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Against Chinese
An overview on the ‘Chinese question’ at the Trades and Labour local council meeting. It raised the point of what they should do about the local Chinese and covers numerous suggestions on how to remove them from the area. The article states the…
Certificate of residence for Chin Wah
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration. This act also called for all current immigrant to obtain certificates of residences, often referred to as identity cards. The certificate contains a photograph of the immigrant it…
Chinese Envelope
This pink envelope was sent from China to California. The address states it is to Quong Fung Hi, of Downieville, California. Downieville was one of the major places for immigrants to live. It was not just a Chinese immigrant town, Mexicans and…
Chinese immigrant’s identity information
This notebook was owned by John Mason and contains a list of Chinese immigrants and their details. These details then matched identity cards each immigrant was required to carry. The large majority are males, mainly because women and children were…
Compensation for the death of a Japanese subject at Schofield Barracks
This is an act to authorise the payment of $5,000 to the Government of Japan for the benefit of the family of Torahichi Uratake, a Japanese subject, killed at Schofield Barracks, Hawai’i, on November 25, 1915. This legislative document shows the…
Corinthia Elizabeth Sarah Anne Pierre, became Mrs. Thomas Alexander; born in Victoria 1868, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J.F. Pierre.
This is a black and white photograph taken in 1885. The portrait photograph shows a young female woman of an African-Canadian heritage. Unusually, she is pictured in Victorian style clothing such as a white ruff and it is apparent she is wearing a…
Correspondence and papers re: schools
A letter, with attached table of figures, from a secretary for the Vancouver Schools Board, to Vancouver City Alderman. The letter, in response to the Alderman’s request for information, details the enrolment history of Asian, predominantly Chinese,…
Cumberland mine fatality – fifteen Chinamen dead
It is a letter from a L.L Mound to the attorney general of British Columbia. It notes the death of fifteen Chinamen in a Cumberland mining incident. The letter writer understands the Crown government intends to be represented at the inquest into the…
Head tax certificate for Jew Chew Gee
This source is a handwritten document of a head tax certificate for the individual Jew Chew Gee. The source shows the number of the certificate. It is also signed by the Chief controller of Chinese immigration.
The source shows how Chinese…
The source shows how Chinese…
Image of ‘Hanging of the Mexican Woman”
William Downie wrote Hunting for Gold which incorporated the image titled “Hanging of the Mexican Woman,” referring to the lynching of Josefa Segovia. She was the only woman to ever be hung in California. Her killing places a large emphasis on the…