The editors of this journal issue have collaborated with Huy Pham, Executive Director of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP), to create a gallery of places that the community of activists and scholars have studied, visited, and worked to protect. We hope these images will provide readers with a panoramic view of the array of cultural resources that remain as touchstones in stories of indigeneity, immigration, settlement, community building, and economic development, as well as a view into the community of researchers who listen, document, and amplify the histories associated with these places. We chose the following images because they highlight places that were the focus of recent preservation efforts or are subjects of research by emerging scholars that point to future heritage sites. Others are sites that APIAHiP have visited in organized tours. Although there are hundreds of historically and culturally significant places that merit conservation, only a few are featured here. Many more examples are found in several key resources on the subject of conserving Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.

A special thanks is extended to Huy Pham, who generously shared images from his organization’s collections. Another special thanks to Mania Taher for sharing images of her recent research. Thanks also to Gail Dubrow, Kecia Fong, and Shailee Bhagat for assistance with this collection.

Within Michigan’s Wayne County, the Dearborn Mosque, operated by the American Moslem Society, is a reminder of the religious diversity of Asian American immigrants, with congregants from South and West Asian American communities. Mania Taher, recipient of the 2024 Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship and doctoral candidate, spent a summer documenting the mosque. Its cornerstone was established in 1937, and to date, the building has been expanded three times to 48,000 sq. ft. Taher’s fieldwork included photographing and creating measured drawings of the building, interviewing congregation members, and locating local archival documents. Pictured in are female congregants in the Women’s Mosque, engaged in study of the Qu’ran.

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