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File consists of a personal letter received by Wayson Choy. Author is unknown.

File consists of an essay written by Wong for a literary contest. The file includes a cover letter from Larry to Wayson discussing the essay being submitted to the CBC/Saturday Night Literary contest. Empress of Asia was a Canadian Pacific Steamship which travelled between China and Canada, before being requisitioned by the British Army for World War II. It sunk on 5 February 1942. The essay discusses Wong's family immigrating to Canada on Empress of Asia, settling in Chinatown, and a trip to Hong Kong in later life to visit his mother's grave, to discover it disturbed by a new property development.

File consists of a 50th birthday card received by Wayson from Cherie, Bob, Aaron and Lucas.

File consists of a photograph of Wayson Choy taken by Humber College photographer Gary Gellery. On the verso is written "Ever young Wayson".

File consists of a list of medical appointments Wayson had.

File consists of two copies of outlines of "Paper Shadows". The outline notes that part 3 is in progress. File also includes Wayson's birth certificate (copy) and his grandfather's death certificate.

File consists of a nameplate from Wayson's office (possibly from Humber)

File consists of a newsclipping for a talk ("The Importance of Story: The Hunger for Personal Narrative") Wayson gave for The Vancouver Institute on February 7, 1998.

File consists of a Chinese language article and a translation in English. The article is a profile of Wayson and the publication of "The Jade Peony". File also includes a post-it note from a Mark H. sending the material to Wayson.