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The Chinese in California, 1850-1925

Title: The Chinese in California 1850-1925

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter. These documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions. They also document the specific contributions of Chinese immigrants to commerce and business, architecture and art, agriculture and other industries, and cultural and social life in California. Chinatown in San Francisco receives special treatment as the oldest and largest community of Chinese in the United States. Also included is documentation of smaller Chinese communities throughout California, as well as material reflecting on the experiences of individuals. Although necessarily selective, such a large body of materials presents a full spectrum of representation and opinion. The materials in this online compilation are drawn from collections at The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley; The Ethnic Studies Library, University of California Berkeley; and The California Historical Society, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 2710 digital library objects (5349 items)

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Partington, Blanche, d. 1951,. Partington family papers, circa 1892-1946.

Title: Partington family papers, circa 1892-1946.

Primarily letters to Blanche Partington from friends in literary and artistic circles in California, including writer Upton Sinclair. Some addressed also to other members of the family: her sisters, artist Gertrude Partington and opera singer Phyllis Partington, her brother, artist Richard Langtry Partington, and their father, artist John H.E. Partington. Clippings and other miscellaneous papers also included.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 20 boxes, 8 volumes, 2 oversize folders (9.5 linear feet)Selected items from: Box 4: [n.d. 1905] [Carmel] Sterling, Carrie to Blanche Partington, [1905] [San Francisco?, ca.] Sterling, Carrie to Blanche Partington; Box 5: Selected letters, [19]07, Aug. 26. Carmel, Calif., 1910, Dec. 10. Carmel, Calif., 1913, Mar. 19. Carmel, Calif., 1913, Dec. 21. Carmel, Calif., 1925, July 1 (note relating to Ambrose Bierce): 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 418:8) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26863540 View

Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. Tom Lovell papers, circa 1845-1997.

Title: Tom Lovell papers, circa 1845-1997.

The collection contains personal and family papers; biographical booklets; cards and letters received from friends and publishers; research materials in the form of photocopies and notes; booklets, pamphlets, and catalogues; about 16,000 photographic images in the form of black and white and color negatives, prints, Polaroid prints, slides, and transparencies; sketches; tearsheets; and scrapbooks. Also included are hundreds of tearsheets of reference images, Lovell paintings and illustrations, as well as the work of other artists.

ArchivalResource: 58.4 cubic feet (72 document boxes, 15 flat boxes, 7 oversized folders, 9 photo file boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58795219 View