"Customs of Jinan" : [photocopy]
- HC01 WC-WC2-WC2C-WC2C.002
- File
- [ca. 1990s]
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a one page photocopy from a book about Chinatowns.
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"Customs of Jinan" : [photocopy]
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a one page photocopy from a book about Chinatowns.
Correspondence with Wayson Choy
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a personal letter received by Wayson Choy. Author is unknown.
"Chinese Pioneers" by Ching Ma : [book]
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a publication documenting material concerning the immigration of Chinese to Canada. Item includes Wayson's stamp, a bookmark and some handwritten notes.
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a page explaining the Chinese astrological signs.
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a news clipping discussing a historical site at 346 Spadina Avenue, copies of the Chinatown History Museum newsletter, and photocopied sections from Working People, a book by Desmond Martin with Terry Copp, about Chinatowns in Canada and the US.
"Chinatown News" : [volume 43, number 7]
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of an issue of the Vancouver community magazine. Cover story and image focus on "The First Chinese Lady Cabbie In Vancouver" -Ann Eng. In the article, Eng discusses her experiences growing up outside of Chinatown, in South Vancouver and her difficulty feeling accepted by the community in Chinatown, as well as her experience starting out as a cab driver in the 1950s.
"Canada and Chinese Labour Corps, 1917-1920" by Peter M. Mitchell
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a paper by Mitchell delivered to the Canadian Historical Association, discussing Canada's involvement with contracted labourers from China. "From Larry Wong/Jim Wong Chu" is written on the title page.
"Bittersweet Passage" by Maryka Omatsu : [book]
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a book about the Japanese Canadian experience.
Birthday card received by Wayson Choy
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a 50th birthday card received by Wayson from Cherie, Bob, Aaron and Lucas.
Biography of Mrs Sitt Shee Lee (Leung Sum)
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists two copies of a faxed biography of Leung Sum. She was born on October 1, 1903 in Hong Kong, and arrived in Vancouver in 1922. She was married to Lay Gee Leung (David Lee). She lived in Chinatown in the back of the WK Oriental Gardens Restaurant, owned by her family. The biography discusses her connection to The Jade Peony, "Mom was never an early riser but she was an early arriver-- especially when it came to coming home just a few hours before dawn. Some of those wonderful memories are captured in the words written by Wayson or Sonny Choy in his reminiscences in the Jade Peony as well as in his upcoming work."