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Oral History Interview with Agnes Wong, 2004-05-21
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Identifier: 2014.036.018
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
9/11 Chinatown Documentation Project includes oral history interviews of people who lived or worked in the Lower East Side during the events on September 11th, 2001. The individuals whose stories were collected are of diverse immigrant, educational, age and socio-economic backgrounds. The interviewees reflect on the tragedy and discuss how their lives and the lives of others in the community were affected by it. The interviews help to paint a portrait of how the New York Chinatown we know...
Dates:
2004-05-21
Oral History Interview with Angela Ng, 2004-01-20
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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 Guo-Gan Yan, 2004-03-08
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Identifier: 2014.036.025
Abstract
Mr. Guo-Gan Yan is an immigrant who arrived in the United States from Guangdong, China in the 1990s in search of better educational opportunities for his daughter. Yan describes his life and career in Guangdong before immigrating. He details aspects of life in China related to recreation and work habits and compares it to his life in the United States. Yan also describes the effects of the 9/11 Terrorist attacks on his job as a restaurant worker in Chinatown, and the assistance he received...
Dates:
2004-03-08
Oral History Interview with Joseph Chu, 2004-04-24
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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 S.W. Sang, 2004-03-11
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Identifier: 2014.036.022
Abstract
S.W. Sang is a local Chinatown jewelry merchant who arrived in the United States during the 1970s. In this interview, he talks about his life as a migrant, moving from country to country, including China, Macau, and the Dominican Republic before finally settling in New York City. Sang was trained as a jeweler at a young age in the Dominican Republic and would eventually establish his business in Manhattan, operating stores in Harlem and Chinatown. As Sang expanded his business in Chinatown,...
Dates:
2004-03-11
Oral History Interview with William Chiu, 2004-03-30
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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
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