Wah Ming Chang, 1980-2000
Scope and Contents
This sub-series includes two objects: one DVD of a film in which Chang appears, and a book about special effects in movies that mentions Chang on a few pages.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Wah Ming Chang (1917-2003) was a Chinese-American designer, sculptor, and artist. With the encouragement of his adopted father, James Blanding Sloan, he began exhibiting his prints and watercolors at the age of seven to highly favorable reviews. He was a special effects designer who worked on the Star Trek television series in the 1960s and the film, "Cleopatra".
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (Box 20)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
This sub-series is an addition to the Wah Ming Chang sub-series under 2015.041, also in Alex Jay Collection.
Occupation
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Chinese in America Repository