Wah Chang papers, ca. 1928-2000 (bulk, ca. 1950-2000)

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Wah Chang papers, ca. 1928-2000 (bulk, ca. 1950-2000)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6199s441

Collection consists of biographical scrapbooks and exhibit panels documenting the career of special effects and film pioneer, artist Wah Chang.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.); 6 flat boxes

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6657451

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Chang, Wah

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Wah Ming Chang was born 1917 in Honolulu; moved to San Francisco in the early 1920s; began exhibiting his creative work at the age of six; after the death of his mother (1928), he came to live with Blanding Sloan and Mildred Taylor; entry in film and special effects began in 1938 building murals, sets, and animated puppets shown at the World's Fair in San Francisco; he joined Disney Studios' Effects and Model Dept. (1939) and worked on projects such Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi; worked for Geo...