Manuscripts

Leung Jeung family

Description: Items related to members of the Leung Jeung family, including Gilbert Leung's siblings Edward Yin Kwong Leung, Marjorie Leung Hee, and Elmer E. Leung. Letters, clippings, photos and other items documenting family events. See also Leung family photos in box 8.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1880s-1991
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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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