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Chinese Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Mendocino County 1969, undated

 File — Box 2, Box: 4, Folder: 3
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.

Dates: undated

Patricia A. Etter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-M-1-Etter
Abstract

The collection documents Etter's research about 19th century Chinese opium pipes and smoking at two sites: Donner Summit, California and Virginia City, Nevada.

Dates: 1973 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1979

Research Materials

 Series
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...
Dates: 1860 - 1975

Southern California Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-M-1-SCOH
Abstract The Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC) and the UCLA Asian Studies Center (AASC) conducted the Southern California Chinese American Oral History Project from 1978 to 1984. They collected 165 oral histories, from which transcripts, summaries, indices, and the book Linking Our Lives: Chinese American Women in Los Angeles were made. This collection contains approximately 1700 pages of transcripts and summaries, in English with small amounts...
Dates: 1916 - 2024; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1984

Visual Materials, undated

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: undated

Writings, 1952 - 1975

 Series
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1952 - 1975