Much like Angel Island, the project, Angel Island, the place, is a point of entry, connecting many visitors to a history they know nothing about––and reminding some of a traumatic past they'd rather forget.

Del Sol Quartet violist Charlton Lee and collaborators draw audiences into the world of Angel Island, a tranquil state park in San Francisco Bay dotted with winding trails and a campus of restored wooden buildings that once served as a processing station, interrogation hub, and detention center for mostly Asian immigrants between 1910 and 1940.

What is the island like today, and what may life have been like for the 500,000 newly arrived individuals and families who landed here a century ago in search of a better life? And what is the emotional legacy of the stories that may never have been told from one generation to the next?

This conversation contains brief, graphic mentions of suicide. Please take care when engaging with the episode.

Part 2 Features:

Casey Dexter-Lee, State Park Interpreter II for Angel Island

Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Del Sol Quartet violinist

Kathryn Bates, Del Sol Quartet cellist

Ed Tepporn, Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

Emiko Ono, Director Of Performing Arts Program at The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Andi Wong, educator and collaborator, Angel Island Project

Genny Lim, poet and collaborator, Angel Island Project

Music in this Episode Provided By:

Theresa Wong

Ken Ueno

Timo Chen

Taylor Ho Bynum

Jungyoon Wie

Erika Oba

Byron Au Yong

The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundations invites you to Immigrant Voices, a growing archive of personal stories of Pacific Coast immigrants. Explore here.

RESOURCES & LINKS

Huang Ruo

Angel Island Immigration Station

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation

Immigrant Voices Oral History Project

Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island

Genny Lim

The Last Hoisan Poets

William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

The National Archives at San Francisco (San Bruno)

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CREDITS

Hosted by Charlton Lee

Produced by Andrea Klunder, The Creative Impostor Studios, Charlton Lee, Kathryn Bates, Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Ben Kreith

Story Editor: Andrea Klunder

Sound Design: Andrea Klunder

Technical Director & Post Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz

Field Producer & Recording Engineer: Kathryn Bates

Field Producer: Verena Lee

Podcast Manager: Alex Riegler

Show Notes: Lisa Widder

Cover Art: Felicia Lee

Theme Music: Charlton Lee

Executive Producers: Andrea Fellows Fineberg, Don Fineberg