The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay-Frontier Herbalist

Summary:

The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay is about a frontier herbalist and acupuncturist in John Day, Oregon.

Website:

http://crossingeast.org/

Additional Credits and Funding:

Editor: Catherine Stifter
Associate Producer: Sara Kolbet


Featured scholars were Jeffrey Barlow, Judy Yung and Ronald Takaki with Kam Wah Chung Museum with Curator Carolyn Micinhimer and Translator Chung So.

Featured actors were Chung So,Elaine Low, Jim Chan and Sam A. Mowry. The voice engineer was Clark Salisbury.

Music was provided by the Cantonese Folk Music Research Association of San Francisco at the studios of KPFA-FM in Berkeley, CA. Music Engineer: Michael Johnson.

Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Oregon Council for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Tones:

Intriguing, Sound Rich, Unusual

Language:

English

Description:

MediaRites Productions presents "The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay - frontier herbalist tells the unusual and significant story of Doc Hay and his business partner and friend Lung On who ran the Kam Wah Chung store and medical practice in the small Eastern Oregon town of John Day shortly after the Gold Rush and into the 1950's.  Unlike other parts of the country where lynchings and massacres of Chinese immigrants were the norm, these two men were respected members of the community and are still remembered by John Day residents.

"Doc Hay" was funded by the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Oregon Council for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and will be part of an eight-part national series Crossing East in May 2006 for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. For more info visit: CrossingEast.org

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