Manuscripts

Leung family photos

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1880s-1940s
Call number: mssLeong
Provenance: Gift of Leslee See Leong, February 2020.
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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.

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Leung Jeung family

Manuscripts

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.

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T.M. Leung letter to Z.F. Nevius and Mrs. Nevius

Manuscripts

Dr. T. M. Leung addresses this letter to his "dear friends" Dr. Z. F. Nevius and Mrs. Nevius in San Francisco, California. Writing from Hong Kong, China, Leung begins by noting that their letter of last month has been received and expresses relief that they have finally written to him since his return to China. Leung hopes Nevius' drug business will "do as well as my drug store in Canton, for which has been paying 100% dividend per annum." Leung proceeds to explain that he is about "to take interest in a new [drug store] soon in the same city [Canton] for I believe that European drugs are becoming more and more in demand from now on." The letter is written on the letterhead of Canton-based Yan Sun Co. Ltd. (est. 1884), specializing in wholesale and retail of European drug and dental supplies; Leung appears to have been a distributor. Included: Original envelope and two business cards.

mssHM 75846

The attack on the barrier forts near Canton, China, by the American Squadron, Commodore James Armstrong, Nov 21st 1856

Visual Materials

Image of the attack on the barrier fort near Canton (now Guangzhou), China, by the United States ships San Jacinto, Portsmouth, and Levant during the Second Opium War; two ships visible at center with soldiers in smaller boats heading to shore; Canton coastline with small buildings and scattered Chinese people visible in background.

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Life on the Ocean Wave: Reminiscences of My Voyages Around the World [typescript]

Manuscripts

The volume is Charlotte A. Babcock's reminiscences of her five years at sea (1851-1856) with her husband Captain David S. Babcock aboard the ships Swordfish and Young America. She gives detailed descriptions of San Francisco, Hawaii, Canton (Guangzhou), China, Hong Kong, Bombay, Manila, and Singapore. She also discusses the people she met, parties she attended, and the activities of the sailors and passengers on board her husband's ships. Also included is a sketch of the ship Young America by Charlotte A. Babcock

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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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