The Chinese Historical Society of America (simplified Chinese:美国华人历史学会; traditional Chinese:美國華人歷史學會; pinyin:Měiguó Huárén Lìshǐ Xuéhuì; Jyutping:Meigwok Waajan Liksi Hokwui; abbreviated CHSA) is the oldest and largest archive and history center documenting the Chinese American experience in the United States. It was conceived in the fall of 1962 and incorporated on January 5, 1963, and is based in San Francisco, California. It was founded by Thomas W. Chinn, C.H. Kwock, Chingwah Lee, H.K. Wong, and Thomas W.S. Wu D.D.S.