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Opera Manuscripts, 1996-2009
Series — Box: 1-3
Scope and Contents
Cantonese opera manuscripts, mostly handwritten, with 公尺谱, a movable-do, similar to the Solfège：do, re, mi fa, so, la, si. They are stamps on the manuscipts, such as 团艺中乐社 Tuen Ngai (Yip Yue) Chung Lok She 青桃径3号安丽大厦 On Lai Building, 3 Tsing To Path，New Territories, Tuen Mun，Hong Kong、曲艺苑 Arts and Performance Center、莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing 香港鰂魚涌英皇道1026号1/F D7 后座 1/F D7 2nd Buiding, 1026 King's Road, QuarryBay, Hong Kong 852-92173931 852-22141267 86-755-2327551、仙乐曲艺社 Sin Lok Music Art、...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Oral History Interview with Fai Ling Lee, 1993-11-17
Item
Identifier: 1994.007.017
Abstract
In this interview, Fai Ling "Alice" Lee discusses the development of the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn; from a sleepy, dilapidated, majority-Norwegian area in the 1970s to a thriving Chinese diaspora in the 1980s and 1990s. She describes the economic and working conditions faced by her father, who worked in a Times Square Chinese restaurant, and her mother, a seamstress in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan. The interview focuses on real estate investing in Sunset Park; home...
Dates:
1993-11-17
Oral History Interview with Joseph Chu, 2004-04-24
File
Identifier: 2014.036.008
Abstract
Joseph Wah Chu is a Chinese immigrant from Toishan County, Guangdong Province, China born in 1933. He grew up in Guangzhou and Hong Kong before eventually moving to the United States in 1965. In the United States, he worked in different cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City as a waiter and office worker. Joseph would eventually settle in New York City’s Chinatown, citing better job opportunities and existing friendships in NYC. In 1978, Joseph started working at the New...
Dates:
2004-04-24
Oral History Interview with William Chiu, 2004-03-30
File
Identifier: 2014.036.017
Abstract
William Chiu, born in 1952, begins this interview recalling his childhood growing up, learning and working in Hong Kong. He talks about his father’s work as a chef and his father’s fateful opportunity to immigrate with his family to the United States. He describes his education and reasoning for desiring to go to the United States. William recounts his first job working as a waiter in training before beginning to work with his father in the restaurant business. He also describes the working...
Dates:
2004-03-30
Oral History Interview with Yee Ming Leung, 1993-09-08
Item
Identifier: 1994.007.019
Abstract
In this interview, Yee Ming Leung describes his teenage assimilation to American culture; a childhood of "Chinese" activities such as catching crabs on Coney Island or stealing nuts from neighbors trees, as well as playing baseball and watching football or movies with his new American friends. Leung recalls his life as a businessman and, later, a restaurateur. He discusses his campaign and motivations for running for a seat on the School Board, Chinese attitudes towards voting, and his...
Dates:
1993-09-08