Abstract The Cambria Collection is a research project conducted by Roberta S. Greenwood, Dana N. Slawson, and Linda Bentz on the Chinese population in Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California. Most of the research focuses on the Chinese Center, namely the Red House, where the Chinese residents of Cambria would gather for social events. An adjoined room to the Red House is also believed to have functioned as a Chinese temple. The collection is arranged at the Box-Level and Folder-Level. Materials...

Abstract The Chang Family Collection contains Chinese and English language correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, rare books, printed matter, and artifacts collected by multiple transnational generations of the Chang family, also known by the surname Chung or Zhang. Originating from a village in Guangdong, China, the Chang family first immigrated to the United States in the year 1900, and underwent successive waves of immigration and reverse migration between the two nations over the course of the...

Abstract The China City Collection contains materials related to historical information on China City, a Chinese-themed tourist attraction between 1938 and 1949 located in Los Angeles, between Main, Spring, and Macy (now Caesar Chavez) streets. China City was a project proposed by Christine Sterling in 1933. The proposed city of booths and stalls along narrow winding streets, similar to the Olvera Street Mexican market, was intended to be located two blocks north of the Old Plaza. Nicknamed Chinese...

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This series is comprised of maps, business cards, voting stubs, and other ephemera.

Abstract The Fritz Family collection consists of photographs, papers, and artifacts created by three generations of the Fritz Family in Los Angeles. It is arranged at a series level. This collection provides insight into the life of Angelenos who lived in the area of Chinatwon before it was known as such, revealing hidden connections between French American and Chinese American communities in Los Angeles. French immigration was at a high from the 1850s to 1860s, making the French the fastest-growing...

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The Cambria Collection is arranged at the Series Level. The collection primarily consists of paper documents, including: research papers and notes, letters and emails of correspondence, census data, newspaper articles, deed and tax information pertaining to the Red House, and oral history transcripts. Also included are photographs and maps in both color and black and white of the Red House and the city of Cambria.

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Contains blueprints of Evergreen Cemetery and maps.

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Contains reference lists and bibliographies which Robert Nash collected through the course of his research on a wide variety of topics, including: Chinese populations in the U.S. (mostly California, and in other states such as Hawai'i, Alaska, and Oregon), Chinese maritime/fishing activities, and the various fishing camps that existed surrounding these industries, in the 1870s and 1880s.