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Lee Ng [pseudonym] interview
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1979 [ (Creation)
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2 audio reels (01:00:00) : 9.5 cm/sec, 2 track, mono ; 13 cm
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Copied from cassette originals loaned by donor. Originals retained by Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.
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RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Came to Canada in September 1950; Chinatown was dilapidated and run-down; some of the houses were tiny. Worked for a fish wholesaler for eight years and also as a farm labourer and shrimp peeler; husb;and was out of work in the shingle mill; didn't speak English but surprised people by being able to go out alone; people thought her very brave; bought a sewing machine on credit and learned to alter ;and sew clothes to earn money; when she first came to Canada she thought people in Chinatown were old-fashioned; they wanted women hidden away; if a woman were to look out a window in her home, she wa;s considered shameless and men would stare at them when they were out; there were not many native Indians in the Chinatown area twenty years ago; there are also more prostitutes in the area now; twent;y years ago she was very naïve and didn't know what these women did for a living; now a Canadian citizen and votes in every election; husband came to Canada at the age of fifteen; during the Sino-Japa;nese war, he was able to send money via San Francisco to support her; talks about the positive aspects of government social assistance to senior citizens; gives the wages she was earning in the fish c;annery; talks about the purchase of a rooming house by herself and her husband.;
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Downtown Eastside Women's Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), 1980-07-16
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T3694:0001 is the original interview, in Chinese; T3694:0002 is an English translation.
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- Transcript (of English translation) on file.
- Reference cassette copy available
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Open, but interviewees are to remain ANONYMOUS.
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- Copying Restriction: Any reference to the interviewees may only be by the assigned pseudonyms, which must be identified as not being their real names.
- Use Restriction: Any reference to the interviewees may only be by the assigned pseudonyms, which must be identified as not being their real names.
- Copyright Status: Copyright undetermined.
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Accession number(s): T3694
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Previously described as AAAB4089
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Half-track masters
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speaker: Lee Ng [pseudonym], interviewer: Helena Yeung, translation: Helena Yeung