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Interview with Ed Lee

Year: 2025

Type: editorial

Abstract: Audio recording and transcript of Ed Lee's 1979 interview with Myrtle Bergren for the Coal Tyee History Project. Lee, whose father ran a produce store, shares memories about the Chinese community in Nanaimo. Lee talks about the Chinese head tax and about discrimination towards Chinese people in Canada. He shares his memories of the 1960 fire that burned down Nanaimo's Chinatown and he also talks about different artifacts and photographs in his collection.

Source: VIUSpace (Vancouver Island University Library)

DOI: 10.25316/k8rm-e757

Authors: Edward Lee, Myrtle Bergren

Language: English

Topic: Asian American and Pacific Histories

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W615414624

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