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Won Alexander Cumyow fonds
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Photographs

Series consists of portrait and casual photographs of Cumyow and his family, as well as some photographs of the Chinese Empire Reform Association.

Newspaper articles

-Articles from Colonist, Times, and Standard in 1885 regarding debate over Cumyow's appointment as interpreter.
-Articles from the Colonist and Province in 1885 and 190 1 regarding Cumyow's appointments and yellow oathes.
-Articles about the Chinese Empire Reform Association, possibly Early 1900s.
-Articles about Chinese Empire Reform Association and events i n Vancouver in which Cumyow is mentioned as a spokesperson fo r Chinese Canadians.
-Newspaper article entitled "Orientals Will Vote at Poll."
-Newspaper articles entitled "Queuerious Reform," "China Needs Papers," and "New Record Made by the Blue Funnel." Article s refer to the Chinese Empire Reform Association, Mr. Cumyow as spokesperson, and a record set by an ocean liner on the Pacific.
-Newspaper articles regarding Chinese banquets in the early 1900s.
-1904, 1903 newspaper articles regarding Chinese reform, Mr. Cumyow as spokesperson, and Mr. Cumyow's activities as interpreter.
-Newspaper articles regarding Chinese-Canadian right to vote, and a 9 funeral, 1902, of the brother-in-law of Cumyow.
-Articles, 1901, regarding Mr. Cumyow's idea to have a skating rink, and various business transactions as a lawyer.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of two scrapbooks, 1885 to 1939 and 1904 to 1961, containing documents ,
clippings, and photographs relating to the activities of Won Alexander Cumyow and his family. Includes informal photographs of the Cumyow family, newspaper articles documenting Cumyow's career as an official court interpreter, his family life (weddings and funerals) and his activities concerning the Chinese Empire Reform Association, as well as passport certificates pertaining to Cumyow's entry into the United States.

Journals

Series consists of a letterbook pertaining to Cumyow's various activities, including activities of a business, personal and civic nature, 1888 to 1904, and a notebook listing persons arrested by the Vancouver City Police and the offences committed, 1906 to 1925. Series also includes transcriptions of English letters and transcriptions and translations of Chinese letters in the letterbook.

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence of Cumyow, including petitions and related correspondence sent on behalf of the Chinese Empire Reform Association of Vancouver to the British and United States governments concerning a political crisis in China, 1900 to 1902 . Series also includes Cumyow's correspondence with Vancouver City Archivist J.S. Matthews, 1952 to 1954, relating to the history of Chinese-Canadians in Vancouver, and the history of Vancouver in general.

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