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File consists of a printout of an article originally published in 1966 in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, discussing a riot which occurred in Vancouver in September 1907.

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 Chinatown Stories and by Valerie Lee Whong. The file also includes a covering letter. Chinatown Stories contains twelve short stories for children and focuses on Vancouver's Chinatown. File also includes an alternate version of one of the short stories, A Special Chinese Peony. Post-it notes written by Valerie identify a childhood photo of herself, and the alternate version of A Special Chinese Peony.

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 printouts of material relating to Chinese-Canadian and American history. Includes material from the Museum of the City of San Francisco, the Washington Post, text of court case US vs. Wong Kim Ark, a thesis ("Resistance to the Anti-Chinese Movement"), online free course material from UC Berkeley, and other material. Subjects discussed include: Chinese immigration to San Francisco, Ambrose Bierce, Knights of Labor, resistance to the Anti-Chinese movement between 1852-1905, Angel Island, the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge and Tuscon's Chinese Heritage.

File consists of a printout of an article by Anthony DePalma for the New York Times about Hong Kong immigrants to Vancouver. Article was mailed to Wayson by Jacob Zilber. Item includes a note from Jacob to Wayson which reads: "Sonny - Mike sent this to us - we thought you'd be interested. Love, Jake."

File consists of photocopies of archival material from the City Archives in Vancouver collected by Jake Sweeney. The file includes a cover letter from Jake with some mention of his family's history running Sweeney Cooperage, which employed Chinese Canadian immigrants in the Vancouver area.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview done by the Chinese Canadian Historical Society with Lee Kin Sing (Jim Lee). The interview focuses on Chinese Canadian immigrations to Canada. The interview was conducted by Ramona Mar. The file also includes a cover letter from Lee's daughter Lola Lee written to Wayson.

File consists of a list of addresses stored on a floppy disc by Wayson Choy.

File consists of drafts and appendices of a short story entitled "Nanking" published in "Descant"