Diasporas

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates
nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration
to California through about 8,000 images and pages of
primary source materials. Included are photographs,
original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters,
excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal
documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches,
sheet music, and other printed matter. These documents
describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in
California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions.

The Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) is a
research institution established to enhance the existing
capabilities of The Australian National University (ANU).
It
aims to be an integrated, world-leading institution for
Chinese Studies and the understanding of China, or what
has
been called 'Greater China' or the 'Chinese Commonwealth'
(the People's Republic of China, the Hong Kong and Macau
Special Administrative Regions, as well as Taiwan and the
Chinese diaspora), on a global scale.

The Chinese-Australian Historical Images in Australia
(CHIA) database is a catalogue of historical images of
Chinese, Chinese immigrants and their descendants held in
Australia. It primarily draws on the photographic holdings
of the Chinese Museum but also includes photographs from
other online archives, publications and private family
collections. Digital copies of many of these images are
available for research purposes. CHIA also includes the
beginnings of an encyclopaedia of Chinese-Australian

The digitized collections of Multicultural Canada provide
free access to historical collections of Canada's minority
groups to promote research into the country's multi-ethnic
communities. Included in the project are an extensive
range
of collections, with the majority of them in a language
other than English, that include historic newspapers,
books,
manuscript documents, photographs, and audio files. A
significant number of the collections is related to Asian
Canadians, especially Chinese Canadians.

This online portal is created by the Multicultural
History Society of Ontario (MHSO) to bring
together over 1,000 historical photographs, 33
oral history interviews and numerous other
archival materials about Chinese Canadian women to
address their life experiences,
challenges and accomplishments. The years between
1923 and 1967 in Canada were marked by
discriminatory immigration policy. During this
period of time, severe restrictions on Chinese
immigration, coupled with prior patterns of
Chinese migration, led to disproportionately few

Chung Sai Yat Po was published in San Francisco from Feb.
1900 to 1951. It has a long publishing history and almost
all its issues survived. It provides readers important
sources about the history of Chinese immigration in the
first half of the twentieth century. The collection includes
14 microfilm reels and 1,460 online items. Selected issues
can be viewed on the website.

此站由新加坡国立大学图书馆设立。主要包括“历史文献中的南洋古
国”、“中外交通史籍中的南洋”，及早期南洋文献、华人移民史料、英属殖
民地华人史料等。

The website is established by Columbia University Libraries,
it provides electronic version of Guba Hua Gong Diao Cha Lu
reproduced from a microfilm of the original printed copy
held in the Special Collection of Starr East Asian Library.