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Ron Bick Lee Fonds
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Ron Bick Lee Fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1690
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1994

Fonds consists of textual material, graphic material and artifacts related to Ron Bick Lee’s activities as a businessman, a community leader and a member of his immediate and extended families in Vancouver and back in mainland China and Hong Kong. The material includes correspondence, business related documents such as invoices and ledger books, and his community involvement related documents. The material also contains photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, other personal collections such as rubber stamps, birthday congratulations, self-learning notes and so on. Fonds is arranged into series according to the type of documentation: Correspondence, Business documents, Community and political involvement documents, Centennial celebration and other personal documents, Certificates, Newspaper and magazine clippings and Photographs.

Lee, Ronald Bick

Correspondence.

Ron Bick Lee had correspondence with his families in China and Hong Kong in regard to their family business Foo Hung, other businesses they invested in and family matters around immigration, property rentals and ownership, marriages, deaths and new-borns. Family members Bick Lee corresponded with included his brother Yick Bun Lee, his nephews Leong Yee Lee, Leong Tung Lee and Ting Kwong Lee, his niece Sew Hor Lee and some others. Bick Lee also had correspondence with other extended family members, members of the Lee’s Associations, business partners, his children’s in-law families, friends and other connections. Bick Lee’s correspondence shows his vast network of families, friends and business partners in mainland China, Hong Kong and North America. Bick Lee collected the carbon copies of some of his outgoing letters and arranged the documents primarily in a chronological order.

Photographs.

Ron Bick Lee collected personal, families and friends’ portraits as well as photographs taken in different occasions and events. He also kept gardening related and other miscellaneous photographs and postcards in this collection. Documents are arranged into files according to the topic and size of the documents.

Business documents.

For his Foo Hung, Grandview Greenhouses and other businesses, Ron Bick Lee kept various business documents such as business ledger books, assigned cheques, invoices, catalogues and so on. Documents are arranged into files according to the topic of the documents.

Community and political involvement documents.

Ron Bick Lee was an active and committed community leader. He collected documents related to his community involvement with various organizations including Vancouver Chinese Public School, Lee’s Associations, Chinese Merchants Association and so on. Bick Lee was also an active member of the Kuomintang Party in Vancouver. He was appointed as a delegate and a leader of the local Kuomintang Party several times. Documents are arranged into files according to the topic of the documents.

Certificates.

Ron Bick Lee received awards and certificates for his community and political involvement as a community leader and an overseas Kuomintang Party member. His community involvement spanned from Vancouver Chinese Public School, Lee’s Association and Chinese Merchants Association to Toi San Association and others. Documents are arranged into files according to the topic and size of the documents.

Newspaper and magazine clippings.

Ron Bick Lee had a collection of Chinese and English newspaper and magazine clippings on politics, economics and cultural related news about Vancouver, other parts of North America, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China mainland. Other clippings in his collection also reveal his personal interest in health care, gardening, Chinese and English learning. Documents are arranged into files according to the topic of the documents.

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