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Foon Sien Wong fonds File
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Canadian Confederation Centennial Committee

Ephemera, meeting minutes, and other records related to Foon Sien Wong's activity as the chair of the Inter-Ethnic Committee representing the Chinese-Canadian immigrant group for the Centennial Celebration. This committee served as part of the British Columbia delegation to the larger Canadian Confederation Centennial Committee.

City of Vancouver Re-Development Consultation Committee

File contains items related to Foon Sien's activities as committee executive and negotiator for the Re-Development Consultation Committee. Records include correspondences with the city clerk, meeting minutes, and detailed reports related to the re-development of Chinatown.

[In the media]

Items in the file consist of a transcript of a CBC interview with Foon Sien about Chinese-Canadian fund raising efforts for China during the Pacific War, and also an article written by Foon Sien in The New Republic (新民國報).

[Journals and magazines]

File includes publications from Chinatown organizations across Canada and the United States, including the Chinese Benevolent Association (全加中華總會舘).

[Newspaper clippings]

Newspaper clippings related to race politics, life after the Second World War, and immigration concerns in Canada.

[Scrapbooks]

File includes newspaper clippings related to the Chinese-Canadian and Chinese-American experience. The file also contains some event invitations addressed to Foon Sien, as well as other ephemera.

[Scrapbooks]

File primarily contains newspaper clippings covering the topics of the Chinese-Canadian experience within Canada, and the struggle with racism.

[Scrapbooks]

Scrapbooks in this file contain newspaper clippings that cover the topics of racial discrimination against Chinese-Canadians in Canada, the crisis in China during the Pacific War, and other international political issues. Contains both Chinese and English language publications.

[Scrapbooks]

Scrapbooks of primarily newspaper clippings covering sundry topics including, but not limited to, race politics, nuclear weapons proliferation, McCarthyism, international politics, domestic race disputes, and social welfare issues.

[Scrapbooks]

File primarily contains newspaper clippings related to the topics of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Communist containment, Taiwan-China cross-straits relations, and the Chinese-Canadian experience.

[Scrapbooks]

File includes newspaper clippings related to the Chinese-Canadian experience and also contains articles written by Foon Sien himself. Moreover, the scrapbooks include invitations to birthday and Christmas celebrations, as well as receipts for airline tickets.

[Scrapbooks]

File contains newspaper clippings related to the topics of McCarthyism, the Chinese-Canadian experience, Asian international politics, and domestic and international issues regarding race and apartheid.

[Teaching]

Records related to night school classes taught by Foon Sien Wong through the Vancouver School Board.