Scope and Contents

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.

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...

Abstract The Catholic Chinese Academy collection comprises three scrapbooks containing photographs, correspondence, administrative materials, newspaper clippings, notes, and ephemera from 1939 to 1947. Materials pertain to administration, classes, and special events at the Catholic Chinese Academy of St. Bridget’s Catholic Chinese Center in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California. The Catholic Chinese Academy was also referred to as the Catholic Chinese School. Photographer Pat O’Malley and Sister Mary...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains field notes, statistical surveys, population indexes, diagrams, and more pertaining to the Chinese in California/U.S. and Chinese fishing/marine transportation vessels dating from about 1860 to 1960. Many are made on random pieces of notepaper, scratch paper, and stenographic/graphical notebooks with detailed drawings and measurements. Also includes some maps and topographical surveys that Nash collected during his research.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains field notes, statistical surveys, population indexes, diagrams, and more pertaining to the Chinese in California/U.S. and Chinese fishing/marine transportation vessels dating from about 1860 to 1960. Many are made on random pieces of notepaper, scratch paper, and stenographic/graphical notebooks with detailed drawings and measurements. Also includes some maps and topographical surveys that Nash collected during his research.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains field notes, statistical surveys, population indexes, diagrams, and more pertaining to the Chinese in California/U.S. and Chinese fishing/marine transportation vessels dating from about 1860 to 1960. Many are made on random pieces of notepaper, scratch paper, and stenographic/graphical notebooks with detailed drawings and measurements. Also includes some maps and topographical surveys that Nash collected during his research.

Scope and Contents

This series contains various correspondences which Dr. Nash wrote (and received) for research purposes throughout the writing of his dissertation. These were usually in the form of letters written to organizations or other historical societies requesting information about, for example, Chinese shrimp fisheries in a certain locality, area, city, or county in California. It also includes correspondence regarding Chinese junks and marine vessels, Chinatowns, and Chinese fishing camps.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.