Manuscripts
Leung Jeung family
You might also be interested in
Image not available
Leung family photos
Manuscripts
Two small albums and loose photos of Leung family members. Some photos taken in Canton, now known as Guangzhou, China. Several photos of Woo Choi Lan's students from the Chinese schools she ran.
mssLeong
Image not available
Leung Jeung and Woo Choi Lan
Manuscripts
Personal documents and photographs related to the parents of Gilbert Leong. Includes receipts and business cards for Leung Jeung's produce business, documentation and photographs of the Chinese school run by Woo Choi Lan, family photos, Leung Jeung's funeral in 1950, and study materials and workbooks for Woo Choi Lan's US Citizenship application.
mssLeong
Image not available
Monroe Tom Leung papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Chinese American cartoonist Monroe Tom Leung. The biographical materials include personal and professional correspondence, including a letter from Connie Chung, letters to the editor written by Leung, and documents related to Leung's military service in World War II. There are photographs depicting Leung, buildings, Leung's artwork and architectural renderings as well as negatives and slides. There are also two books: NESA Sign Designs, located in box 4, and Painting Light & Shadow (Best of Watercolor series), located in box 1, that contain images of Leung's work. Clippings, drawings, and sketches of cartoons drawn by Leung between the 1940s and 2000s comprise the majority of this collection. The cartoons cover topics such as art, parenting, history, everyday life, childhood, employment, medicine, marriage, and holidays. Some of the folders with cartoons also include correspondence with publishers and editors discussing purchasing the cartoons and if there are any edits to make prior to publication. The cartoons are numbered on the back in pencil and most of the folders contain an inventory list with the identification numbers, cartoon title or description, date if known, and publication information. Please note that some of the cartoons feature depictions of Indigenous populations that library users may find harmful, offensive, or inappropriate.
mssLeung
Image not available
Sissie and Gilbert Leong
Manuscripts
Items related to Gilbert and Florence's (Sissie) marriage and early married life, subsequent family homes, and Sissie's funeral. Photographs of Sissie, and vacation photos of Sissie and Gilbert. Leslee Leong's birth and high school graduation. Also holiday cards received by the Leong family over the years, many containing photos and updates from family friends.
mssLeong
Image not available
Fong See and family
Manuscripts
Documents and photos related to Fong See and his first wife Letticie (Ticie) Pruett and their children. There are many family photos including one color autochrome image of Fong See in a Chinese robe. There is a color photocopy of a second autochrome image but the original is not included. Also includes correspondence and documentation of a family trip to China in 1919; Fong See and Ticie's divorce and the separation of family businesses into F. Suie One Co. and F. See On Co.; and Fong See's later years, second marriage, and family. A small amount of photos and other material related to Fong See's youngest brother Fong Yun and his family.
mssLeong
Image not available
See family businesses oversize
Manuscripts
Oversize mounted photos approximately mid 1960s of F. Suie One Co. goods and interiors, and See family members working. Also some loose photos of F. Sui One Co. and the Los Angeles Chinatown area, advertising, and a large roll of F. See On wrapping paper.
mssLeong