Manuscripts

On Gold Mountain

Description: Materials related to author Lisa See's book On Gold Mountain, about the history of the See family in China and Los Angeles, and the subsequent 2000 exhibition based on the book at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. Includes exhibition planning documents, photographs, and publicity.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1995-2001
Call number: mssLeong
Provenance: Gift of Leslee See Leong, February 2020.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Family papers

Manuscripts

Materials related to members of the Leong and See families, including personal documents and photographs. Also includes materials related to the On Gold Mountain Exhibition, based on Lisa See's book of the same name and chronicling the families' history.

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See family generations; the Pruetts

Manuscripts

Small amount of material related to Florence (Sissie) See's brothers and their families, including Richard See and his daughter Lisa See. Primarily photographs and clippings, also some birth, death, and wedding announcements. Also photos and correspondence of Ticie Leong's relatives the Pruett family, including letters to Ticie from her sisters-in-law in Oregon.

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Personal

Manuscripts

Photographs, exhibition catalogs and publicity, clippings, memorial service programs, and examples of Wong's commercial artwork including calendars, magazine covers, and a scarf.

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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.

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Soochow and Dragon's Den

Manuscripts

Business documents, publicity, and promotional items related to Soochow and Dragon's Den restaurants. Includes a hand-drawn Soochow restaurant map, and material related to a flower exhibition designed by Eddy See.

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F. Suie One Co

Manuscripts

Business documents, photos, publicity, and other items related to the F. Suie One Co., the See family's import and antiques business. Includes business cards, receipts, tax documents, business licenses, vendor correspondence, and press for the import business and subsequent store locations in Los Angeles Chinatown and Pasadena. Also includes lists of paper sons working for the business: Chinese immigrant boys prevented from entering the United States by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, who purchased fraudulent documentation claiming relationships to Chinese Americans, which enabled them to enter the country. There is also a small amount of material related to the SeeMar Furniture Manufacturing Company, owned by Ray and Bennie See.

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On Gold Mountain

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