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Chock On fonds
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Chock On fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1124
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1983

The fonds consists of the incoming correspondence of Wo Shou, Wo Sai Jik, and other members of the Wo Surname Association, mainly regarding cannery labour-related business and fundraising activities. It also consists of records and printed material relating to native place issues in Canton, China; the Wo Surname Association in Canton and in B.C.; Chock On business and other activities; and the local Chinese community.

Chock On

Printed material series

Series consists of 10 copies of a half-yearly journals published by Gee How Oak Tin Association, Vancouver, from 1973-1983, 1 special commemorative edition by Wo Chock On Fong in 1980, 3 Chinese year books of B.C. Mainland from 1968-1972, and other material relating to the Chinese community in B.C.

Artifact

Series consists of a traditional Chinese bamboo brush pen with a cap, made in Canton, China.

Photograph

Series consists of 3 photographs, including 2 identical pictures of a Chinese man, dated Aug. 1959, and 1 picture of a three-generation Chinese family taken in Hong Kong, dated July 5, 1955.

Correspondence

Series consists of about 50 letters addressed to Chock On, 31 of which (1929-1933) directed to Wo Shou from Chock On’s Chinese contractors (mostly members of the Wo Surname Association) at various canneries including Bones Bay Cannery, Pacific Salmon Cannery, and Oceania Cannery, 16 (1939-1946) directed to Wo Sai Jik relating to a fund-raising activity to help a murder investigation concerning a member of the Wo Surname Association, and a couple of letters (1955-1967) directed to other members of the Wo Surname Association.

Records

Series consists of records relating to various issues of the native place of the Wo Surname Association in Canton, China, including landed and public properties, school fund-raising, and conflicts with people from other surname associations; and records relating to the Si Sing Company and Chock On business and other activities, including address books, income and expenses summary lists, fund-raising lists, share-holders’ lists, receipts, and other miscellaneous material.

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