Sunday, May 19 event at the Ashland Library, in the Gresham Room.

5:00 pm: Chelsea Rose, Director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, will speak on the topic “The Wah Chung and Company: How a small store helped Ashland’s early Chinese community outfox a racist immigration system.”

5:45 pm: Peter Finkle of WalkAshland will tell stories, both humorous and sad, about Ashland’s Chinese community in the early 1900s.

There will be some time for questions from the audience. (This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the Library.)

Historic Preservation Week is proudly sponsored by the City of Ashland, Advisory Committees for Historic Preservation and Public Arts, Ashland Chamber of Commerce, SOU Laboratory of Anthropology and Walk Ashland.