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Paul Yee fonds

  • AM1523
  • Fonds
  • 1864-2007

The fonds consists of Paul Yee’s personal correspondence and records of academic achievement, writing and research files, subject files, photographs, and sound recordings, as well as publications and ephemera that he collected. These records relate to Yee's activities as a writer, historian, activist, and archivist in Vancouver and Toronto.

In addition, the fonds includes photographs, correspondence, and other records of some of Yee’s immediate family members, including his Aunt Lillian and Uncle Foon Wong, and their close friends. The fonds also contains textual records, publications, ephemera, and photographs relating to the activities of the Chinese Cultural Centre in Vancouver and the Pender Guy Radio Co-operative, as well records relating to the functions of fraternal associations such as the Wong Kong Har Tong and Hoy Yin Association in Vancouver, and the Duncan, B.C., Branch of the Chinese Nationalist League (Kuo Min Tang).

Yee, Paul

VCC [slide binder] #2 : K,L,M,N,P,Q,R

File consists of slides, originally arranged in slide sheets and a binder, depicting activities and events organized by the Vancouver Centennial Commission. Includes slides relating to the following: (K) April 6th (2011-010.561 to 2011-010.727); (L) Vancouver AM sign unveiling (2011-010.728 to 2011-010.743); (M) Fools parade (2011-010.744 to 2011-010.762); (N) Tillicum's birthday party (2011-010.763 to 2011-010.770); (P) Chinese New Year (2011-010.771 to 2011-010.801); (Q) Tillicum at Lougheed Mall (2011-010.802 to 2011-010.820); and (R) Tony Onley at Agency Press (2011-010.821 to 2011-010.838). April 6th events and activities depicted include the arrival of Governor General Jeanne Sauve at the train station; the birthday celebration at Brockton Point, Stanley Park, including the cutting of the birthday cake; re-dedication of the fountain at Lost Lagoon; fireworks; and a formal dinner.
Individuals depicted in the slides include Mayor Michael Harcourt, Governor General Jeanne Sauve, Toni Onley, Vancouver Centennial Committee Chairman Michael Francis and Centennial Committee members.

Chevron Stage miscellaneous photos 1986

File consists of thirty-four prints and 109 negative strips with a total of 339 images. Includes photographs of various events and performances by singing and dance groups using the Chevron Presents Stage, including the YMCA 100th anniversary party, children's events, anniversary of the Vancouver Health Department Volunteer Programs, Beaux Gestes '86, Party in the Park event at Kensington Park, Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, stage, canopy and tent set up at Stanley Park for April 6th Centennial event, and the April 6th party at Stanley Park.

Frank Wong and Paul Yee

File consists of photographs of Frank Wong, former member of Chinese Soccer Team, at Cathay Seniors Home, Paul Yee with students at Hastings Elementary School in Vancouver, two self-portraits of Yee and other images.

Wing Hing Dry Goods

File consists of photographs of Wing Hing Dry Goods taken just prior to the company's permanent closure.

Family

File consists of negatives showing Paul Yee and his aunt Lillian Ho Wong inside an apartment or house, presumably Wong's; one of the photographs is of a small child.

Asianadian, Vancouver issue

File consists of typescripts and manuscripts of essays, poems, and stories considered for publication or published in Asianadian vol. 3, no. 2. The file also includes drafts of the introduction to the issue, written by issue editors Paul Yee and Sean Gunn.

Inalienable Rice anthology

File consists of drafts of scripts, interviews, essays, poems, and short fiction works considered for publication in Inalienable Rice: A Chinese and Japanese Canadian Anthology.

Edmonton

File contains photographs showing Edmonton's Chinatown, Klondike Days parade floats, houses, restaurants, buildings, retail shops and Paul Yee with some of his family members.

Writers Workshop

File consists of typescripts and manuscripts of stories by Paul Yee, including "Prairie nights 1939", and typescripts of stories, scripts, and poems by other writers who participated in the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop. This file also includes a typescript of Acts 7 and 8 of the radio play Super Pender Guy: the banana flu by Barry Wong and Paul Yee.

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