Series consists of correspondence, ledgers, clippings, and printed material about the administration of the various research projects. Series contains two subseries: Financial Records and Correspondence. Some restrictions may apply.

Series consists of articles and books about Chinese culture and history and Chinese communities in North America.

Series consists of printed material, notes, correspondence, reports, tickets, and financial materials about the Chinese Benevolent Association.

The collection includes 18 series: Administrative / Office Project Files (1971-1979); Chinese Organizations (1915-1972); Chinese Times (1914-1972); Scrapbooks (1961-1963); Miscellaneous Headlines, Notes, and Clippings (19--); Research Files (1885-1978); E.C. Mark Papers (ca.1940-1974); Chinese Benevolent Association (1933-1969); Financial Ledgers (19--); Chinese Community Research Project Survey (1974); The Chinese World (19--); Interviews with Leaders (19--); Newspapers, Periodicals, and Printed Material (1913-1979); Theses and Papers (1941-1978); Articles and Books (1931-1977); Photographs (ca.1918-1978); Microfilm and Audiotape (1973-1976); and Miscellaneous Restricted Material (19--) series.

Series consists of completed questionnaires about the Chinese Canadian Research Project.

Series consists of lists, clippings, notes, and printed material about various Chinese organizations. Series contains two subseries: Associations, Clubs, and Societies and Individual Files subseries. In addition, recent publications of the Shon Yee Benevolent Association of Canada (file 26-34) were added in February 1999.

Series consists of two indexes, one chronological and the other subject, about articles within the Chinese Times newspaper. The indexes were created by three readers who surveyed the entire run of the paper from 1914 to 1969 and provided summarized notes in English. Series contains two subseries: Chronological Research Index and Subject Index subseries.
As of July 2016, the entire run of the Chinese Times is available in digital format at http://chinesetimes.lib.sfu.ca/.

Series consists of a biography, clippings, reports, a newsletter, printed material, correspondence, and photographs about E.C. Mark.

Series consists of ledgers and other material about Vancouver and Victoria Chinatowns.

Series consists of the texts of interviews with various leaders in the B.C. Chinese community.

Series consists of microfilmed copies of government records and a microfilmed copy of the Wells Fargo and Company Directory of Chinese Business Houses. Series also includes audio cassettes containing interviews regarding Chinese history, both in China and North America.

Series consists of various headlines, notes, and clippings.

Series consists of restricted materials removed from the collection by E. Wickberg.

Series consists of newspapers, periodicals, and printed material, including the Chinatown Commerical News, The New Citizen, Chinese Bulletin, San Francisco Journal, Gum San Po, and Wei Min. Includes directories from various municipalities and regions in Canada.

Series consists of photographs about buildings, schools, and organizations.

Series consists of notes, correspondence, registers, petitions, receipts, proceedings, printed material, transcripts, and copies of legislation gathered primarily from numerous archival repositories. Series contains seven subseries: Archival Research Material; Charles Sedgewick's Files from Victoria; Material sorted by Geographical Area; Foon Sien Papers; Briefs, Statutes, and Acts; Miscellaneous Project Files; and Subject Files subseries.

Series consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings from various B.C. newspapers and about different topics.

Series consists of photocopied materials from The Chinese World.

Series consists of theses and papers about the Chinese community in Canada. The chart of the Yip family tree (file 26-33) was added in August 1996.