This bibliography was gathered from an early search through Library of Congress collections, in which I focused on several candidate sites to better understand the search process, the availability of records, and the histories of different Chinatowns and other erased enclaves of color. It is not meant as a comprehensive listing of Library of Congress materials nor a comprehensive list of such communities, and I will continue adding to it. If you would like to download an initial selection of images and films I've curated from the LOC's collections, see the this page. If you have items to contribute please reach out; thank you.
Also see:
- the Inspirations page
- some of my thoughts on citation in the context of this kind of archival work
The Library of Congress is an enormous institution and resource, but of course many or most records of early histories of this kind are more represented in local cultural heritage organizations such as historic societies, city and state archives, and most of all in personal, family, and community collections. For me, searching across the LOC's collections was a way to identify starting points for a deeper search of non-LOC materials. It's also important to me that these histories be well represented and accessible within the Library of Congress, and this bibliography may help in that regard. I have also begun gathering non-LOC materials and will be sharing them soon as well.
For a bibliography of Providence's Chinatown, which I originally gathered before the start of this residency, I plan to expand on it with Library of Congress items and include it at a later time.
Finally, while this bibliography focuses mainly on early and erased Chinatowns (my initial area of focus), it also includes a few other communities such as an early Korean enclave called Pachappa Camp, and as the project continues, I am interested in learning about and including resources related to other erased enclaves of color. Again, if you have stories or resources to share, please reach out.
Navigating the many divisions, collections, finding aids, guides, and search systems of the Library of Congress has been a challenge, even as the breadth of the library holds many possibilities. The following are a selection of collections, tools, services, and other starting points for research into lost enclaves of color, with a focus on Chinatowns.
The individual citations in the next section were largely found through these starting points, or by LOC librarians who helped me through the public Ask a Librarian web service.
AAPI Community Collection (1906-2013) - contains books, manuscripts, personal records, yearbooks, maps, and a wide variety of other items. Publicly available, but must be requested several days in advance and only box by box; librarians in the Asian Division can help locate specific items within. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013584998
Selected AAPI manuscript collections in the Library of Congress' Manuscripts Division
Sanborn maps collection - part of the Geography and Map division, Sanborn maps (see Maps in Searching images) were created by the Sanborn Insuance Company every few years for most cities above a certain size in the U.S. since the late 1800s.
Cities and Towns collection - part of the Geography and Map division, this collection includes maps of many places, sorted geographically.
Geographic File filing series (U.S.) - part of the Prints and Photographss Division,
Specific Subject File filing series - part of the Prints and Photographs Division
Postcard file - part of the Prints and Photographs Division
Historic American Buildings - part of the Prints and Photographs Division
Stereograph cards - part of the Prints and Photographs Division
Architecture, Design & Engineering Drawings - part of the Prints and Photographs Division
Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South - part of the Prints and Photographs Division
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives (1935-44) - part of the Prints and Photographs Division
The Prints and Photographs division also includes several collections which had made up the photo archives or "morguefiles" of different regional newspapers or magazines:
- Detroit Publishing Company - this collection is available online, unlike several others of this type.
- New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photo Collection (1880-1967) - searching the collection's finding aid for terms like "chinatown" can return some results, but they must then be checked in person.
- Look Magazine Picture Research File (1910-1970) - again, searching the finding aid can return some results which must then be checked in person.
Chronicling America & the U.S. Newspaper Directory - part of the Serial and Government Publication division, are newspaper collections. For example, you can search all newspapers by ethnicity "chinese" until 1920 See Newspaper archives in Searching for images for more on this resource and how to use it.
Luo, K. & Lai, H.M. Chinese newspapers published in North Amer., 1854-1975. - this print index of newspapers identifies many newspapers by name, region, and where copies are available. It is available in print at the Asian Division reading room, and a few other copies exist at other institutions: https://worldcat.org/title/3551941
Newspaper Navigator - an LC Labs experiment using machine learning to try searching for images in a subset of the Chronicling America collection.
Business directories available in the Science, Technology & Business Division are not digitized or catalogued, but can be searched by region at the division's reading room, and include business listings and advertisements that can be useful clues.
House History guide this guide from the Local History & Genealogy Division describes how to research the history of a house.
Adam Matthews Food and Drink in History - part of the Science, Technology & Business Division, this database is full-text searchable, and I am interested in what insights it might give us into food and drink as part of the daily lives of residents of erased enclaves of color.
Community Cookbooks - this collection may also contain useful information about foodways, and is part of the Science, Technology & Business Division, which hosts cookbooks at the Library of Congress.
China Folklife - the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress includes a wide variety of materials from China and the U.S.; an example is Music and a Mystery to Celebrate the Chinese New Year, which presents recordings of Cantonese opera from 1902-3, recorded in either Philadelphia or New Jersey.
CINARC 金山西北角 -华裔研究中心 Chinese in Northwest America Research Committee https://www.cinarc.org/
These items and collections may be helpful in researching Chinatowns and other enclaves of color across the U.S.
The Ethnic press in the United States: a historical analysis and handbook. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. https://www.loc.gov/item/85031699/
Jones, David D. The surnames of the Chinese in America spelled according to the David Jones system of spelling Chinese names; with notes on various subjects of interest to the Chinese and those who do business with them. San Francisco, The Chinese name spelling company, 1904. https://www.loc.gov/item/12008613/
Chinese American voices: from the gold rush to the present. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005021227/
Tsien T. H. 1962. “Book Review: A Guide to Doctoral Dissertations by Chinese Students in America 1905-1960.” The Library Quarterly: Information Community Policy 241–42. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013584998/
Finding Roots: Asian American Farmers in Contemporary America, a 2020-1 Occupational Folklife Project on Asian American Farmers: https://www.loc.gov/collections/occupational-folklife-project/articles-and-essays/finding-roots-asian-american-farmers-in-contemporary-america/
Chinese newspapers in the United States: Background notes and descriptive analysis. (1978) https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED165178.pdf
Chinese Newspapers, Periodicals, Dissertations @ Pitt: Up to the Mid-Twentieth Century https://pitt.libguides.com/c.php?g=12461&p=66151
America’s Historical Newspapers (online index) https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/product-help/eanx?p=EANX
Geography of Chinese Workers Building the Transcontinental Railroad: A virtual reconstruction of the key historic sites (web publication) http://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/website/virtual/
Photogrammar (search service for photographs by region and date) https://photogrammar.org/county/G4600810/timeline/193501-193801
Example: Walker Evans, Orleans Parish, <1938: https://photogrammar.org/county/G2200710/photographers/WalkerEvans/timeline/193501-193801
2019 Chinese American Genealogy Conference in New York City (including how-to guides) https://www.thinkchinatown.org/genealogy
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Truckee, Nevada County, California. Sanborn Map Company, Jan, 1885. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00895_001/
Ficklin, Marilou West. Early Truckee records. [California?: M.W. Ficklin, 2003] https://www.loc.gov/item/2004270197/
Jennings, Sherry E. Truckee. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2011. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010940451/
Salt Lake City and vicinity, Utah. Truckee Utah Salt Lake City California, 1860. ?. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003690524/.
Hart, Alfred A, photographer. Below Camp 37, lower canyon of Truckee. , None. [Sacramento, calif.: golden state photographic gallery, between 1865 and 1869] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005682995/
Truckee Semi-Weekly Republican Truckee, Nev. County, Calif. 188?. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015729/
Truckee Semi-Weekly Republican Truckee, Nev. County, Calif. -1911. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86076441/
Truckee Republican Truckee, Nev. County, Cal. -188?. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn85025153/
The Truckee Tribune Truckee, Calif. -1869. https://loc.gov/item/sn86076436/
The Truckee Weekly Tribune Truckee, Calif. https://loc.gov/item/sn86076439/
The Semi-Weekly Tribune Truckee, Calif. -1870. https://loc.gov/item/sn86076438/
The Truckee Tribune Truckee, Calif. -1869. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86076436/
Edwards, W. F., Active 1883. W. F. Edwards' Tourists' guide and directory of the Truckee Basin. composeds by Irons, Chas. D Truckee, Cal.: "Republican" job print, 1883. https://loc.gov/item/23006165/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Riverside, Riverside County, California. Sanborn Map Company, 1908. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00793_007/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Riverside, Riverside County, California. Sanborn Map Company, - Jun 1950, 1951. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00793_008/.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Riverside, Riverside County, California. Sanborn Map Company, Feb, 1895. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00793_006/.
Chang, Edward T., Author. Pachappa camp: the first Koreatown in the United States. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021. https://loc.gov/item/2021932002
California Panorama Co., Copyright Claimant. Birdeye, Riverside, California. Riverside United States California, ca. 1908. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660463/.
California Panorama Co., Copyright Claimant. Panarama sic Riverside, California. Riverside United States California, ca. 1908. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660699/.
Pillsbury Picture Co., Copyright Claimant. Riverside from Mt. Rubidoux. Riverside United States California, ca. 1907. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660601/.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1889. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4294pm.g4294pm_g07439188901/?sp=56
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1889. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4294pm.g4294pm_g07439188901/?sp=57&r=-0.79,-0.013,2.58,1.421,0
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1889. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4294pm.g4294pm_g07439188901/?sp=56
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1889. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4294pm.g4294pm_g07439188901/?sp=55
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1889. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4294pm.g4294pm_g07439188901/?sp=56&r=-1.081,-0.463,3.162,1.581,0
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4294pm.g4294pm_g07439188901/?sp=58&st=image&r=-0.547,0.363,1.997,1.236,0
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Sanborn Map Company, Vol. 1, 1901. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4294pm.g4294pm_g07439190101/?sp=2&r=-0.042,0.655,0.389,0.194,0
Bird's-eye view of Portland, Oregon with Mt. St. Helens in background. Portland Oregon Mount Saint Helens Washington, ca. 1903. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/91719502/.
Bird's-eye view of Portland, Oregon, with Mt. Hood in the background. Hood Oregon Portland Mount, ca. 1927. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/93510135/.
Prince, Tracy J.. Portland's Goose Hollow. United States: Arcadia Pub., 2011. http://loc.gov/item/2010938532
Wong, Marie Rose. Sweet cakes, long journey: the Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003065752
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanford, Kings County, California. Sanborn Map Company, Apr, 1892. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00584_004/>.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanford, Kings County, California. Sanborn Map Company, May, 1898. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00584_005/.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanford, Kings County, California. Sanborn Map Company, Apr, 1905. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00584_006/>.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanford, Kings County, California. Sanborn Map Company, Apr, 1913. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00584_007/>.
[Hanford, California city directory.] Livonia, MI : Polk, <2000- > https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=11070511
Cha, Marn Jai, Author. Koreans in central California -1957: a study of settlement and transnational politics. [Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2010] https://www.loc.gov/item/2010927817
Several items in this collection were found or described by Richard Campanella and/or Winston Ho, each of whom has developed deep knowledge of New Orleans two Chinatowns, and on whose knowledege I have relied.
Campanella, Richard. Geographies of New Orleans: urban fabrics before the storm. Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2006. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006927036/
Campanella, Richard, and Marina Campanella. New Orleans then and now. Gretna, La.: Pelican Pub. Co, 1999. https://www.loc.gov/item/98047016
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Sanborn Map Company, ; Vol. 2, 1885. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03376_002/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Sanborn Map Company, ; Vol. 2, 1896. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03376_006/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Sanborn Map Company, ; Vol. 3, 1908. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03376_011/
Detroit Publishing Co., Copyright Claimant, and Publisher Detroit Publishing Co. Elks Place, New Orleans, La. United States New Orleans Louisiana, ca. 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016805994/
Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Koch, Richard, photographer. Charles Kock House, 153 South Rampart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. New Orleans Louisiana Orleans Parish, 1933. translateds by Price, Virginia Bmitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/la0618/
Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, and Jean Baptiste Poeyfarre. Vieux Carre Squares, Poeyfarre House, 532 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. New Orleans Louisiana Orleans Parish, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/la0161/
Evans, Walker, photographer. New Orleans downtown street. Louisiana. United States New Orleans Louisiana Orleans Parish, 1935. Dec. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017759415/
Detroit Publishing Co., Publisher, Jackson, William Henry, photographer. The Clay Monument, Canal Street, New Orleans. United States New Orleans Louisiana, None. [Between 1880 and 1897] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016817550/
Detroit Publishing Co., Publisher, Jackson, William Henry, photographer. Canal St. Street from the Clay Monument. United States New Orleans Louisiana, None. [Between 1880 and 1897] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016817549/
The New Orleans Daily Democrat New Orleans, La. -1880. (New Orleans, LA), Jan. 1 1877. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83026413/ & https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83026413/1880-03-19/ed-1/seq-10/
R. L. Polk & Co.'s Dakota Gazetteer and Business Directory. United States: R.L. Polk & Company, 1888.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Sanborn Map Company, Oct, 1885. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn08223_001/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Sanborn Map Company, Jul, 1903. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4184dm.g082231903/?sp=6&r=0.379,0.651,0.668,0.451,0
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Sanborn Map Company, Jul, 1903. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4184dm.g082231903/?sp=5&r=0.129,0.548,1.052,0.71,0
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Sanborn Map Company, Sep, 1909. Map. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4184dm.g082231909/?sp=6&r=0.618,0.423,0.438,0.296,0
Grabill, John C. H, photographer. Deadwood, S.D. from McGovern Hill. Sount Dakota South Dakota Deadwood, 1888. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613870/
Grabill, John C. H, photographer. Deadwood, S.D. from Mrs. Livingston's Hill. Sount Dakota South Dakota Deadwood, None. [Between 1887 and 1892] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613869/
Grabill, John C. H., photographer. "Chinese service." Burial service of High Lee. 1891. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/99613959/
Grabill, John C. H, photographer. The Race. The great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4, between the only two Chinese hose teams in the United States. South Dakota Deadwood, 1888. July 4. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613960/
Grabill, John C. H, photographer. Hose team. The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4th. South Dakota Deadwood, 1888. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613961/
Grabill, John C. H. Deadwood, South Dakota, ; "I" troop, 8th cavalry near Fort Mead, 1889, Columbia parade, 1892. to 1892, 1888. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010650094/
While my initial search has focused on just a few places, I found a wide variety of materials on Chinatowns and other enclaves of color around the U.S., and I've included them here.
Sung, Betty Lee. Mountain of gold; the story of the Chinese in America. [New York, Macmillan, 1967] https://loc.gov/item/67021422
In Chinatown. (Chinese man crossing street with two children holding hands.), ca. 1920. Dec. 29. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/91795656/
Pfaelzer, Jean. Driven out: the forgotten war against Chinese Americans / Jean Pfaelzer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008013454/
Chung, Sue Fawn. Chinese in the woods: logging and lumbering in the American West. [Urbana ; Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2015] https://www.loc.gov/item/2015006371/
Lee, Sue Itor, and Connie Youngitor Yu, editor. Voices from the railroad: stories by descendants of Chinese railroad workers. San Francisco: Chinese Historical Society of America, 2019. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019938953/
Maniery, Mary L., Author, Rebecca Allen, Sarah Christine Heffner, Society For Historical Archaeology Issuing Body, and Chinese Historical Society Of America Issuing Body. Finding hidden voices of the Chinese railroad workers: an archaeological and historical journey. Germantown, MD: The Society for Historical Archaeology, 2016. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016933967/
Wegars, Priscilla. Hidden heritage: historical archaeology of the overseas Chinese. Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood Pub. Co, 1993. https://www.loc.gov/item/91037295/
Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, John L Morgan, Charles Chamberlain, Gerome Pratt, Orion E Kirkpatrick, Mitzi Rossillon, Lon Johnson, and Inc Renewable Technologies. Leesburg Mining District, Napias & Moose Creeks, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID. Lemhi County Salmon Idaho, 1968. translateds by Gill, Barry Leemitter, and Young, Kellymitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/id0172/
Minnick, Sylvia Sun. Samfow: The San Joaquin Chinese Legacy. Fresno, Calif. : Panorama West Pub., 1988. https://www.loc.gov/item/87063495
The Ethnic press in the United States: a historical analysis and handbook. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. https://www.loc.gov/item/85031699/
Jones, David D. The surnames of the Chinese in America spelled according to the David Jones system of spelling Chinese names; with notes on various subjects of interest to the Chinese and those who do business with them. San Francisco, The Chinese name spelling company, 1904. https://www.loc.gov/item/12008613/
Chinese American voices: from the gold rush to the present. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005021227/
Tsien T. H. 1962. “Book Review: A Guide to Doctoral Dissertations by Chinese Students in America 1905-1960.” The Library Quarterly: Information Community Policy 241–42. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013584998/
James Minano Cabin, Slate Creek at Middle Fork of Koyukuk River, Coldfoot, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ak0055/
Assuming that California, and especially San Francisco, would have a huge volume of records compared to smaller "forgotten" communities, I did not focus on gathering materials for this city in my initial search, but often came across itmes anyways. They are listed here. San Francisco Chinatown and Los Angeles Chinatown materials are listed separately, below.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Riverside, Riverside County, California. Sanborn Map Company, 1908. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00793_007/
Laplante, Margaret. Abandoned Chinatowns: Northern California. [Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing by arrangement with Fonthill Media, LLC, . \u00a9, 2021] https://www.loc.gov/item/2022301120/
Mcdannold, Thomas A. California's Chinese heritage: a legacy of places. Stockton, Calif.: Heritage West Books, 2000. https://www.loc.gov/item/99095593/
Chang, Edward T., Author. Pachappa camp: the first Koreatown in the United States. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021. https://loc.gov/item/2021932002
Sunseri, Charlotte K. “Food Politics of Alliance in a California Frontier Chinatown.” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 19, no. 2 (2015): 416–31. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24572796
Spier, Robert FG. "Tool Acculturation among 19th-Century California Chinese." Ethnohistory. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Valley Historic Indian Conference, - Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Window Rock, Arizona: American Society for Ethnohistory Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1958. 97-117. https://www.loc.gov/item/57043343/
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. One of two original Chinese-operated stores in Coloma formerly Colluma and Culloma on the south fork of the American River in El Dorado County, California. United States Coloma California, 2012. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013631012/
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Chinese Camp, a small settlement in Tuolumne County, California. United States California Chinese Camp, 2012. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013634027/
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Locke Chinese Medicine in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento/San Joaqin River Delta in California. United States California Locke, 2012. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013633562/
Chinese Daily News Sacramento Calif. -18??. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn2009271006/
The Chinese Camp Courier Chinese Camp, Cal. 1???-1???. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn94052961
Yu, Connie Young. Chinatown, San Jose, USA. San Jose, Calif.: San Jose Historical Museum Association, 1991. https://www.loc.gov/item/92190152/
Lee, Moonbeam Tong. Growing up in Chinatown: the life and work of Edward Lee. S. N.: S. L, 1987. https://www.loc.gov/item/94223219/
Gong-Guy, Lillian. Chinese in San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2007.
Wong, William, 1941 July 7. Oakland's Chinatown. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004110491/
Asian American Pacific Islander Collection. Asian American Pacific Islander miscellaneous community collection. https://guides.loc.gov/asian-collections/asian-american-pacific-islander-collection
The AAPI Community collection includes in particular:
- Chinese Traditional Arts and Folklife in Oakland
- 1999 Delta Reunion Memory Book - Courtland Chinese School, maps of Sacramento delta farms 1900-1999
- F.F. Fraternity - Bamboo Roots in Manhattan Beach, by C.N. Tsu
- St Mary's School 1942 Yearbook
- Chinese Students Alliance Annual 1933 - volume XV - Chinese Students Alliance of Hawaii
- Hawaii Chinese Business Directory 1934
Rouse, Wendy L. The children of Chinatown: growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, -1920. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009011633/
Karuka, Manu, Author. Empire's tracks: indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2019]
Bancroft Library, Berkeley. Ethnic Studies Library University Of California, California Historical Society, and Library Of Congress. National Digital Library Program. The Chinese in California, -1925. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 2002. Software, E-Resource. https://lccn.loc.gov/2003543760.
Chan, Sucheng. This bittersweet soil: the Chinese in California agriculture, -1910. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. https://loc.gov/item/85001084
Prather, Michelle R., Author. Crossing oceans: immigrating to California. [Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 2018] https://loc.gov/item/2017014108
Clayborn, Hannah. Historic photos of the Chinese in California. Nashville, Tenn.: Turner Pub. Co, 2009. https://loc.gov/item/2008941040
Chiang, Connie Y. Shaping the shoreline: fisheries and tourism on the Monterey coast. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. https://loc.gov/item/2021694474
Sturtevant, Roger , photographer. Auburn (Chinese Section), General View, Auburn, Placer County, CA. Pre-1933. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0462/
Cho, Jenny. Chinatown in Los Angeles. San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Pub, 2009. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008936544/
Greenwood, Roberta S. Down by the station: Los Angeles Chinatown, -1933. Los Angeles: Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996. https://www.loc.gov/item/96031961/
Chinn, Thomas W. Bridging the Pacific = Chʻiao kʻua Tʻai-pʻing yang: San Francisco Chinatown and its people. San Francisco: Chinese Historical Society of America, 1989. https://www.loc.gov/item/89000926/
Nee, Victor. Longtime Californ': a documentary study of an American Chinatown. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1986. https://www.loc.gov/item/85063406/
Wong, Edmund S., Author. Growing up in San Francisco's Chinatown: boomer memories from noodle rolls to apple pie. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2018. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017958369/
Yung, Judy. San Francisco's Chinatown. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2006. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006921510/
Jin Shan Ri Xin Lu San Francisco, Calif. -18??. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn93058809/
Chinatown photographer, Louis J. Stellman: a catalog of his photograph collection, including a previously unpublished manuscript, Chinatown, a pictorial souvenir and guide, written by Louis J. Stellman in. Sacramento: California State Library Foundation, 1989. https://www.loc.gov/item/90151946/
Wells, Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo & Co's express ...directory of Chinese business houses. [San Francisco Britton & Rey Lith, 1882] https://www.loc.gov/item/47037329/
Chinese Chamber Of Commerce Of San Francisco. San Francisco Chinatown on parade in picture and story. San Francisco, 1961. https://www.loc.gov/item/71211614/
Yung, Judy, Author, and Chinese Historical Society Of America. San Francisco's Chinatown. [Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, \u00a9, 2016] https://www.loc.gov/item/2016933937/
Dicker, Laverne Mau. The Chinese in San Francisco: a pictorial history. New York: Dover Publications, 1979. https://www.loc.gov/item/79050669/
A Chinese Business Directory of the City of San Francisco. 1952, 1949. San Francisco: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of San Francisco.
Lee, Sue, ed. Finding Jake Lee - The Paintings at Kan's: Chinese Historical Society of America, 2011. Published following the exhibition Finding Jake Lee - The Paintings at Kan's at the Chinese Historical Society of America. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013584998/
Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1897. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694412/
Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Scene in Chinatown. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694411/
Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Kleine. San Francisco Chinese funeral. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694410/
Jinshan Shi Bao = Chinese Times San Francisco, Calif. -Current. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83003231/
The Oriental: Or, Tung-Ngai San-Luk San Francisco, Calif. -1857. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015723/
"Birthday party". , ca. 1913. Dec. 4. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005696185/.
The First Chinese telephone operator in Chinatown, San Francisco. California San Francisco, None. [Between 1900 and 1930] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/92504608/.
Edmond, Walter H, photographer. Rag Pickers Alley, San Francisco, California. California Chinatown San Francisco, 1920. [San Francisco: Walter H. Edmond, or 1921] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/91483093/.
Interior, Chinese lodging house, San Francisco, California. San Francisco California Chinatown, 1910. [Between ? and 1919] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/90715661/.
Chinatown Scenes, -1921?. , 1920. to 1921. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005693789/
Buying fish in the market, Chinatown, San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco California, ca. 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003653962/.
Genthe, Arnold, photographer. Weighing fish, Chinatown, San Francisco. , None. Between 1896 and 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018705197/.
Genthe, Arnold, photographer. Weighing fish, Chinatown, San Francisco. , None. Between 1896 and 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018705198/.
Genthe, Arnold, photographer. Weighing fish, Chinatown, San Francisco. , None. Between 1896 and 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018705196/.
Genthe, Arnold, photographer. [Grocery store in old Chinatown] 1897. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2022654173/
Genthe, Arnold, photographer. Woman and children walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco. , None. Between 1896 and 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018705205/.
"Birthday party". , ca. 1913. Dec. 4. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005696185/.
Bamford, Mary E. Ti: a story of San Francisco's Chinatown. Chicago: D.C. Cook Pub. Co, 1899. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/90123223/.
Schein, Jim, Author, and Gordon Chin, Cathcart, Ken Gwin, Cartographer, photographer. Gold mountain big city: Ken Cathcart's illustrated map of San Francisco's Chinatown. [Petaluma, CA: Cameron + Company, \u00a9, 2020]
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. The old Sun Mercantile Building in the warehouse district of Phoenix, Arizona. Built in , it is the last remaining building from Phoenix's Second Chinatown. The Sun Mercantile Company supplied many neighboring towns with merchandise and soon became the largest wholesale grocery house in Phoenix. This building is now as of 2019 home to the state-of-the-art IASIS Healthcare Multi Specialty Clinic. United States Arizona Phoenix, 2019. -02-24. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018703605/
To, Wing-Kai. Chinese in Boston, -1965. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2008. https://loc.gov/item/2007930872
Song, Jingyi, Author. Denver's Chinatown, -1900: gone but not forgotten. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2020] https://www.loc.gov/item/2019040938/
Ho, Chuimei, Soo Lon Moy, Chinatown Museum Foundation. Chinese in Chicago, -1945. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005924981/
(CW: racist violence) Mohr, James C. Plague and fire: battling black death and the burning of Honolulu's Chinatown. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004049223/
Chinese Students' Alliance In The United States Of America. The handbook of the Chinese students in the U.S.A. Chicago, Ill. https://www.loc.gov/item/22003556/
Hawaii Chinese Business Directory, 1934. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013584998/
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer. In the Mississippi Delta. There is an ever-increasing number of Chinese grocerymen and merchants. Leland. 1939. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017801700/
Zhu, Liping. Ethnic oasis: the Chinese in the Black Hills. Pierre: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2004.
Lawrence & Houseworth, Publisher. Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City. Nevada Virginia City, 1866. [Published ; Printed Later] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002719064/
Like San Francisco, the richness and breadth of work in New York's Chinatown, and it's large continuing community, meant that I did not initially focus on materials from the area, but have nonetheless recorded a few as a starting point.
Ostrow, David. Manhattan's Chinatown. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007929952/
The Chinese annual. New York, New York Chinese students' club, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/item/12004616/
Van Norden, Warner Montagnie. Whos̕ who of the Chinese in New York. New York, 1918. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/18002692/.
Store and restaurant in Chinatown, New York. New York, ca. 1903. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/92514874/.
Americanized Chinese gals on Mott St. / World Telegram & Sun photo by Ed Ford. New York, 1965. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/95505467/.
Detroit Publishing Co., Publisher, Byron, photographer. In Chinatown, New York. New York United States New York State, ca. 1900. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016808740/.
Wilson, Kathryn E. Ethnic renewal in Philadelphia's Chinatown: space, place, and struggle. 2015. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014042917/
Wong, Marie Rose. Sweet cakes, long journey: the Chinatowns of Portland, Oregon. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003065752/
The Evening Bulletin Providence, R.I. -1995. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83045219/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Sanborn Map Company, 1905. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn08099_006/
The Providence house directory and family address book. Providence, R. I., Sampson & Murdock Co, 1892. (1907, 1909, 1911, and 1913 also available in the Science and Technical Reports Division's Business Directories area.)
Chinese children in Olympia, Wash. , ca. 1919. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004670938/
Tom, Brian. Marysville's Chinatown. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008930816/