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Oral History Interview with Stanley Toy, 2000-11-13
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Identifier: 2015.008.009
Abstract
Stanley Toy talks about immigrating to United States alone when he was 14 or 15 as a paper son. Toy first began work in a laundry and went on to farm-work before getting an article published in a Chinese American newspaper. Later on he learned to dance and was able to begin performing in his 20s. After getting drafted in the 1940s, Toy continued to dance and eventually was balancing several jobs including performing. He speaks briefly about his relationship with family and how his...
Dates:
2000-11-13
Oral History Interview with Toby Turkel, 2008-03-08
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Identifier: 2008.040.023
Abstract
Toby Turkel is a Jewish woman who was born and raised in East New York, Brooklyn, and moved to Chinatown in the mid-seventies. She is an active community member, serving as the president of Chatham Towers, a co-op in Chinatown, as well as the vice president of Synagogue for the Arts. During this oral history, she begins by discussing her childhood in East New York and her personal journey that led her to live independently on the Lower East Side beginning in the sixties. Turkel later got...
Dates:
2008-03-08
Oral History Interview with Tony Giordano, 1993-06-29
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Identifier: 1994.007.012
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By outlining the experiences of the two prior generations, Tony Giordano explains in the interview how his family of Italian heritage came to be in Brooklyn. He focuses on his father occupations; ultimately one as a bus driver. Giordano describes his upbringing in terms of his family apartment housing, Brooklyn neighborhoods, vacations on Long Island, education from first grade through college, and his Roman Catholic religious experience. The interview is in depth on his experience of losing...
Dates:
1993-06-29
Oral History Interview with Vivian Ku, 2015-12-15
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Identifier: 2016.037.012
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Vivian Ku, owner of the fast-casual Taiwanese restaurant Pine & Crane, talks about her journey to opening up her restaurant and the decisions she made along the way. She particularly details how her family’s background and her grandmother’s cooking influenced what dishes she puts on her menu and what type of restaurant she wishes to run. Her belief in the family values behind the Chinese food culture continues to drive her down the path as a restauranteur.
Dates:
2015-12-15
Oral History Interview with Wing Lee, April 5, 2013
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Identifier: 2013.022.009
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Tomie Arai and Janice Lau sit down with Wing Lee to discuss his life and his experience growing up in and around New York City’s Chinatown in the ‘60s through the ‘80s. Wing talks about what it was like as a kid being raised in the US with Chinese parents, and growing up on the streets of Chinatown. He talks about the schools he went to in the area, and all the spots the neighborhood kids used to hang out. Later on in his late teenage years, he describes the experience at a popular...
Dates:
April 5, 2013
Oral History Interview with Yun Xing Huang, 2023
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Identifier: 2013.022.010
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Yun Xing Huang was interviewed by MOCA to talk about his immigration and living experiences in New York City’s Chinatown. As a professional singer, Huang owned a nightclub in Fujian before coming to the US during the prevalent immigration wave in China. He worked as a food delivery person before opening a floral shop on his own, singing songs for wedding parties, and acting in films. He praised the brave spirit of Fujianese people but touched upon the geographical discrimination between...
Dates:
2023
Oral History Interview with Yvette Lee, 2015-07-01 - 2016-12-21
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Identifier: 2016.037.013
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This oral history focuses on Yvette Lee, a Chinese American home cook who was born and raised in Pauoa Valley, Honolulu, Hawaii. The daughter of two immigrants from Hong Kong, Yvette Lee learned to cook from watching her parents in the kitchen. A pescatarian, Lee derived inspiration for her homey, eclectic cooking style from the vegan dishes her mother made when she was a child, as well as from Hawaii’s rich cultural diversity. In this oral history, Lee discusses food as a means of...
Dates:
2015-07-01 - 2016-12-21
The Family Journey of Betty Lee Sung, 2017-06-01
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Identifier: 2017.041.007
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Betty Lee Sung was an author, professor, and pioneering scholar in the field of Chinese American studies. Sung has written several books, including the seminal "Mountain of Gold," one of the first comprehensive histories on Chinese in America published in 1967. Sung holds an honorary doctorate from the State University of New York Old Westbury and has taught for many years at the City College of New York (CCNY), where she founded the first program in Asian American studies on the east coast....
Dates:
2017-06-01
The Family Journey of Fay Chu Matsuda, 2015-07-09
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Identifier: 2015.048.002
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This oral history interviewed Fay Chew Matsuda, director of the City Hall Senior Center, a division of the Hamilton-Madison House, and her life story. Fay grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan as the first generation Chinese-American girl born to immigrant parents. Fay would describe herself as a nurturing environment with parents who never pressured her to succeed and instilled in her values of the importance of family and togetherness, and respectation. Fay attended the elite Hunter...
Dates:
2015-07-09
The Family Journey of Gee Fung and Yep Pyu Chin, 2014
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Identifier: 2014.035.001
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