The Atlantic City Free Public Library has received a New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) Community History Pilot Project award for $5,000. The library will utilize the funding for a project focusing on the history of Atlantic City’s Asian community, from the city’s inception in 1854 to present day.

The resources collected for this project will including narrators’ recollections (oral history interviews), photograph, documents and videos.

The library is looking for members of the city’s Asian community who would be willing to share their memories and stories as part of the project’s oral history component. Also, the library is aiming to digitize photos and documents that highlight the people and businesses from that community.