Scope and Contents This collection mostly contains materials procured by Alex Jay and focus on Chinese American writers and playwrights, artists and illustrators, actors, comic book artists, filmmakers, designers, and architects. There are various periodicals, artwork, books, comic books, recipes, playbills, and other items either by Chinese Americans or about Chinese Americans, all dating between 1914 and 2015. Objects are also searchable via PastPerfect Online System at...

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This sub-series includes playbills, newspaper and magazine clips, photographs, books, journals, and CDs and DVD with the subject of David Henry Hwang and his productions: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, Bondage, Face Value, Family Devotions, Flower Drum Song, FOB, Golden Child, M. Butterfly, Sound and Beauty, The Dance and The Railroad, and The Voyage.

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This sub-series includes five DVDs, one folder containing photographs, posters, and lobby cards of The Last Emperor, and actor autographs.

Abstract For over forty-five years, Ming Cho Lee has served on the faculty at Yale School of Drama, including as the co-chair of the design department. As a recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 2002 and the Tony award for lifetime achievement in 2013, Ming Cho Lee is one of the most acclaimed living set designers in the U.S. He is originally from Shanghai but moved to Hong Kong during his childhood, and went to the United States to attend Occidental College in 1949. He then attended UCLA and...

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The Flower Drum Song was written by C.Y. Lee and published by Farrar Straus and Cudahy, 1957. The author, C.Y. Lee, and publisher, John Farrar, gave personalized copies of the novel to the cast of Flower Drum Song on opening night, December 1, 1958. This copy belonged to Rose Quong and was purchased on Ebay.