Guide to the Laura Hall research materials on the Chinese in Guyana M2706
Gurudarshan Khalsa
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2021
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Laura Hall research materials on the Chinese in Guyana
Creator:
Hall, Laura Jane
source:
Hall, Laura Jane
Identifier/Call Number: M2706
Physical Description:
1.4 Linear Feet
2 manuscript storage boxes, 3 half manuscript storage boxes
Date (inclusive): 1867-2010
Content Description
Research materials relating to documents relating to the Chinese in Guyana, including copies of church and missionary records,
letters, and reports, legal cases, newspaper articles, and printed material (books and pamphlets), as described in Attachment
A. Materials formed basis for Hall's dissertation The Chinese in Guyana: the making of a Creole community, Ph.D. dissertation,
Berkeley: University of California, OCLC 34438537 and subsequent writings.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual & born-digital
materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Laura Hall research materials on the Chinese in Guyana (M2706). Department of Special Collections
and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chinese -- Guyana -- History
Guyana -- History
Immigrants
Chinese
Immigrants -- Guyana -- History
Hall, Laura Jane
Box 1, folder 3
Genealogical and topographical maps of Guyana
1975-1988
Box 1, folder 4
Legal cases with Chinese-Guyanese
Box 1, folder 5
Reference: laws, Who's Who, etc.
1930-2010
Box 1, folder 6
Business directories
1863-1939
Box 1, folder 7
British Guiana Blue Books of admin reports (population)
1870-1960
Box 1, folder 9
Excerpts and articles
1867-1967
Box 2, folder 1
Chinese coolie emigration to countries within the British Empire by Persia Crawford Campbell
1969
Box 2, folder 2
Chinese in Jamaica - excerpts of articles
1957-1972
Box 2, folder 3
The year book of the Bermudas, the Bahamas, British Guiana, British Honduras, and the British West Indies
1928-1934
Box 2, folder 4
Documents from archives
1858-1995
Box 2, folder 5
Documents from Hugh Chan - includes history of St, Saviours
Box 2, folder 6
The perils of ethnic success by Russell Dwight Lee
1979
Box 2, folder 7
The Chinese in Guyana by Laura Hall
1995
Box 2, folder 8
Research material for Trial and error: Representations of a recent past by Laura Hall
1999
Box 4, folder 1
The Wong and Ho-a-Sho familes [RESTRICTED UNTIL 2046]
1992
Box 4, folder 2
St. Saviours Church baptisms [RESTRICTED UNTIL 2046]
Box 5
Addenda 2023-193
Scope and Contents
One folder containing flyers for St. George's Cathedral, St. Mary Ye Virgin Church, and Guyana tourist guide.