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Chinese

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chinese in California collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-095
Abstract

The Chinese in California collection is comprised of photographs, correspondence, press clippings, typescripts, and other material pertaining to the history of Chinese life and culture in California and other areas in the western United States. Material relates to the academic study of the Chinese experience in the United States and the effort to preserve the historic sites and artifacts pertaining to this experience.

Dates: circa 1850-1989, undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1985

Harry W. Lawton collection on Chinese in California

 Collection
Identifier: MS-153
Abstract This collection contains newspaper clippings, photographs, documents and other material collected by Harry W. Lawton pertaining to the experiences of 19th-20th century Chinese immigrants in California, primarily in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Includes material regarding the archaeological dig at the former Chinatown site in Riverside, California, research material that was used in the book Wong Ho Leun: An American Chinatown, and a...
Dates: 1852-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1870-1900