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GUM SAAN JOURNAL
is the semi-academic, annual
publication of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.
We welcome manuscripts that explore the historical, cultural, and humanistic
aspects of Chinese American experiences, particularly relating to Southern
California. We also solicit articles exploring contemporary issues relevant
to the Chinese American community. Manuscripts should be approximately 3000
words in length. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors
should obtain permission to reproduce any copyrighted materials or photographs
used in the article. Electronic files are preferred. Submissions should be addressed to: Editors, Susie Ling and Icy Smith Gum Saan Journal Chinese Historical Society of Southern California 415 Bernard Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Email: chssc@earthlink.net 
CHSSC's 2007 Edition of the
Gum Saan Journal, Volume 30, Number 1
The Society has launched the 2007 edition of its scholarly Gum Saan Journal! This special edition of Gum Saan Journal has plenty of karma; it was definitely meant to be. It all began when member Dolores Wong asked if we might be interested in a speech that Richard Wing, famous restauranteur, had sent to her. She got a copy because of the connection that Judge Wong was born in Hanford. The speech was accompanied by some special historical photos of Wing and General George Marshall during World War II. Then things began to snowball. At about the same time, the news came that the Wing family restaurant, Imperial Dynasty, was going to close. National Public Radio even did a very nice segment on this piece of Americana. So I thought I had to call and ask to interview Richard Wing; he most graciously agreed! Camille Wing is one of those special people; she gave us a tour of Hanford’s Taoist Temple and Confucian School and helped us extensively with this issue. The Wings showed me a March 1983 issue of the local paper that had intensely researched the history of Chinese Americans in Kings County. Hanford Sentinel didn’t hesitate to allow us to excerpt much of Karen Clark’s work. The last piece came in to complete the puzzle: Hollywood agent Bessie Loo was also born in Hanford and our own Jack Ong had interviewed Bessie some time ago. He was most happy to now write a piece on his mentor. I’ve never seen an issue come in so logically, so smoothly, and so fast. Our Board’s enthusiastic support was heard loud and clear. Would you believe the current mayor of Hanford, Dan Chin, even helped us out? As usual, our professional editor, Icy Smith, puts the finishing touches on the Journal that make us all proud. You really have to appreciate her attention to detail coupled with great artistry. ----------Susie Ling you may use our membership application to purchase GSJ. Mail your check or money order payable to CHSSC to 415 Bernard Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Or you may pay by Visa/MC by faxing your credit card information to CHSSC office @ 323-221-4162. Or Table of Contents "The Chinese Immigrants" by Karen Clark, Hanford Sentinel "Dreamer in the Kitchen: Richard Wing" by Susie Ling "General George Marshall and I" by Richard C. Wing, CEC/AAC "From Hanford to Hollywood: Remembering Bessie Loo" by Jack Ong | |
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Table of Contents of Past Issues 2006 - Volume 29, Number 1 "Chinese American Grocers of Southern California" by Susie Ling "Wong Ah Gow: The Life of a Chinese Merchant in Ventura County, 1853-1929" by Will Gow 2005 - Volume 28, Number 1 "Revisiting East Adams" by Jenny Cho "An Officer and a Chinaman: A War Hero I Never Met" by Chris Lee "The Early History of Chinese Americans in the San Gabriel Valley" by Susie Ling 2004 - Special Edition "Delbert Wong: First Chinese American Judge" by Marshall Wong 2004 - Volume 27, Number 1 "A Borderlands Crucible" by Grace Pena Delgado "Carson City's Chinatown" by Sue Fawn Chung "The First Contribution, The Last Spike" by William F. Chew "Cantonese Ham": Keye Luke (oral history of actor Keye Luke) December, 2002 - Volume 25, Number 2 "Chinese Lumbermen in the Lake Tahoe Region" by Sue Fawn Chung June, 2002 - Volume 25, Number 1 "Chinese burials in Southern California, Then and Now" by Roberta S. Greenwood December, 2001 - Volume 24, Number 2 "Qingming Festival" by Eugene Cooper "Evolution of Chinese Immigration to the United States" by Wellington Y. Kwan June, 2001 - Volume 24, Number 1 "Chinese Brethren in Los Angeles, 1907-1951" by Jeanie L. Woo "I Served in the United States Navy as a WAVE" by Winifred Eng Lee December, 2000 - Volume 23, Number 2 "Reflections of a World War II Veteran" by Hon. Delbert Earl Wong June, 2000 - Volume 23, Number 1 "The Anti-Chinese Movement in Los Angeles" by Dean Bronner December, 1999 - Volume 23, Number 2 "Three-eyed Yuan-shi: The Story of My Father's Chinese American Experience" by Miranda Y. Ko "Chinese and the American Indian on the Transcontinental Railroad" by Kerry Brinkerhoff and Dean Bonner June 1999 - Volume 22, Number 1 "'Love Boat:' ABCs Cruising the Waters of International Politics" by Ellen D. Wu "1999 Los Angeles Chinatown Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Walking Tours" by Ellen D. Wu December 1998 - Volume 21, Number 2 "Official Papers, Son of a Native" by Paul G. Chace "Building Railroad Through the San Joaquin Valley" by Tom McDannold "East Meets West (On a Railroad Track)" by Margie Lew June 1998 - Volume 21, Number 1 "Orientalism and Imperialism: 19th Century Anglo-American Concepts of China and the Chinese" by Richard Chu and Eugene Cooper "Chinese Memorial Shrine Historical Monument Dedication" by Randall Bloch "Book Review: Chinese American Names: Traditions and Transition by E. W. Louie" by Ellen D. Wu December 1997 - Volume 20, Number 2 "China Then and Now" by Richard T. Chu "Digging History" by Munson Kwok and Paul Chace "CHSSC Founders' Dinner" by Munson Kwok June 1997 - Volume 20, Number 1 "A Past Covered in Shadows" by Lili Yee "Searching for the American Dream and the Meaning of the American Identity" by Lili Yee "Swallowing More Coca-Cola Than Sorrow" by Lili Yee December, 1996 - Volume 19, Number 2 "Effie Jung Lai, Portrait of a Chinese American Woman" by Michelle Chung June, 1996 - Volume 19, Number 1 "California Built Chinese Junks and Sampans" by Linda Bentz December, 1995 - Volume 18, Number 2 "Collective Vision with Collective Spirit: The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, 1975-1995" by Marjorie Lee "A New Home" by Eugene W. Moy "The Nineteenth Century Los Angeles Chinese Cemetery Shrine" by Randall Bloch "Rediscovering Old Chinatowns" by Linda Bentz June, 1995 - Volume 18, Number 1 "New and Exciting Information about the National Archives as a Resource for Chinese Americans" "Historical Resources for Chinese Americans at the National Archives, Regional Archives System" by Waverly B. Lowell, Director December, 1994 - Volume 17, Number 2 "Castelar School: A Community Principal's Perspective" by William Chun-Hoon June, 1994 - Volume 17, Number 1 "Early Chinese Medicine in Southern California" by William M. Bowen December, 1993 - Volume 16, Number 2 "Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act: A Contradiction" by Susie Ling June, 1993 - Volume 16, Number 1 "Founding of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, November 1, 1975" "Chronological Bibliography of Gum Saan Journal Articles, 1977-1991" by Board of Editors December, 1992 - Volume 15, Number 2 "Chinatopwn Militia Units - 1942, Los Angeles and San Francisco" by Norine Dresser "Origins and Destinations: A Conference on Chinese Americans" by Thomas A. McDannold June, 1992 - Volume 15, Number 1 "A Most Excellent Field for Work: Christian Missionary Efforts in Los Angeles Chinese Community, 1870-1900" by Michael E. Engh, S.J. December, 1991 - Volume 14, Number 2 "Mexicali and the Chinese Connection" by Paul G. Chace June, 1991 - Volume 14, Number 1 "The Oldest Chinese Temples in California, A Landmarks Tour" by Paul G. Chase December, 1990 - Volume 13, Number 2 "Moon Festival Memories" by Margie Lew "Chinese Moon Festival Success" by Munson Kwok "History of the Los Angeles Chinese United Methodist Church" by Wesley Hole June, 1990 - Volume 13, Number 1 "A Pictorial History of the Catholic Chinese Center in Los Angeles Chinatown, 1940-1990" by Sister Noemi Crews and Timothy Chan; Introduction by Ruby Ling Louie December, 1989 - Volume 12, Number 2 "The Turtledove Messenger, A Trait of the Early Los Angeles Chiao Ceremony" by Paul G. Chace "Pilgrimage and Pleasure, Hawaii Field Trip 1989" by Angi Ma Wong June, 1989 - Volume 12, Number 1 "Family History for the Chinese American" by Emma Woo Louie "My Family in the United States" by David Hom December, 1988 - Volume 11, Number 2 "Reliving China City" by Ruby Ling Louie "The Legend of Anna May Wong" by Garland Richard Kyle June, 1988 - Volume 11, Number 1 "Charles Tong Sing?: Arctic Explorer" by Abraham Hoffman "Guidelines for the Preservation of Historical Records" by Teena Stern December, 1987 - Volume 10, Number 2 "History and Sources of American Family Names of Chinese Origin" by Emma Woo Louie "The Riverside Chinese Memorial Pavilion? June, 1987 - Volume 10, Number 1 "Birds of Passage: Chinese Occupations in San Diego, 1870-1900" by Judith Liu December, 1986 - Volume 9, Number 2 "A Message from the Past Presidents" "The Chinese and the Los Angeles Produce Market" by George and Elsie Yee "The Forgotten Chinatown" "George Yee - In Memoriam" by Eugene W. Moy June, 1986 - Volume 9, Number 1 "French Hospital: 125 Years of Service" "Los Angeles: Early Chinatown Postal Service, J. M. Scanland and His Account of 1906" by Paul G. Chace "The Chinaman's Mail Some Puzzles Postoffice Men Have to Solve" "The Landscape Appearance of the Los Angeles Greater Chinatown" by Thomas A. McDannold December, 1985 - Volume 8, Number 2 "Dedication: Helen Louise Lim Young" June, 1985 - Volume 8, Number 1 "An 1886 Chinese Labor Boycott in Los Angeles" by E. G. Hager, G. E. Kinney, and A. F. Kroll "A Los Angeles Lettersheet of 1878" by Anna Marie Hager "Remembering World War II" by Lillian Fong December, 1984 - Volume 7, Number 2 "The Chinese Theatre, Law & Order in Los Angeles: Jew Ah Mow and His Congressional Testimony" by Paul G. Chace "Journey Into Yesterday or a Return to the Mother Lode" by Margie Lew June, 1984 - Volume 7, Number 1 "Chinatown in Ventura" by Roberta S. Greenwood December, 1983 - Volume 6, Number 2 "Society Honors Som Shee and Sam Chang" "The California Connection" by Henry Welcome June, 1983 - Volume 6, Number 1 "Los Angeles Chinatown Library was a 12-Year Dream" by Marion Bartoo "The Exclusion Act of 1882: A Chinese American Perspective" by Loren B. Chan "Chinese in America, A Bibliography" by LA Public Library Chinatown Branch November, 1982 - Volume 5, Number 2 "Santa Barbara Chinatown: The Early Years" by Ella Yee Quan "Short History of Castelar School" by Castelar School Staff December, 1981 - Volume 5, Number 1 "A Walk Through History" "Memories of #1619" by Louise Leung Larson "The Chinese in Hawaii" by Clarence E. Glick December, 1980 - Volume 4, Number 1 "The 1927 Chinese Baseball Team" by George and Elsie Yee December, 1979 - Volume 3, Number 2 "The Ning Po (Dragon Race of Yesteryear)" by George and Elsie Yee May, 1979 - Volume 3, Number 1 "Chinese Women in California - Past and Present" "A Profile of Chinese Families and Women in Los Angeles, 1860-1900" by Suellen Cheng Kwok "Celebration of Chinese New Year, January 1876" November, 1978 - Volume 2, Number 2 "Faith, Hope and Survival" by Margie Lew July, 1978 - Volume 2, Number 1 "Walter Uriah Lum - Part II" by Mabel Lum Lew "Lee Pai - The Imposing Ceremonies Attending the Interment of the Dead Chinese Poet" "Gold Discovery in California" by Stan Lau "The Chinese in Los Angeles - A Chronology" by David R. Chan December, 1977 - Volume 1, Number 2 "Society Honors Pioneer Chinese American Actors" by Mary and Chuck Yee "Fiddletown - Yesterday and Today" by Nancy Wey August, 1977 - Volume 1, Number 1 "The President's Message" by George Yee "Walter Uriah Lum - Part I" by Mabel Lum Lew "Winemakers of the Past" by Margie Lew | |