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Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection [Unknown] (Authorized heading) File English
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C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Russia photographs

This album which was assembled by Dr. W. B. Chung consists of photographs of the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Russia and its service as an ocean liner, an armed merchant cruiser in the First World War and as a war transport ship in the Second World War. The album also includes a news clippings concerning the fire that destroyed the ship, a photograph of the ship on fire, and a photograph of the ship after the fire.

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[Elko Hotel ledger]

A ledger showing purchases of goods from a hotel in Elko, B.C. Chinese inscriptions indicate that the hotel was either owned by a Chinese person, or that a Chinese person was employed there.

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Empress clippings

Clippings related to the Empress steamships. Includes newspaper clippings, a bill of lading, and the article "Empress to the Orient" from British Columbia Historical Quarterly v. 4, no. 2, April 1940.

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Empress ships

This album consists of the C.P.R. Empress Line ships, the second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Japan, the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Canadian, the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Asia, the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Russia and the S.S. Aorangi and the S.S. Niagara. Also included in the album is a picture of a Canadian Pacific airplane and the H.M.S. Danae.

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Empress steamships and their captains

This album was assembled by Dr. W. B. Chung and consists of photographs, news clippings and other textual material related to the C.P. R.M.S. Empress steamships and their captains including photographs of Captains J. F. Patrick, J. W. Thomas, Lionel Dale Douglas, A. J. Holland, Samuel Robinson, Jay Goold among others.

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Empress to the Orient, sponsored by Canadian Pacific Limited

This album consists of promotional material for the Empress to the Orient exhibition at the Vancouver Maritime Museum in May 1991 to January 1992. It includes a press kit consisting of a colour poster advertising the exhibition, the notes for remarks by William W. Stinson, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Limited, and E. V. Dodge, the Executive Vice-President of Canadian Pacific Rail. The album also consists of a May 6, 1991 press release by the Vancouver Maritime Museum regarding the opening of the exhibition to the public and a communique issued by the Royal Canadian Mint on May 15, 1991, regarding a one hundred dollar commemorative gold coin depicting the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India. Enclosed within the press kit are fifteen photographs of the exhibition, and an article from the January 1992 issue of Vancouver Magazine.

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Empress to the Orient, Vancouver Maritime Museum Exhibition

This album consists of photographs of the Empress to the Orient exhibition, including photographs of the opening ceremonies with Drs. W. B. and M. H. Chung and William W. Stinson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Limited. The photographs of the exhibition include several of the recreated dining room, grand saloon, and Chinese immigrant quarters displays, as well as many photographs of various artifacts, such as posters, paintings, tableware, and china that were loaned by the Chungs to the museum for the exhibition.

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First C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Australia's cruises

This album consists of photographs, postcards and other related ephemera related to the voyages aboard the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Australia, a C.P.R. railway trip through western Canada, and some photographs of the S.S. Montrose and sailors after the ship was renamed as the H.M.S. Forfar.

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Graphic material related to the Empress of Japan

Two cards, one depicting the Empress of Japan at the Vancouver waterfront in 1898, and the other, addressed to Dr. and Mrs. Chung, depicting the old Georgia viaduct. One sheet showing the midship section of the Empresses of India, Japan, and China. One clipping of a picture and caption about the Empress of Japan.

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Histories of Clandonald

Five accounts relating to the history of Clandonald, Alberta, including histories written by Father Andrew MacDonell: a 1925 manuscript "Report of the Hebridean Delegation", a 1930s manuscript and typescript history of Clandonald, and 1930s manuscript and typescript entitled "Clandonald" that reflects on colonization schemes, and a post-1945 typescript history of Clandonald also by MacDonell is addressed to "Father Ninian", which was later edited and published as "British Immigration Schemes in Alberta" in the Alberta Historical Review in 1968. The copy of this article is signed by MacDonell's sister, Annie Lawrence. Also included by other authors are a 1950s typescript "History of Clandonald by Mr. John McMorrow", postmaster at Clandonald, that includes the views of various community members, and a copy of a 1979 university graduate level history paper titled "Clandonald : a Rural Catholic Community".

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K. Seaton's second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Britain's world tour album

This album consists of photographs taken by perhaps Ken Seaton during a world cruise on the second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Britain. With the photographs is a card inscribed: "With best wishes for a happy Xmas from Lily and Ron". The card also has a photograph mounted inside of it of newlywed Ken Seaton and his spouse from Southampton, UK.

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