UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library

Includes proof of nativity, dated Jan. 1904, for Pon Hong Ban (Bing), who returned to San Francisco on the SS America Maru on Oct. 31, 1903, and for Pon Yun Cheong, minor son of Pon Kee, who landed on the SS Siberia on Dec. 16, 1907. Also, certificates of identity dated Aug. 14, 1908, for Pon Get to facilitate re-entry to the U.S., and March 14, 1916, for Pon Doo Chew, minor son of Pon Hing, a Chinese resident in the U.S., who landed on the SS Manchuria on July 20, 1915. Portraits attached to each document.

Contains typescript drafts, including edited and corrected copies; information about sources, chiefly selected bibliographies, bibliographic citations, and notes on collections; and lists used for subject headings research. With these are outlines and reading lists for numerous courses taught in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1987.

Contains 62 typed transcripts or summaries of interviews with Chinese immigrants detained at Angel Island Immigration Station between 1910 and 1940, including 12 female and 40 male detainees, along with 3 inspectors, 2 interpreters, and a kitchen helper, minister's son, YMCA director, son of a matron's assistant, and the wife of maintenance man. Also includes a brief summary and proposal of the project, with a list of interviewees and interview questions.

Includes 46 black and white slides, compiled by the Angel Island Exhibit Committee, depicting the origins of the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco and lives of immigrants detained on the island. Also includes script and sound cassette transcript of the slide presentation, along with, information sheets on the exhibit, Island : history of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 and the book, Island : poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940.

Chiefly typed copies of legal correspondence sent to or from San Francisco attorney, Carroll Cook. Letters pertain mostly to Chinese murder trials or complaints of discrimination in Calif., Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and West Virginia, and include some related notes and clippings.

An analysis and summary of the missionary activities of the Catholic Church among the Chinese of Fresno County, Calif., chiefly from 1861 to 1960. Divided into four sections: characteristics, religious beliefs, and the Chinese question in Calif.; early history of the city and county of Fresno; progress of the church's missionary work among the Chinese; and summary.

Copy of certificate of residence, with photograph attached, for Bing Nam, who immigrated to Portland, Oregon around 1891. With this is a letter dated Feb. 1986, to Wei Chi Poon from Zhen Quan Wu, her high school teacher in China, giving a brief biography of Bing Nam, his grandfather.

Certificate of nativity for Yip See, dated Oct. 2, 1897, includes portrait. Affidavits, with portraits, for identity and nativity for Chuey Hamilton, a son, to facilitate his re-entry into the U.S. following a trip to China, signed by R.L. Carter, A.C. Meckel, Mary O'Neil, and other Weaverville residents on April 5, 1912.

Contains personal papers, including correspondence from 1944 to 1971, chiefly with Lillian Leong, William Hoy, Jake Lee, H.J. Timperley, and letters received while serving in China during World War II. Includes photographs of Leong, awards, contracts, military service papers, and other personal and printed ephemera. Also contains writings by Leong, including typescript drafts for chapters of Chinese in America, for his column, "Chinatown, My Chinatown," and biographies featuring Margaret Chung, Ng Poon Chew, and Dong Kingman, as well as numerous stories, articles, and news items, along with his research materials and notes relating to Chinese Americans. Also includes public relations materials from Leong's military service in Kunming, China, including correspondence, procedures, press releases, and newspaper clippings, plus correspondence, minutes, press releases, and newspaper clippings while serving at the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). With these are some press releases and information sheets from Leong's work for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, chiefly relating to Chinese New Years, miscellaneous publicity materials.