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.
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.
File consists of letters and drafts of letters written by Wayson Choy. Includes a letter to Patsy Aldana at Douglas & McIntyre regarding an offer for a sequel to "The Jade Peony" and a letter to Iona Wishaw and her class at Vancouver Technical Secondary School.
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.
File consists of financial documents from the Central Savings and Loan, including deposit certificates connected to a savings account. These were issued in mainland China before Communism. File also includes two scripts for plays in Cantonese, a receipt, and miscellaneous elementary school textbooks.
File consists of multiple copies of three handouts relating to Chinese art practices and practitioners. It discusses papercutting, papercraft, and tools to use. Features Ni Feng Kao and Zhang Jigen.
File consists of a Bachelor's thesis submitted to the UBC School of Architecture on Vancouver's Chinatown and the Yip family. Includes handwritten notes by Wayson at a later date and post-it notes throughout.