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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 a story documenting a TV program "Enemy Aliens" about the Japanese internment ("Japanese imprisonment" is the preferred term now).

File consists of a single copy of the short story "Turtle" published in 1994

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.

File consists of an issue of "Time" magazine which includes an article on Chinese triads.

File includes drafts of "The Ten Thousand Things", for inclusion in a PEN anthology. Includes a dedication: "for Jacob and Alice Ziler and for Kitty Wilson-Pote".

File consists of a rule book explaining how to play Mah Jong.

File consists of a publication on using a Chinese abacus.

File consists of a copy of a book by David Chuenyan Lai. The book focuses on Victoria's Chinatown and discusses its growth,the ownership of properties, tunnel systems within the community, the symbolism of objects and architecture, heritage buildings, myths, hospitals, the public school and cemetery. The file also includes a newsclipping about an archeological project in Vancouver's Chinatown, the first of its kind in urban Vancouver. Article includes a racist comment from an observer of the archaeological dig and a researcher emphasizes that this is the reason the project is being undertaken, to find the true history of Chinatown, and to refute racist historical perspectives.