Series 1. Academic writings on Chinese history and culture 1875-1989, undated
Correspondence, maps, and other material pertaining to the study of Riverside's historic Chinatown by Harry Lawton 1987-1989, undated.
Typescript titled "Chinese Pumps in the California Gold Fields" by Makoto Kowta of California State University, Chico. Includes supplemental correspondence 1989.
Correspondence regarding historical research, primarily between Harry Lawton and Ruthanne Lum McCunn, a Chinese-American writer as well as clippings regarding Chinese immigrants in the eastern United States 1984-1988, undated.
Correspondence regarding Harry Lawton's historical research and manuscripts on Chinese in Southern California, primarily in Riverside, California 1986-1987.
Press clippings taken from publications on art and archaeology regarding Chinese ceramics in North America, primarily California (photocopies). Includes an independent scholarly typescript 1972-1987.
Typescripts and press clippings pertaining to archaeological studies of Chinese artifacts (photocopies) 1969-1983.
Typescripts and other material regarding the scholarly study of Riverside, California's historic Chinatown. Subjects include the use of opium, coins, ceramics, and agricultural labor 1987-1989, undated.
Typescripts titled "Chinese Who Died in Riverside, California: 1886-1939" by Rebecca L. Lum and Suanne J. Yamashita and "Gaming" by Fred W. Mueller, Jr. and Jane Lenker regarding the Riverside Chinatown. Also includes a compilation of press articles documenting the lives of Chinese in Riverside, California (photocopies) circa 1890-1986, undated.
Manuscript titled "Index for "This Bittersweet Soil" by Sucheng Chan 1986.
Page proofs from the manuscript "This Bitter-Sweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910" by Sucheng Chan. Includes preface, lists of contents, illustrations, and tables, introduction, and the chapter "The Chinese Diaspora." 1986.
Page proofs from the manuscript "This Bitter-Sweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910" by Sucheng Chan. Includes the chapters "Trans-Pacific Pioneers" and "Feeding the Miners." 1986.
Page proofs from the manuscript "This Bitter-Sweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910" by Sucheng Chan. Includes the chapter "Green Gold." 1986.
Page proofs from the manuscript "This Bitter-Sweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910" by Sucheng Chan. Includes the chapters "New World Delta" and "Potato Kings." 1986.
Page proofs from the manuscript "This Bitter-Sweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910" by Sucheng Chan. Includes the chapters "So Many Fecund Valleys", "Cheap Labor", and "Working Hands." 1986.
Page proofs from the manuscript "This Bitter-Sweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910" by Sucheng Chan. Includes the chapters "Managers and Entrepreneurs", "Survival and Community", "Conclusion", and "Essay on Sources." 1986.
Page proofs from the manuscript "This Bitter-Sweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910" by Sucheng Chan. Includes the chapter "Notes." 1986.
Typescripts regarding anthropological and sociological studies of Northern California Chinatowns. Includes a brochure pertaining to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and a volume of the "Gum Saan Journal" published by the society 1979-1984.
Typescripts regarding the archaeological study of Chinese ceramics in Northern and Central California 1978-1986.
Typescript titled "The Living Earth Manual of Feng-Shui: Chinese Geomancy" by Stephen Skinner (photocopy) 1982.
Typescript titled "An Anthropological Analysis of Chinese Geomancy" by Stephan D.R. Feuchtwang 1974.
Typescript titled "An Anthropological Analysis of Chinese Geomancy" by Stephan D.R. Feuchtwang and other material pertaining to various topics in Chinese culture 1974, undated.
Press clippings regarding various academic studies of Chinese culture and other material pertaining to Fred W. Mueller, Jr.'s research for the thesis "Feng Shui: Overseas Chinese Settlement in California; An Archaeological Perspective." 1885-1986, undated.
Typescripts and other material regarding Fred W. Mueller, Jr.'s research for the thesis "Feng Shui: Overseas Chinese Settlement in California; An Archaeological Perspective" (includes photocopies) 1875-1987.
Typescripts, media clippings, and other material pertaining to archaeological research, Chinese history, and scholarly work in the field of Anthropology (includes photocopies) 1896-1986, undated.
Research notes, note cards, and other material pertaining to archaeological research on the Ming Dynasty ceramics and tombs (includes photocopies) 1897-1979,undated.
Typescript titled "Explanation of Plates" (photocopy) undated.
Typescript titled "Blue-and-White Chinese Porcelain: A Study of Form" written by Cornelius Osgood (photocopy) 1956.
Typescript and press clippings regarding Chinese ceramics (photocopies) 1976-1981.
Typescripts primarily regarding the study of Chinese wares and ceramics excavated in the United States 1976-1987, undated.
Typescripts and other material pertaining to the archaeological study of Chinese wares and porcelains 1981-1984, undated.
Typescripts regarding the archaeological study of Chinese wares, porcelains, and ceramics including findings in Riverside,California 1984, undated.
Typescripts, research notes, and other material pertaining to the study of Chinese porcelains 1979-1987, undated.
Documents titled "RCT Coding Sheet" pertaining to the archaeological analysis of Chinese ceramics undated.
Series 2. California Chinatowns circa 1870-1988, undated
Correspondence, publications, and other material pertaining to visiting Taiwanese artists, the archaeological dig of Riverside, California's Chinatown site, and the dedication of the Chinese Pavilion in Riverside, California 1985-1988, undated.
Correspondence, media publications, and other material regarding the dedication week of the Riverside Chinese Memorial Pavilion in Riverside, California 1987, undated.
Newsletters, clippings, and other material regarding the Jensen-Alvarado Ranch, a historical landmark in Riverside County, California 1986-1987, undated.
Documents and other material regarding the ground breaking ceremony for the Riverside Chinese Memorial Pavilion and the development of a Chinatown historical park in Riverside, California 1981-1986.
Correspondence and other material regarding the development of a Chinese historical park in Riverside,California, the history of the Chinese in Southern California, and the dedication of the Riverside Chinese Memorial Pavilion in Riverside, California 1986, undated.
Photographs of Riverside, California's Chinatown and Chinese residents, holograph biography of George Wong, and other material pertaining to research conducted by Harry Lawton 1888-1958, undated.
Correspondence and other material regarding a photographic documentary on Chinese farmers of the Sacramento Delta and its exhibition in Riverside, California. Also includes material pertaining to the dedication of the Riverside Chinese Pavilion 1984-1987, undated.
Fliers and other material pertaining to the archaeological dig of Riverside, California's Chinatown and the Chinatown Centennial Ball 1984-1985, undated.
Correspondence from Jerry A. Gordon to Harry W. Lawton regarding the production of the film "When They All Still Lived," a documentary about the Chinese in Riverside, California 1986.
Typescripts, fliers, and other material regarding archaeological studies of Chinese culture including information pertaining to an archaeological symposium and the Chinatown Centennial Ball in Riverside, California 1985-1988.
Press clippings from local Riverside, California newspapers, primarily "The Press-Enterprise", and other material regarding the archaeological dig of the historic Chinatown site (includes photocopies) 1984-1988, undated.
Correspondence and other material regarding the grassroots campaign to preserve Riverside, California's Chinese heritage 1939-1985, undated.
Correspondence and other material pertaining to the archaeological dig of Riverside, California's historic Chinatown and the Chinatown History Video Project 1984-1985, undated.
Correspondence, articles, and other material pertaining to the archaeological dig of Riverside, California's historic Chinatown (includes photocopies) 1983-1984, undated.
Correspondence and other material regarding the centennial celebration of Riverside, California's Chinatown, the commencement of the Chinatown archaeological dig, and the participation of historical and scientific organizations in the realization of the Chinatown project 1985, undated.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material pertaining to Riverside, California's Chinatown archaeological dig and subsequent exhibit at the Riverside Municipal Museum, the study of Chinese in Riverside, and a documentary film about the Chinatown site (includes photocopies) 1984-1986, undated.
Correspondence, press clippings, and other material regarding the findings of the Riverside, California Chinatown archaeological dig, the dedication of the Riverside Chinese Pavilion, and historical documents related to Chinatown residents (includes photocopies) 1910-1987, undated.
Fliers, correspondence, and other material regarding the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, the celebration of Chinese New Year, and the UC Riverside Chinese Student Association 1988, undated.
Photographs and other material of Riverside, California's Chinatown residents and landmarks and the archaeological dig of the historic site including a blueprint reconstruction of the original Chinatown, a newspaper clipping regarding a slide presentation about Chinatown, and a water-color titled "The Opium Smoker" produced in Riverside circa 1885-1985, undated.
Typescript regarding the proposal for an archaeological dig of the Riverside, California Chinatown and a field notebook documenting work on this historic site 1984-1985.
Correspondence, transcripts, and other material pertaining to oral history interviews with Chinatown resident George Wong and local Riverside inhabitants associated with the Chinese 1895-1986, undated.
Photographs and negatives depicting San Bernardino, California's Chinese residents and landmarks (includes photocopies) circa 1870-1915, undated.
Correspondence, historical records, and other material regarding the history and possible excavation of the Redlands, California Chinatown (includes photocopies) 1892-1988, undated.
Documents regarding property leased to Chinese residents of San Bernardino County, California (photocopies) 1882-1988.
Photographs of scenes regarding the life and customs of Chinese residents in Anaheim, California's Chinatown 1885-1918, undated.
Clippings from local newspapers regarding the historic site of the San Bernardino, California Chinatown (includes photocopies) 1966-1980, undated.
Photographs of residents, landmarks, and the urban environment in the Los Angeles, California Chinatown circa 1880s-1904, undated.
Photographs, postcards, and other material depicting life in San Francisco, California's Chinatown (includes photographic prints and photocopies) 1870-1984, undated.
Reports, press clippings, and other material regarding the archaeological study and the history of the Riverside, California Chinatown (includes photocopies) circa 1875-1986, undated.
Field notes and other material pertaining to the archaeological study of the Riverside, California Chinatown including the final observations and site descriptions made at the conclusion of the study 1986, undated.
Photograph album regarding the dedication of the Riverside Chinese Pavillion and the book "Wong Ho Leun, an American Chinatown" as well as the premiere reception for "While They All Still Lived" presented by the Great Basin Foundation 1987.
Photograph album of a reception honoring Chinese Americans that includes images of actor James Hong and head of the Great Basin Foundation, Emma Lou Davis undated.
Slides related to various California Chinatowns
Series 3. Chinese in Western U.S. history circa 1850-1989, undated
Photographs depicting Chinese life in nineteenth century California and Oregon (compiled for use in the publication "Orange Groves and Rice Bowls") circa 1860-1907.
Photographs depicting Chinese life in nineteenth century California and Oregon (compiled for use in the publication "Orange Groves and Rice Bowls") circa 1860-1914.
Negatives pertaining to Chinese immigrants in the Western United States undated
Newsletters and other material pertaining to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California 1985-1989, undated.
Correspondence and other material regarding Chinese working in Cucamonga, California (photocopies) circa 1890-1986.
Photographs depicting Chinese agricultural workers throughout California 1883-1919, undated.
Photographs depicting the Chinese immigrants and their cultural sites in California circa 1900-1930, undated.
Photographs depicting Ku Klux Klan members in Pomona, California and an archaeological dig circa 1924-1930, undated.
Photographs depicting Chinese immigrants working during the California and Nevada Gold Rush 1852-1861.
Photographs and other material depicting Chinese immigrants on Angel Island 1985, undated.
Newsletters pertaining to Chinese immigrants in the Western United States 1967, 1987.
Rice bag undated.
Photographs depicting Chinese immigrants in Nevada, Oregon, and Washington 1873-1935, undated.
Photographs depicting Chinese agricultural and domestic workers throughout California circa 1850-1940, undated.
Photographs depicting Chinese laborers building the Central Pacific and California Southern Railroads in California, Nevada, and Utah circa 1860-1889, undated.
Photographs depicting life in China, primarily Canton, Guangdong province 1899-1983, undated.
Photographs and other material regarding the life of Chinese immigrants in the western United States and China (photocopies) 1983-1985, undated.