- RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00582
- Item
- [ca. 18-?]
Sword made out of coins from the era of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1796). Coin swords are considered to ward off evil, and bring good luck.
Sword made out of coins from the era of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1796). Coin swords are considered to ward off evil, and bring good luck.
Wooden floral carving from a Chinese temple. Painted with gold leaf.
Asian immigration and Settlement
Subseries consists of records related to Asian immigration to and settlement in North America. These records pertain predominantly to Chinese immigration and settlement in British Columbia, but also include records pertaining to other Asian diaspora as well as other regions of Canada and the United States. These records document early Asian immigration and settlement following the gold rush, such as the Chinese role in the construction of the transcontinental railway, where Chinese workers were assigned the most dangerous jobs, and anti-Asian sentiment in Canada. Other records in this subseries include materials related to Canadian immigration policy and multiculturalism in Canada, Chinese-language educational materials and children's books, Chinese business and residential directories, city directories for Vancouver and Victoria, and materials related to the Sino-Japanese War. As immigration in this context pertains both to first-generation immigrants as well as their families and descendants, records in this subseries also illustrate the Asian experience in Canada and highlight the development of Asian communities, including social, cultural, religious, political, sporting, and educational activities as well as the activities of organisations such as Chinese trade societies, the Chinese Benevolent Association, the Chinese Canadian Association, and the Chinese Nationalist League of Canada.
This subseries also contains an extensive collection of early photographs of Asian-Canadians and Asian-Americans. Some highlights include historical class photographs from Vancouver's Strathcona School, street scenes from the Vancouver, Victoria, and San Francisco Chinatowns, wedding portraits, and the 1915-1918 photograph album of Jue Fong, then a Chinese-American teenager, which offers rare candid photographs from that time period.
These records in this subseries are varied and include published monographs, pamphlets, directories, catalogues, magazines, maps, government reports, legislation, petitions, memoranda, meeting minutes, speeches, contracts, forms, certificates, licenses, tickets, passenger lists, immigration papers, taxes, invoices and receipts, donation books and fundraising materials, staff rosters, school workbooks, samples of Chinese calligraphy, newspaper clippings, posters and broadsides, newsletters, brochures and advertisements, correspondence, postcards, invitations and event programmes, restaurant menus, artefacts, ephemera, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and photographs, photo albums, and photographic negatives.
Stationery sheet from Saint John Board of Trade
Stationery sheet of the Saint John Board of Trade, New Brunswick, from the late nineteenth century, with maps showing Canadian Pacific routes on the Pacific Ocean, railways in Atlantic Canada, and Canadian Pacific routes on the Atlantic Ocean, as well as a list of distances from St. John, New Brunswick to destinations in Great Britain and Canada. Manuscript calculations have been made on verso.
Board of Trade (Saint John, N.B.)
Diary of the first voyage of the H.C.S. Reliance to Bengal and China
Manuscript diary of A. D. Mackenzie, 6th mate, H. C. S. Reliance on the ship's first voyage to Bengal and China under Commander C. S. Timms. Includes a list of passengers and ship's company, and an ink drawing of the Reliance struck by lightning March 21, 1829.
Mackenzie, A.D.
[Reproduction of a Letter from Walter R. Jones to John A. Macdonald]
A photocopy of a letter from Walter R. Jones to John A Macdonald. Believed to be from "Building the CPR: Jackdaw No. C4" by Doug Stuebing, published in 1968, which is a compilation of reproduced material, among other things.
Jones, Walter R.
Chinese butcher and grocery shop, Chinatown, San Francisco
Taber Photo
Railway Government Publication item 1.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 4.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 2.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Report and Papers of the Standing Committee on Railroads Canals and Telgraph Lines
Railway Government Publication item 3.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 9.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 11.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 5.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 6.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 10.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Account and statements of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, on 31st December, 1855
Railway Government Publication item 7.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 8.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 12.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 14.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 15.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 13.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 16.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Proceedings of the standing committee on Railroads, &c. in relation to the Great Southern Railway
Railway Government Publication item 17.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Document granting general sufferance with conditions
Hand written form granting permission to Samuel McCullough to voyage up the Fraser River with four men and his implements and provisions for mining. Conditions of sufferance include to only bring on board goods bought from the Hudson Bay Company, to not carry gunpowder or other ammunition except for that from the United Kingdom, to receive no passengers without a gold mining license, and not to trade with First Nations. Signed by William Mitchell, collector, at Port Victoria, Vancouver Island.
Mitchell, William
Railway Government Publication item 18.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Deed of Sale: Victoria, Vancouver Island
Reproduction of Chang Tsoo's original deed of sale
Vancouver Island (Colony). Victoria
Railway Government Publication item 19
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 20.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Wesleyan Missionary Notices / compiled by Wesleyan Conference Office
Concerns missionary work in British Columbia with reports on conditions in the gold fields along the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. There is also brief mention about the conditions and treatment toward workers of Chinese origin.
Wesleyan Conference Office
Railway Government Publication item 21.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Railway Government Publication item 22.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.
Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)
Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 7-8) printed copy
Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.
Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)
Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 1-10)
Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.
Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)
Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 7-8) manuscript
Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.
Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection
The collection consists of documents, archival records, photographs, ephemera and artifacts related to three broad themes: British Columbia history, immigration and settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Included are the archival fonds of the Yip family and Yip Sang Company, the Dart Coon Club and Chinese Freemasons of Victoria, Hugh G. Robinson (regarding the S.S. Greenhill Park Explosion), Rev. MacDonnell (regarding the Clandonald colony of Scottish immigrants in Alberta) and the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. Includes documents, ephemera and artifacts of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, including records of travelers on CPR rail and steamships.
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung
Wood train and Chinamen in Bloomer Cut
Thomas Houseworth & Co.
Chinese medical text (Waixing pian 3)
Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.
Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)
Reproduction print.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Chinese medical text (Dashend he pian)
Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.
Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)
Chinese medical text (Zabing pian 1-2)
Includes bound book of Chinese medicine and acupuncture written in old style Chinese with calligraphy. This text might have been published in China and taken to Canada by the Chinese immigrants who were members of the Chinese Freemasons.
Cheekungtong (Chinese Freemasons)
[Invoice stub issued by Kwong Lee]
Item contents notes items received from Kwong Lee and placed on board the 'Alts'. Written verso are some notes in pre-Republican Chinese script.
Kwong Lee and Company
Railway Government Publication item 23.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
A shipping invoice issued to K.L., Kwong Lee, 廣利. Written verso are some notes in pre-Republican Chinese script.
Steamer Col. Moody
A shipping invoice issued to K.L., Kwong Lee, 廣利. Written verso are some notes in pre-Republican Chinese script.
B.C. & V.S.N. Co.
A shipping invoice issued to K.L., Kwong Lee, 廣利. Written verso are some notes in pre-Republican Chinese script.
B.C. & V.S.N. Co.
Railway Government Publication item 24.
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
The law that authorizes the construction of the first railway line between Esquimalt and Victoria, within two years "unless hindered by the dangers of the seas or other unavoidable casualty".
Government of British Columbia
Receipt for Laundry Services on the Steamer Eliza Anderson
A receipt for laundry services aboard the Steamer Eliza Anderson. The laundry services were apparently completed by John Chinaman.
Steamer Eliza Anderson