Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Carroll Cook correspondence relating to cases of Chinese in the U.S., 1908-1920.
AAS ARC 2000/42
Collection Overview

Title:

Carroll Cook correspondence relating to cases of Chinese in the U.S., 1908-1920

Creator/Contributor:

Cook, Carroll., creator

Abstract:

Chiefly typed copies of legal correspondence sent to or from San Francisco attorney, Carroll Cook. Letters pertain mostly to Chinese murder trials or complaints of discrimination in Calif., Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and West Virginia, and include some related notes and clippings.

Date:

1908 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (California)
Legal services -- California
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Crime and race -- United States
Chinese Americans -- Civil rights

Note:

Carroll Cook served as attorney to the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, from which all Chinese in the U.S. may request assistance.

Physical Description:

print
1 box (.2 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

AAS ARC 2000/42

Origin:

California