WAULiawHRay5158.xml H. Ray Liaw Oral History Collection on Chinese South African Immigrants 1998-1999 Liaw (H. Ray) Oral History Collection on Chinese South African Immigrants Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5158 (Accession No. 5158-001) Liaw, H. Ray H. Ray Liaw oral history collection on Chinese South African immigrants 1998-1999 1.02 cubic feet (3 boxes [including 13 videocassettes]) Collection materials are in English Chinese. Collection of oral history interviews conducted by H. Ray Liaw about Chinese South African immigrants for Liaw's University of Washington undergraduate thesis titled "Education, Occupation, and a South African Chinese Family: A Journey Towards Opportunity."

H. Ray Liaw (Heather Ray Liaw), daughter of Pheeson Liaw and Marcia Ray, is a Seattle, Washington lawyer who specializes in land use and environmental litigation. She received a bachelor's degree in Women's Studies from the University of Washington in 1999. She received a Master's of Public Administration and Juris Doctor from the University of Washington in 2008. Her father, Pheeson Liaw, was a Chinese South African who moved from South Africa to the US in 1966.

The Lew and Liaw families left Canton and Fushin, China in the early 1900s and settled in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the 1960s, members of the extended family emigrated from South Africa to Toronto, Canada, Everett, Washington, and Seattle, Washington.

Sources:

“Ray Liaw.” Van Ness Feldman, 2017. http://www.vnf.com/hliaw.

Materials are arranged by material type in the following order: project documentation, interview transcripts, and interview video recordings.

The H. Ray Liaw Oral History Collection on Chinese South African Immigrants includes video recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by H. Ray Liaw with twelve members of her extended family, South African Chinese immigrants, who emigrated from South Africa to Washington State and Toronto, Canada. Also included is the video documentary and introduction to the project created by H. Ray Liaw for her University of Washington Women’s Studies undergraduate thesis. The interviews cover topics such as life in South Africa in the early twentieth century, life in China, the Chinese immigrant community in South Africa, apartheid, work, experiences as South African Chinese immigrants in the US and Canada, marriage customs, family life, discrimination, politics, and community building.

Interviews were conducted by H. Ray Liaw and a translator was present during the interviews. The interviewees speak Chinese and English and the translator simultaneously translates Chinese to English during the video recordings. H. Ray Liaw transcribed the interviews.

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Donated by H. Ray Liaw, 10/6/1999

 Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Liaw, H. Ray--Archives Lew family Loi, Wong Choi Loi, Jackson Lew, Sing Sharman, Lana Liaw, Wong Ying Liaw, Luying Liaw, Pheeson Liaw, Shoubee Poy, Milly Poy, Marty Lew, Patrick Luck, Denise Toronto (Ont.)--Emigration and immigration Seattle (Wash.)--Emigration and immigration Everett (Wash.)--Emigration and immigration China--Emigration and immigration South Africa--Emigration and immigration Chinese Americans--Ontario--Toronto--Interviews Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Everett--Interviews Chinese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews Immigrants--Ontario--Toronto--Interviews Immigrants--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews Washington (State) Chinese Americans

 

1 Detailed table of contents for the oral history project including quotes from the interview transcripts and biographical information about the interviewees 1999 1 Introduction to the oral history project including historical background for the topic 1998-1999 1 Luying Liaw interview transcript 1999 January 23 1 Wong Ying Liaw interview transcript 1999 February 13 1 Pheeson Liaw interview transcript 1999 1 Shoubee Liaw interview transcript 1999 March 06 1 Sing Lew interview transcript 1999 March 14 1 Lana Sharman interview transcript 1999 March 14 1 Patrick Lew interview transcript 1999 March 15 1 Denise Luck interview transcript 1999 March 15 1 Marty Poy interview transcript 1999 March 16 1 Milly Poy interview transcript 1999 March 17 2 "Education, Occupation, and a South African Chinese Family: A Journey Towards Opportunity" oral history project video recording by H. Ray Liaw 1999 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Luying Liaw interview 1999 January 23 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Wong Ying Liaw interview 1999 February 13 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Pheeson Liaw interview 1999 2 videocassettes 2 Video recording of Shoubee Liaw interview 1999 March 6 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Sing Lew interview 1999 March 14 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Lana Sharman interview 1999 March 14 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Patrick Lew interview 1999 March 15 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Denise Luck interview 1999 March 15 1 videocassette 2 Video recording of Marty Poy and Milly Poy interviews 1999 March 1 videocassette 3 Video recordings and interview transcripts for Wong Choy Loi and Jackson Loi interviews 1999 March 16-17 2 videocassettes

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