Chinese Americans--Biography.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce Lee: a Warrior's Journey, 2000
Item
Identifier: 2017.003.025
Abstract
Bruce Lee: a Warrior's Journey premiered in 2000 and was directed by Bruce Lee.
Dates:
2000
Oral History Interview with Henry Yung Jr., 2008
File
Identifier: 2008.041.012
Abstract
Henry Yung Jr. only very recently connected with the history of his distant ancestor, Yung Wing, the legendary writer, diplomat and first Chinese student to graduate from an American university. A fourth generation Chinese American, Henry attended Rutgers University and worked in the tech field. His late discovery is no less significant, as Yung Wing’s writing speaks to him with a sustained relevance even today. Henry had little interest in his Chinese American heritage or...
Dates:
2008
Poy Gum Lee collection
Collection
Identifier: 2015.044
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, sketches, drawings, blueprints, documents, and objects. Photographs and newspaper articles portray Lee’s life in New York and China, his family, and his architectural projects. Letters and documents record business transactions, proposals, legal contracts and the experiences after the Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. The objects encompass some of the essential tools of the trade used by an architect. Lee...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900 - 1990
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
The Family Journey of Kenneth Pai, 2015-10-19
Item
Identifier: 2015.048.014
Abstract
Writer Kenneth Hsien-Yung Pai talks about his tumultuous childhood living in China during and after the Second Sino-Japanese war. He was diagnosed with Tuberculosis as a child and it affected his views on the world. He discusses his inspirations to become a writer and talks about writing the biography about his father Bai Chongxi, a Kuomintang general. His travels led him to the US at the age of 25 to pursue his studies and eventually becoming a professor at the University of California...
Dates:
2015-10-19