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1980.001.001 - Records
Mr. Tam, a Toisan (Taishan) native, has worked in the laundry industry from the time he immi-grated to the U.S. in 1951 to the time of the interview in 1980. Forced to flee after the com-munist victory in China, he was sponsored by his older brother, with whom he worked at Zhongshan Wet Wash before being able to strike out on his own in 1964. Due to U.S. immigra-tion policy, he was initially unable to sponsor his wife and family and found being s...
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1980.001.002 - Records
Interview with Mr.Chan on December 19, 1980. Mr.Chan was Wah Que Wet Wash manager and Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance member. The interviewer was Charlie Lai and Jack Tchen.
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1981.001.006 - Records
Interview with Mr. Pak Ping Chow on July 14, 1981. Mr. Chow is a retired restaurant worker from Mississippi and is a member of the Senior Coalition Center. The interview was conducted in the project office by New York Chinatown History Project. The interview was conducted by Yuet-Fung Ho in the Toishan dialect.
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1981.001.007 - Records
Interview with Kok San Gee on March 6, 1981. Mr.Gee was a retired laundryman and menber of the senior centers in Chinatown. The Interview was conducted by Mr.Gee in his home in Chinatown. The Interviewer was Judith Luk in the Toshan dialect.
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1981.001.008 - Records
Interview with Kok San Gee on March 6, 1981. Mr. Gee was a retired laundryman and menber of the senior center in Chinatown. The Interview was conducted by Mr.Gee in his home in Chinatown. The Interviewer was Judith Luk & Yuet-fung Ho in Toshan dialect.
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1981.001.009 - Records
Interview with Mr.& Mrs. Frank Fong on 1981, October 21. Both Mr.& Mrs. Fong was the owner of Jung Young Whitewash. The Interview was conducted by Judith Luk at the project office. The interview was conducted through English.
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1981.001.010 - Records
Interview with Mr. Lee Fong on January 16, 1981. Mr. Lee Fong was wetwasher worker at Wah Kiu Wetwash. The interview was conducted by Mr. Lee Fong in Wah Kiu Wetwash. The inerviewer was Charlie Lai in English.
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1981.001.011 - Records
Interview with Mr.Shing Choy on June 8, 1981. Mr. Shing Choy was a retired restaurant worker and seaman. The Interview was conducted in Project office. The interviewer was Judith Luk in the Cantonese dialect.
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1982.002.001 - Records
Daniel Chu was born in Kohanaiki, Hawaii in 1914, the tenth child in a large family of eight boys and four girls. His father's parents were Hakka and had first migrated to Trinidad or Jamaica in the 1870s to work on rice or sugar plantations. After their contracts ended, they sent his father, who was eight years old at the time, back to their home village in Guangdong Province. When he was eighteen, they sent for him to join them where they had s...
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1982.002.002 - Records
Interview with Esther Beier on May 19, 1982. The interviewer was Amy.
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1982.002.003 - Records
Interview with Mr.Jung Young at Devember 2. The interviewe was Cantonese dialect.
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1983.004.002 - Records
Growing up, Cora May Chin (née Chu, born 1927) lived with her parents and two sisters at 47 Mott Street, above the apartments of her paternal grandparents and large extended family. Her father, Farn B. Chu, was a doctor with a medical practice on the third floor of the same building, and her grandfather, Chu Fook (Ng Yee Foke), was a proprietor of Mon Hing Co., a wholesale restaurant supply and grocery store at 19 Pell Street. Her mother, Mary Yo...
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1983.004.003 - Records
Interview with Mrs. Chin on 1982, December 14. Mrs.Chin was a retired restaurant worker and house wife . The Interview was conducted in Mrs.Chin's home in NY Chinatown . The interviewer Yuet-Fung Ho, the language was in both Taishanese and Cantonese dialect .
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1983.004.004 - Records
Interview with Mrs. Chin on 1982, December 14. Mrs.Chin was a retired restaurant worker and house wife. The Interview was conducted in Mrs. Chin's home in NY Chinatown. The interviewer Yuet-Fung Ho, the language was in both Taishanese and Cantonese dialect.
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1983.004.006 - Records
Interview with Kenneth Yee, 1983, December 12. The interview was conducted in NYCHP office, The interviewer was Steven Chin, the interview language was in English.
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1983.004.007 - Records
Interview with Lily Chu on November 30, 1982. Mrs. Chu was a retired store owner in 10 Doyers Street. The Interview was conducted in NYCHP. The interviewer was Jin Dao in english.
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1983.004.008 - Records
Interview with Mrs.Mary Foo on July 1, 1983. Mrs.Mary Foo was a housewife. The interview was conducted at Mrs.Foo’s home in Great Neck,LT, New York. The interviewer was Amy Lee and the language was English and Cantonese.
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1983.004.009 - Records
Interview with Mrs.Mary Foo on July 14, 1983. Mrs.Mary Foo was a housewife. The interview was conducted at Mrs.Foo’s home in Great Neck,LT, New York. The interviewer was Amy Lee and the language was English and Cantonese.
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1984.002.001 - Records
This interview with Alice and Jip Chun, conducted by Ernest Abuba on August 21, 1984 for the Chinatown History Project, discusses Louis Chu's novel Eat a Bowl of Tea as adapted for stage by Ernest Abuba. Alice Chun worked with Chinese-speaking patients as a public health nurse employed by the Community Service Society. Jip Chun came from a transnational merchants' family with early roots in New York Chinatown. In the interview, Abuba asks Alice a...
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