Interview with Aurora Len, 1997-08-27
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 33 audiocassette tapes of oral histories conducted from 1997-1998 and 2003. Most of the interviews are compiled on two cassettes, although not all. All of the interviews have been digitized.
Dates
- 1997-08-27
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, belong to the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA). Interview can only be reproduced with permission from the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA).
Extent
.0087 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Aurora Len, a Chinese-Cuban-American woman discusses her mixed background. She was born in and grew up in Havana, Cuba,where her father owned a fruit store and several other businesses. Though her family was Chinese, her father and his brother were brought to Havana, Cuba by her grandfather at very young age after her grandmother passed away and later her father moved back to China and married her mother. Len herself went to China at age fourteen in 1937 and then moved to the United States to attend school in Ohio at age 15 in 1938. Len discusses her sense of belonging in Cuba as a Chinese person and her reasoning for identifying as Cuban-Chinese, and her experience immigrating to the United States to attend Ohio Northern University and then moving to New Jersey and starting a family there.
Repository Details
Part of the Museum of Chinese in America Repository