Chinese Americans
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Mendocino County 1969, undated
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.
Patricia A. Etter Papers
The collection documents Etter's research about 19th century Chinese opium pipes and smoking at two sites: Donner Summit, California and Virginia City, Nevada.
Research Materials
Southern California Oral History Collection
Visual Materials, undated
Contains all largely visual materials, including photographs, negatives, maps, topographical surveys, etc. collected during Nash's research.
Writings, 1952 - 1975
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.