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Wayson Choy fonds Subseries
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Research material - general

Sub-series consists of general research material collected by Wayson Choy. Includes examination papers, photocopied period advertisements and a map.

Personal records of Wayson Choy

Subseries consists of Wayson Choy's personal records. It includes articles documenting his work, and personal effects including photographs, family records, collected miscellaneous articles, and other ephemera.

Research material about Chinese Canadian individuals

Sub-series consists of photocopies of immigration documents and head tax certificates connected to Chinese Canadian indivuals. Sub-series also includes transcripts of oral histories collected from Chinese-Canadian World War II veterans, and biographies of specific individuals, supplied to Wayson Choy by family members.

Research material about China and Chinese culture

Series consists of maps, booklets, manuals, articles and photocopied materials connected to China and Chinese culture. Includes descriptions of traditional art practices, manuals describing different recreational activities and mathematical concepts, scripts for plays written in Cantonese, and elementary school textbooks.

Genealogy

Subseries consists of birth and death records, including Wayson Choy's birth certificate. It also includes travel tickets, receipts, a register of Chinese immigrants to Canada, personal photographs of family members, and an elementary school textbook for children from the 1930s.