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Lisa Eng, 1940 - 1956
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2019.031
Scope and Contents
351 photographs digitized in 600dpi. The photographs depict pictures of the donor's family.
Dates:
1940 - 1956
Oral History Interview with Charlie Lai , 2012-07-12 - 2012-08-09
Item
Identifier: 2021.022.001
Abstract
Charlie Lai along with Jack Tchen are founders of the Chinatown History Project, which has gone on to become the Museum of Chinese in America. In this five part interview conducted over the course of several months Charlie talks about his childhood in Hong Kong and how his family eventually decided to immigrate to the United States when he was nine years old. He talks about living with his uncle when they first arrived in the states and saying on Long Island. His family eventually moves into...
Dates:
2012-07-12 - 2012-08-09
Oral History Interview with Jack Tchen , 2012-09-05
Item
Identifier: 2021.022.002
Abstract
Jack Tchen along with Charlie Lai are founders of the Chinatown History Project, which has gone on to become the Museum of Chinese in America. In this multiple part interview Tchen discusses growing up in Wisconsin and his family’s ties to China. He then recounts his time at Madison college and how he got more involved in activism and Asian American studies. Next he discusses his time working at Basement workshop, how he met Charlie and working on exhibitions. He left Basement workshop with...
Dates:
2012-09-05
Oral History Interview with Mirian Yau Oyola, 2003-10-17
File
Identifier: 2014.036.011
Abstract
In this interview, Mirian Yau Oyola recounts her family’s migration from Guangdong, China to Panama and reminisces about her childhood growing up on a ranch and in a large Asian community in Panama. She chronicles her family’s eventual move to New York City, familial dynamics within a mixed family, the difficulties of cultural assimilation into American life with a Chinese stepmother, and the stark contrasts between life in Panama and America. Growing up in Brooklyn, she recalls how her...
Dates:
2003-10-17
Oral History Interview with Tony Wong, 2004-04-01
File
Identifier: 2014.036.013
Abstract
Tony Wong, General Manager at Sino Television, was born and raised in Hong Kong. He immigrated to the United States to study broadcasting at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Tony recalls his initial struggles as a student coming from a poor economic background and how he eventually moved to New York City, receiving a job offer at NBC right after graduation. During his time at NBC and in Sino TV as a part-timer, Tony would learn a myriad of skills including production, directing,...
Dates:
2004-04-01
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- Chinese American families 3
- Chinese Americans. 3
- Associations, institutions, etc.--New York (State)--New York. 2
- Chinese Americans--History--Exhibitions. 2
- Chinese Americans--Social conditions 2
- Community Involvement 2
- Community organization. 2
- Laundry industry 2
- Oral history. 2
- Racism against Asians 2
- Racism--United States. 2
- Racism. 2
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 2
- Chinese American business enterprises 1
- Chinese American journalists 1
- Chinese American veterans 1
- Chinese Americans 1
- Fund raising. 1
- Immigration 1
- Immigration & society 1
- Language and languages 1
- Radio broadcasting. 1
- Television 1
- Television--Production and direction. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 ∧ less
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