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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 Angela Ng, 2004-01-20
File
Identifier: 2014.036.009
Abstract
Angela Ng immigrated to the United States in 1970 from Hong Kong and worked as a unionized garment worker for over 25 years. In the interview, she describes her work and experience as a garment worker, and talks about the changes happening in the garment industry. She also discusses union benefits, work conditions, family life for workers, pay, and job availability.
On September 11th, 2001, Angela was working at the garment factory when she noticed a plane fly too low overhead and heard an...
Dates:
2004-01-20
Oral History Interview with Biying Ni, 2015-12-04
Item
Identifier: 2016.037.016
Abstract
Ni Biying talks about her experiences growing up in China and her experience with food over the years as she survives the Japanese invasion from an early age and moves to the US to find work during her adulthood. She imparts interesting knowledge about the regional cuisine from Fujian, China (Fujianese food) and gives insight into the types of food eaten from her rural roots in China. She describes food eaten during times of poverty as well as the difficulties she experiences while trying to...
Dates:
2015-12-04
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 Ning-Yuan Li and Anonymous, 1993-07-02
Item
Identifier: 1994.007.021
Abstract
In this interview, J.L. (Anonymous) and Ning-Yuan Li provide viewpoints on their different lives that led them to America. Li, fine art painter, describes his early education and sensibilities as an artist and recalls the Chinese Cultural Revolution impact on fine art in China. J.L., from Taiwan, relates his life story; the era of the "Anti-Japan War," his career as a soldier, and time spent in Paraguay running a small wrist-watch business. Joined by J.T. (Anonymous, also a narrator of her...
Dates:
1993-07-02
Oral History Interview with Reverend Fook Wong, 1993-04-15
Item
Identifier: 1994.007.027
Abstract
In this interview Reverend Fook "Samuel" Wong discusses his life as an evangelical Baptist preacher in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. He talks about the innermost lives of the immigrant Chinese community he works with daily, detailing their "stages of immigration," as they assimilate to American culture. He details the domestic and financial challenges faced by overworked immigrants. Wong speaks on other issues, including corrupted youth, Chinese gang-related activities, the...
Dates:
1993-04-15
Oral History Interview with Yu Rong Zhu, 1993-04-23
Item
Identifier: 1994.007.029
Abstract
In this interview, Yu Rong Zhu discusses his first sixty years of life, in which he witnessed the Japanese Invasion, the Chinese Civil War, and the Cultural Revolution. He reflects on the decision to move to America, his first two years in San Francisco, and his subsequent move to Brooklyn Chinatown (or the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn). Zhu compares the lifestyle, living conditions, and apartment rental situation in the Chinatown communities of Brooklyn and Manhattan. He considers...
Dates:
1993-04-23
The Family Journey of San Yan Wong & Rosanna Wong, 2021-10-18
Item
Identifier: 2021.026.001
Abstract
During the interview, Mr. San Yan Wong and Mrs. Rosanna Wong talked about Hunan Garden they owned and how the cooking demonstration attracted customers. They discussed the time when the Confucius Plaza was built and how people applied for it. They also talked about kids’ education, as well as how the family keeps the Chinese culture and traditions. They brought kids back to China often and keep their Chinese ancestry root. Mr, San Yan Wong also shared his publications and calligraphies that...
Dates:
2021-10-18
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