Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online is a full-text image
database providing access to past revised editions of Hong
Kong laws. The database comprises a total of six
consolidations of the laws of Hong Kong: 1890, 1901, 1912,
1923, 1937, 1950, and 1964 (last updated to 1989).
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online is a full-text image
database providing access to past revised editions of Hong
Kong Laws. The database comprises a total of seven
consolidations of the laws of Hong Kong: 1890, 1901, 1912,
1923, 1937, 1950, and 1964 (last updated to 1989). The
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online database is a valuable
source for legal research on the historical development of
the law of Hong Kong.
The webpage features Selden Map of China at the Bodleian
Libray of Oxford. Dating from the late Ming period, it
shows China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia,
Southeast Asia and part of India. The map shows shipping
routes with compass bearings from the port of Quanzhou
across the entire region. This is the earliest Chinese map
not only to show shipping routes, but also to depict China
as part of a greater East and Southeast Asia, and not the
centre of the known world.
Constituting a visual record of early European contacts
with Asia and Africa, Images of Colonialism Collection is
a primary visual resource for historical and socio-
cultural studies. Made up largely of late-19th and early-
20th century trade cards and illustrated European
newspapers, this collection of more than 700 images offers
insight into European perspectives on varying aspects of
colonial experience by documenting how popular perceptions
of Asia and Africa were created and disseminated. The
collection can also be used to draw contrasts between
Claude L Pickens, Jr. (1900-1985) and his wife, Elizabeth
Zwemer Pickens, were Christian missionaries of the China
Inland Mission (C.I.M.) and had a particular interest in the
category of China's Muslims who are now officially
designated as \Hui\ in China. This digital collection has
over 1,000 photos taken by Pickens, of Muslims and Christian
missionaries working among them in Western China in the
1920s and 1930s. In addition to those, supplemented
resources include several hundred books, pamphlets,
broadsides, etc., in several languages.
Edward Bangs Drew joined the Chinese Maritime Customs
Service in 1864 after earning his BA degree from Harvard.
In 1868, Drew was appointed a Commissioner of the Service, a
position he held for decades. During that time he collected
photographs that document clothing, customs, and daily life
in 19th century China, as well as Drew's life and career,
including family and social gatherings, public appearances,
and events and ceremonies.
The website lists a selection of Harvard Library digital
collections. Collections related to China and Asia have
already been highlighted on the list. Readers can visit the
website to explore collections concerning other areas.
The Harvard-Yenching Library holds some 5,000 photographs
and 10,000 negatives taken by Hedda Hammer Morrison (1908-
1991) while resident in Beijing from 1933 to 1946. All of
the photographs contained in the 28 albums assembled by
Hedda Morrison have been cataloged and digitized and can be
viewed in VIA (Visual Information Access), the union catalog
of visual resources at Harvard. This site provides
information about the collection and strategies for
effectively searching for Hedda Morrison photographs in VIA.
American Memory provides free and open access through the
Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings,
still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that
document the American experience. It is a digital record of
American history and creativity. These materials, from the
collections of the Library of Congress and other
institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places,
and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public
as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
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.