H. K. Wong Interviews Mr. Hung Cheong Yim and Clarence Chow in Hawaii
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Audio File 1: April 4, 1981 interview at the Honolulu home of Hung Cheong (Cheung?) Yim (born March 22, 1893) with wife Yuk Han Yim (born in Kauai, daughter of Cheong Lim Hung "A Hana", a merchant and rice planter), conversation mostly in Cantonese Chinese. Topics discussed include: growing up in Hawaii and Yim's participation in the all Chinese baseball team that played at the 1915 Far East Olympic tour in Asia, also mentions Dole pineapple plantation. Audio File 2: Musical interlude recording of Liberace on Mike Douglas show, April 15, 1981 in Hawaii; April 19, 1981 interview in Molokai with neighbor Clarence Chow (son of real estate developer Chew/Chu Yun Chow) who talks about his family's history and wife Hilary Gath. Ends abruptly.
Description
Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical |
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Form | audiocassette |
Extent | 1 audio cassette |
Place | Honolulu (Hawaii) |
Place | Molokai (island) |
Date created | April 4, 1981 - 1981-04-19 |
Digital origin | reformatted digital |
Recording type | Analog |
Recording medium | Magnetic |
Playback speed | 1 7/8 ips |
Track configuration | Half track |
Playback configuration | Mono |
Equalization | IEC Type I |
Creators/Contributors
Former owner | Wong, H. K. (Henry Kwock), 1907- | |
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Interviewer | Wong, H. K. (Henry Kwock), 1907- | |
Interviewee | Yim, Hung Cheong | |
Interviewee | Chow, Clarence |
Subjects
Subject | Chinese Historical Society of America |
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Subject | Chinese Americans |
Subject | Hawaii > History |
Genre | Oral histories |
Bibliographic information
Note | Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries in 2019. |
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Previous title | Honolulu - Yim 4/4/81. Molokai - Chow 4/19/81. Yim |
Source ID | M2021_b01_022 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/cp666yr2201 |
Location | M2021 |
Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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Collection
H. K. Wong oral history collection, circa 1966-1990
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