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Boy Scouts, 1919-1982
Series
Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents
This series contains Boy Scout documents and memorabilia. The materials are mostly comprised of correspondence with troop members and the Boy Scout headquarters; accounting ledgers; Boy Scout letterhead; Boy Scout newsletters; one Boy Scout magazine; sketches and drawings; newspaper clippings; official Boy Scout graphics (images for rowing, nature, drafting, etc.); specific Troop 150 information (address lists and activity reports); and awards.
Dates:
1919-1982
Instruments
Series
Scope and Contents
The objects in this series include musical instruments used by CMTA's orchestra. They include erxians, or two-stringed plucked instruments; sanxians, or three-stringed plucked instruments; drums; cymbals; gongs; various flutes; double-reed shawns, or wind instruments; xylophones; and other large stringed instruments. Many of the bows for the stringed instruments are missing hair/string.
Dates:
1930-1992
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 Cecilia Birge, August 16, 2020
Item
Identifier: 2020.020.003
Abstract
Recently appointed the Acting Assistant Principal of the Princeton High School, Cecilia Birge has also had extensive experience working in local politics, once serving as the mayor of Montgomery township, After emigrating from Beijing, China many years ago, Cecilia currently sees herself as being a Chinese-American as well as a proud democrat. Cecilia has long stay connected with the Chinese communities, citing that she could not have won her former mayorship with just the Chinese support,...
Dates:
August 16, 2020
Oral History Interview with Chun Wai Wong, 1993-05
Item
Identifier: 1994.007.026
Abstract
In this interview, Chun Wai "Billy" Wong discusses his arrival to America and living in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn as compared to his birthplace of Hong Kong, China. He cites reasons why he likes living in New York. Wong describes the culture and lifestyle of the working Chinese community; the differences between Mainland Chinese people and Chinese people from Hong Kong, the means in which the Chinese travel back and forth from the neighborhoods, shopping at food stores, and...
Dates:
1993-05
Oral History Interview with Doniyar Sobitov, 2016-03-29
Item
Identifier: 2016.037.017
Abstract
Doniyar Sobitov was raised in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and moved to Brooklyn, NY. He opened his Halal, Uzbek, Asian fusion restaurant called Café Kashkar. The restaurant is run by his family. Sobitov worked as a cook in China and learned techniques to bring back to his own restaurant. He is considering attending culinary school in China for the future. Café Kashkar’s food is based on the region Kashgar, which is located in China. He explains the importance of food to him and is family as a way...
Dates:
2016-03-29
Oral History Interview with George and Ruth Wong, 2000-06-15
Item
Identifier: 2015.008.004
Abstract
In this interview, husband and wife, George and Ruth Wong, talk about how they were both performers at the China Doll Night Club. George Wong describes how he was born in China and trained in acrobatics there. When he was 9, he was in an acrobatic troupe that toured Europe. Ruth Wong was born in the United States but was sent back to China with her mother and siblings to get an education during the Depression Era. She talks about growing up in a neighborhood where she was picked on for being...
Dates:
2000-06-15
Oral History Interview with Guo-Gan Yan, 2004-03-08
File
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 Ho Ying Pang, 2008-03-14
Item
Identifier: 2008.040.019
Abstract
Pang Ho Ying was born in Taishan, China, but grew up and spent a large portion of his life in Hong Kong until he moved to New York with his wife in 1988. Interestingly, his family was divided on both the East and West coasts: he and his two brothers settled in New York, while his two sisters moved to San Francisco. Pang vaguely remembers his first impression of New York upon his arrival as relatively less modern than Hong Kong, claiming that Chinatown appeared backwards since it lacked the...
Dates:
2008-03-14
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