippings - 1991 mayoral election

Box 49, folder 7

Newsletters - Asian American Manufactuers 1990

Box 49, folder 8

Newsletters - CSFN 1990-1991

Box 49, folder 9

Newsletters - EDC News 1989-1991

Box 49, folder 10

Newsletters - League of Women Voters: Bay Area Monitor 1991

Box 49, folder 11

Newsletters - SF Tomorrow 1991

Box 49, folder 12

Newsletters - Spur Report 1989-1992

Box 51, folder 5

Events 1993

Box 51, folder 6

Clippings 1993-1994

Box 51, folder 7

Press - budget 1995

Box 51, folder 8

Xin Hui News (新會僑刊) 1998-1999

Series 5. Photographs

Box 30, folder 27

Tom Hsieh photos circa 1986-1990

Box 53

Photos

Series 6. Audiovisual Material

Box 52, Item 1

SPUR Reports: #23 Chinatown Historical DIstrict 1989-01-12

Physical Description: 1 VHS