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Chinese Consul of Vancouver fonds
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1 volumes (528 pages)
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The Chinese Consulate in Vancouver, British Columbia was established by the Chinese government to assist and protect Chinese citizens in western Canada. Lin Shih Yuan was the Consul from 1914 to 1915, and possibly longer.
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The fonds consists of a letterbook kept by Lin Shih Yuan while undertaking consular work in Vancouver. The letters in it date from November 8, 1914 through May 29, 1915 and are in both Chinese and English. They deal with a wide variety of matters, including the head tax on Chinese immigrants, deportations of Chinese, estates of dead Chinese, protests about employment restrictions on Chinese, and arms shipments to China. There is an index at the front of the volume.
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- The material is in English.
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Photocopies of the letterbook are held by Library and Archives Canada and the University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections.
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No restrictions on access. The volume is fragile, however, so researchers are encouraged to use the photocopy.
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Finding aids
http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/PDF/C/China_Consul.pdf
Inventory available. Please consult before requesting material. (Thanks to UBC for posting the inventory to the web.)
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Record No. M-1351<br><br>
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- Chinese Consul of Vancouver (Subject)
- Lin Shuh Yuan (Subject)