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Date(s)
- 1866 - 2003 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
46 cm of textual records
31 photos : colour
28 sound recordings
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records in the series relate to Poy’s father, Richard Charles Lee, and his father, Hysan Lee, and the Lee family’s beginnings in British Hong Kong in the early 1900s. Records relate to Poy’s research of her Lee family genealogy; her research, writing and publishing of her father’s biographies; and academic research towards her Master's degree and PhD dissertation on various aspects of Chinese Canadian history. Records related to her doctoral studies include oral history interviews Poy conducted of Chinese Canadian immigrant women living in Toronto, Victoria and Vancouver.
Records related to Hysan Lee, his company and estate consist of various deeds, indentures, and other legal documents pertaining to his ownership and development of property in Hong Kong. These records are included in reproduction only.