Race Relations

The Chinese had established contact and started trading with the Portuguese and the British in the sixteenth century, but when the Americans arrived at the Chinese trade markets in the late eighteenth century the Chinese looked upon the newcomers with suspicion. The Chinese merchants did not believe civilization could be found in any region but their own and as a result, they treated many foreigners with indifference, nicknaming the Americans the ‘newcomers’ and ‘foreign devils’.

Affidavit of Sam Sing 1918 Business Records Sing, Sam
Anti-Chinese Association Petition 1880 Ephemera Anti-Chinese Association
Anti-Chinese Riot in Denver, Colorado 20 Nov 1880 Illustration
Anti-Chinese Trade Card c. 1880 Advertisement
Augustus W Loomis Letter: San Francisco, California, to Henry Wm Moulton, 30 Mar 1870 30 Mar 1870 Correspondence, Manuscript Loomis, Augustus Ward
Business Card for Mrs Pearson's Blue Bird Inn c. 1920 Ephemera
Charts and Voyages to La Pérouse's Voyage 01 Nov 1798 Printed Book de La Perouse, Jean Francois Galaup
Chinamen c. 1890 Manuscript Shorey, Sam
The Chinese in America 1877 Printed Book Gibson, Otis
The Chinese in California c.1870 Manuscript Cary, Thomas G
Chinese Information Committee News Bureau 1908 Ephemera, Newspaper
Chinese Leaving Eureka c. 1885 Photograph Meiser, J A
Coolies with Roast Pigs c. 1920 Photograph
Deack Passengers' on a Ship May 1884 Illustration
Extracts of Letters Written By Elisha Kent Kane in China 1844 Manuscript, Correspondence
The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton Before Treaty Days 1882 Printed Book
The Friend, Volume 52, Number 7 Jul 1894 Newspaper Damon, Samuel C
The Friend, Volume 52, Number 8 Aug 1894 Newspaper Damon, Samuel C
Head Tax Certificate for Hen Chong Ping 1922 Ephemera, Business Records Government of Canada
Hear the Chinese Band of Portland n.d. Poster, Ephemera
An Historical and Descriptive Account of China; Its Ancient and Modern History, Language, Literature, Religion, Government, Industry, Manners, and Social State; Intercourse with Europe from the Earliest Ages; Missions and Embassies to the Imperial Court; British and Foreign Commerce; Directions to Navigators; State of Mathematics and Astronomy; Survey of Its Geography, Geology, Botany and Zoology. Volume 1 1836 Printed Book Murray, Hugh
An Historical and Descriptive Account of China; Its Ancient and Modern History, Language, Literature, Religion, Government, Industry, Manners, and Social State; Intercourse with Europe from the Earliest Ages; Missions and Embassies to the Imperial Court; British and Foreign Commerce; Directions to Navigators; State of Mathematics and Astronomy; Survey of Its Geography, Geology, Botany and Zoology. Volume 2 1836 Printed Book Murray, Hugh
History of the Oregon Territory and British North-American Fur Trade; with an Account of the Habits and Customs of the Principal Native Tribes on the Northern Continent 1844 Printed Book Dunn, John
The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada West, and the Indian Tribes n.d. Pamphlet, Printed Book
I Waitee I longee All of the Day c. 1911 Ephemera Haffner, F J
If You Want Asiatics to Have the Vote n. d. Poster, Ephemera Canadian Labour Party
The Iniquities of the Opium Trade with China; Being a Development of the Main Causes which Exclude the Merchants of Great Britain from the Advantages of an Unrestricted Commercial Intercourse with that Vast Empire 1839 Printed Book Thelwall, Rev., A S
Ink Blotter n.d. Object
Japanese Girls Playing Games c. 1910 Photograph Power, James
John or Our Chinese Relations/A Study of Our Emigration and Commercial Intercourse with the Celestial Empire 1879 Printed Book Knox, Thomas W
Kaikahi' 1836 Ephemera Russell, Edward
Kathay: a Cruise in the China Seas 1852 Printed Book Macaulay, W Hastings
Letter From James Bancker in China to His Father Charles Nicoll Bancker 14 Dec 1842 Manuscript, Correspondence
Letter From James Bancker in China to His Father Charles Nicoll Bancker 14 Dec 1842 Manuscript, Correspondence
Letter From James Bancker in China to His Sister Anne E Bancker 14 Jan 1843 Manuscript, Correspondence
Letter From James Bancker in China to His Sister Anne E Bancker 28 Oct 1843 Manuscript, Correspondence
Letter From James Bancker in China to His Sister Anne E Bancker 20 Dec 1842 Manuscript, Correspondence
Letter from the Office of the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to Mr Fong 1935 Ephemera, Business Records Office of Registrar Births, Deaths, and Marriages
Mr and Mrs Wong Sun Yue Clemens Inside Store c. 1915 Photograph
Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson, Experienced in the Pacific Ocean, and Many Other Parts of the World, With an Account of the Feegee, and Sandwich Islands 1817 Printed Book, Journal Patterson, Samuel. Edited by Ezekiel Terry.
A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings, of John R. Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston, during a Captivity of Nearly Three Years among the Savages of Nootka Sound: with an Account of the Manners, Mode of Living, and Religious Opinions of the Natives / Embellished with a Plate, Representing the Ship in Possession of the Savages 1815 Printed Book Jewitt, John Rodgers
Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard, a Native of Clearfield County, PA, Who Spent Five Years in Trapping for Furs, Trading With the Indians, &c., &c., of the Rocky Mountains 1839 Printed Book, Journal Leonard, Zenas
Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or Owhyhee; With Observations on the Natural History of the Sandwich Islands; and Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Traditions, History, and Language of Their Inhabitants 1828 Printed Book, Journal Ellis, William
Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, or the First American Settlement on the Pacific 1854 Printed Book, Journal Franchère, Gabriel. Translated and edited by J V Huntington.
Notes on Caleb Cushing's first American Diplomatic Mission to China Written By Elisha Kent Kane c. 1844-1845 Manuscript, Notebook
Notes on Caleb Cushing's first American Diplomatic Mission to China Written By Elisha Kent Kane c. 1844-1845 Manuscript, Notebook
Notice to Seamen 1822; 1972 Ephemera, Pamphlet
The Open Door Policy 1923 Printed Book En Tsung Yen
Our Commercial and Political Relations with China, by an American Resident in China 1855 Printed Book
Review of the Management of our Affairs in China, Since the Opening of the Trade in 1834; with an Analysis of the Government Despatches from the Assumption of Office by Capt. Elliott, on the 14th December, 1836, to the 22d of March, 1839 1840 Printed Book
Scene in a Dried Goods Store c. 1910 Photograph
Shanghai Alley After Chinatown Riots 1907 Photograph, Map Timms, Philip T
A Short and Truthful History of the Taking of California and Oregon by the Chinese in the Year A.D. 1899 1882 Printed Book Woltor, Robert
Should the Japanese be Excluded from Canada? 1908 Poster
Sugar!! Sugar!! Which Shall it Be? 1890 Poster
Trading with China/Methods Found Successful in Dealing with the Chinese 1919 Printed Book
Vancouver Water Works Notice 1887 Memoranda Keefer, G A
Voyage Pittoresque Autour Du Monde… 1822 Printed Book Choris, Louis
Voyages in the Northern Pacific. Narrative of Several Trading Voyages from 1813 to 1818, Between the Northwest Coast of America, the Hawaiian Islands and China, with a Description of the Russian Establishments on the Northwest Coast. Interesting Early Account of Kamehameha's Realm; Manners and Customs of the People, etc. and Sketch of a Cruise in the Service of the Independents of South America in 1819 1896 Printed Book, Journal Corney, Peter
Voyages in the Northern Pacific. Narrative of Several Trading Voyages from 1813 to 1818, between the Northwest Coast of America, the Hawaiian Islands and China, with a Description of the Russian Establishments on the Northwest Coast. Interesting Early Account of Kamehameha's Realm; Manners and Customs of the People, etc. And Sketch of a Cruise in the Service of the Independents of South America in 1819... / With Preface and Appendix of Valuable Confirmatory Letters Prepared by Prof. W. D. Alexander 1896 Printed Book Corney, Peter
Vues et Paysages des Régions Équinoxiales…un Texte Explicatif 1826 Printed Book Choris, Louis
White Canada Crusade Membership Card n.d. Ephemera White Canada Crusade