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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Wong Sing Papers
    Dates: 1900-1919
    Collection Number: 1994-13
    Creator/Collector: Wong Sing
    Extent: .5 linear feet
    Online items available
    Repository: History San Jose Research Library
    San Jose, California 95112
    Abstract: Papers and photographs of Wong Sing, employed as an agricultural laborer by physician Robert L. Hogg of Saratoga, California.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Papers are open to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives.

    Publication Rights

    Please consult with the curator with regard to publication rights.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Wong Sing Papers. Collection Number: 1994-13. History San Jose Research Library

    Acquisition Information

    The papers were donated to the San Jose Historical Museum in 1994, along with other belongings of Wong Sing, by a member of the Hogg family. The belongings had been gathered together by Dr. Hogg's wife, Agnes, after Wong Sing passed away in 1919.

    Biography/Administrative History

    According to information given by the donor, Wong Sing was employed c. 1900-1919 as a general agricultural laborer on 80 acres owned by the Hoggs at 14024 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga. His work included taking care of their three children. He may have had a family in China, but was unable to send for them. He was killed in 1919, run over by a bicycle.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The papers comprise a small number of snapshots of Sing on the Hogg property, and taking care of the Hogg children; correspondence, ledgers, invoices, and other assorted papers including a handbill issued by the Alliance for Support of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Revolution. All material is in Chinese.

    Indexing Terms

    Agricultural laborers
    Chinese--California
    Hogg, Robert L.
    Saratoga (Calif.)