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Oral History Interview with Ivan Small, July 31, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.013
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Dr. Ivan Small is a professor of sociocultural anthropology at Central Connecticut State University. Professor Small is a bi-racial Vietnamese American and first became interested in his Asian heritage after visiting his relatives in Vietnam during his college years. His research weaves together cultural anthropology with Asian studies, economic anthropology and research about migration and transnationalism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Small published an article in the...
Dates:
July 31, 2020
Oral History Interview with Jason Wang, 2015-10-23
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Identifier: 2016.037.024
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Jason Wang was born in Xi’an, China, and moved to the U.S. when he was eight years old. His father worked at restaurants throughout his time in high school. In 2005, his family started a bubble tea business in Flushing, Queens. Wang went to college and after his first year his father decided to change the shop to sell street food. Xi’an Famous Foods was created. The restaurant focused on street food from Xi’an, China, with recipes honed by Wang’s family. After four years of studying finance,...
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2015-10-23
Oral History Interview with Jefferson Li, October 20, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.028
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Jefferson Li’s family owns and runs the New York Chinatown butcher shop 47 Division Street Trading Inc. Like many Chinatown businesses, his family business took a huge economic hit due to the pandemic. Li took to the popular social news aggregator website Reddit to try and drum up business by publicizing their low prices to New Yorkers who wouldn’t normally be their primary demographic, becoming a pseudo celebrity in the process. As someone who has been in the Chinatown community prior to...
Dates:
October 20, 2020
Oral History Interview with Joanne Kwong, October 16th, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.020
Dates:
October 16th, 2020
Oral History Interview with Johnny Lee, 1993-09-02
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Identifier: 1994.007.018
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In this interview, using a pseudonym, "Johnny Lee" recounts his life history. He recollects being raised in Hong Kong by his mother while his father worked in America. He remembers his time at Chinatown Seward Park High School bilingual program, classmates who dropped out to join Chinese gangs, after-school work as a button-sewer in garment factories, college work as a dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant, and the decision to leave City College to pursue full-time work at an Off-Track Betting...
Dates:
1993-09-02
Oral History Interview with Kayo Ong, 2007-12-16
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Identifier: 2008.040.012
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Larry Goodman, today’s owner of his familys corporation Grand Machinery Exchange, Inc., recounts how his first generation Polish grandfather founded the company in 1927. Goodman’s father Jerry and uncle Isidore took control of the business in 1947, and Larry Goodman later succeeded his father in 1983. According to Goodman, Centre Street machinery dealers were predominantly Jewish and were often afraid of non-Jewish “outsiders.” These business men were concerned with gaining respect and...
Dates:
2007-12-16
Oral History Interview with Louis Castaldo, 1994-05-17
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Identifier: 1994.007.004
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In this interview, Lou Castaldo discusses the business of his father; Vinnies Pizzeria was established during the early 1970s in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. He recounts his father coming to America and life before starting the business. Castaldo describes the various ethnic cultures and neighborhoods he observed while growing up in Brooklyn; including significant events, activities, hobbies, family life and traditions. Castaldo recalls a significant period of change in Sunset...
Dates:
1994-05-17
Oral History Interview with Marcella Dear, May 24, 2013
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Identifier: 2013.022.006
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Marcella Dear, a longtime friend of MOCA and a generous donor of over 900 objects, joins us to discuss her exciting life and her memories of Chinatown. Marcella goes into depth about many of the objects she donated, and discusses not only their significance as sentimental objects but also how these objects were used in their original setting, at the Rice Bowl restaurant on Mott Street. Marcella’s father founded the Rice Bowl, and she discusses her childhood growing up in and around the...
Dates:
May 24, 2013
Oral History Interview with Maria Bhargava, October 30, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.014
Abstract
The Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce is an organization that educates and supports Asian American businesses in part of central Austin. In this interview, Marina Bhargava, the CEO of the organization, relates her personal outlooks on the Asian business and entrepreneurial scenes in Austin before and during the pandemic. According to Marina, Austin is a bustling entrepreneurial hub that has drawn many large corporations, which also attracted a growing population of Asian Americans that...
Dates:
October 30, 2020
Oral History Interview with Michael Tong, 2016-03-11
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Identifier: 2016.037.022
Abstract
Michael Tong describes his path from his birth of Anhui to becoming one of the most successful restauranteurs in New York City with two four-star restaurants. Moving first to Shanghai and Hong Kong before settling in the US, Mr. Tong studied civil engineering but chose to work in a NYC restaurant after graduation. From there, he opened up two restaurants, Shun Lee Palace and Shun Lee West, where he developed his love for different Chinese cuisines and helped bring Sichuan and Hunanese food...
Dates:
2016-03-11
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