"The Fundamental Operations in Bead Arithmetics: How to Use the Chinese Abacus" : [booklet]
- HC01 WC-WC2-WC2A-WC2A.004
- File
- 1941
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a publication on using a Chinese abacus.
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"The Fundamental Operations in Bead Arithmetics: How to Use the Chinese Abacus" : [booklet]
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of a publication on using a Chinese abacus.
Photocopy handouts relating to Chinese arts and artists
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
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.
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
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.
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of an issue of "Time" magazine which includes an article on Chinese triads.
Research material about China and Chinese culture
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
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.
Photograph of Wayson Choy and family
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
Photograph of Wayson Choy as a child
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
Photograph of two members of the Cui family
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
Family and financial documents
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of family photographs (including of Wayson as a child, Wayson's grandparents and others, and a photograph of a contemporary house in Vancouver), bank documents (including a Chinese Liberty Loan certificate), and a Chinese language school textbook for a first-year student which discusses how to behave in school. File also includes a coupon.
Part of Wayson Choy fonds
File consists of genealogical research conducted by Wayson. Includes birth and death records (including Wayson's birth certificate), travel tickets, a receipt, copies of archival research material (including a register of Chinese immigrants to Canada), and photographs of Wayson's family members and gravesites.