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This series consists of two sub-series of records that reflects Jason Kahei Wong’s creative processes and contemporary re-interpretation of classical guitar techniques. The first subset of records captures the 66 original songs composed by Wong during his time in the Pui Ching Middle School and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It consists of the original music scoresheets that Wong scribed on blank sheets with pencil. Each song is accompanied by an audio recording demo that demonstrate the intents and execution. These songs can be broadly divided into three main categories: Christian gospels, pop songs and movie theme songs covers, and remix of traditional Chinese music. They were written in treble clef for solo performance on a standard tuning or D-tuning classical guitar. Extensive annotations and reference notes can be found on most of the scoresheets.
The second subset of records captures Wong’s solo and group performances. It contains digital video and image files that feature his appearances in chapel worships, wedding performances, and street performances between 2007 and 2021. The audio-visual records illustrate Wong’s distinctive approach to arranging band songs and duets that position guitarist to a role similar to that of pianists. In videos and images that focus on Wong, his left-hand fingering pattern and right-hand plucking techniques could be closely studied.

The fonds documents the personal, professional, artistic, and academic activities of Omar Al-Samadi from approximately age 12 to 38, covering the period from the late 1990s through to 2025. The records reflect a wide range of functions including creative production (primarily photography), cultural and event organizing, academic study and research, social justice engagements, professional development, and personal communication.

The fonds consists of 7 series:

2025-01-01: Correspondence – includes email communication organized into five-year chronological groupings (post-high school to present), handwritten letters from adolescence to early adulthood (ages 12–24), and greeting cards spanning from age 12 to 38.

2025-01-02: Personal documentation – contains administrative and professional records such as CVs, licences and certifications, and other official documents such as expired IDs, passports, and transcripts.

2025-01-03: Photography and creative projects – comprises analog and digital photography, select creative projects, and exhibition materials. Analog records include 35mm negatives, contact sheets, digitized scans, and selectively printed photographs.

2025-01-04: Event production and talent management – includes artist contracts, event planning documentation, promotional materials, and correspondence related to cultural organizing and music industry work.

2025-01-05: Academic work and research – documents undergraduate and graduate academic work, including essays, annotated readings, and research projects.

2025-01-06: Social justice and advocacy – includes records related to community engagement, activism, and advocacy work.

The internal arrangement of the fonds respects the original order of the donor, particularly in personal correspondence and digital photography. Intellectual arrangement was applied to group records by function and format across series and sub-series, particularly in cases where the creator’s working order was informal or evolving.

The fonds includes both analog and digital formats, with principal documentary forms including: email and handwritten correspondence, photographic negatives and prints, digital image files, event flyers, contracts, academic papers, protest materials, and administrative records.

Geographically, the fonds is centered on activities in Toronto, with international components relating to cultural engagement, travel, and correspondence.

This is a common beige double ring lined Muji notepad. Jason Kahei Wong noted in detail the observations he made during his visit, including the fear of being intercepted by police, donations brought up to the mountain by general public, changes to the campus’s landscape by the protesters, mental state of the students, and discussions he overheard. Questions that he asked of the students were also written on the notepad.