Scope and Contents This series contains the research materials Dr. Nash collected throughout his dissertation work and comprises the large majority/bulk of this collection. Nash performed extensive research into Chinese American communities and Chinatowns in California (from the 1880s to early 1900s). It appears that while his dissertation was on the Chinese Shrimp Fisheries in California, his extensive notes and research imply that he was going to conduct a more broad, wideranging study on the general...

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Contains all largely visual materials, including photographs, negatives, maps, topographical surveys, etc. collected during Nash's research.

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This series comprises Robert A. Nash's writings on Chinese shrimp/abalone fisheries, fishing camps, and Chinese nautical vessels (sampans, junks, .etc) in California in the 1880s. There are about including his final doctoral dissertation, his publications in scholarly journals (e.g., Journal of the Nautical Research Guild, Chinese Historical Society of America, East West, etc.), and papers written in the course of his PhD studies.