Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents from the James and Ana Melikian Collection
The Chinese Immigrants in Cuba collection includes hundreds of original documents, manuscripts and photos covering the migration of 125,000 Chinese who signed up to be cheap labor in Cuba from 1847 until the later 1890s. The archive continues until the 1970s and records the Chinese community in Cuba and is rich with photos. This massive collection, from the archive of James and Ana Melikian Collection, is probably the largest one in private hands concerning Chinese in Cuba. At present the collection contains over 1341 records and about 8,000-9,000 pages.
- 26 Spanish
- Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Labor Series
- 23 Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Ship Records Series
- 26 Public
- Ferran y Dupierris
- 18 Havana
- 12 Francis P. Sage
- 9 La Alianza
- 9 Torices y Puente
- 8 Torices, Puente y Co
- 7 Contracted Workers
- more
- 7 La Compania Asiatica
- 6 Domestic Servant
- 5 Countryside
- 5 List
- 4 Luisita
- 3 American
- 3 Vasco de Gama
- 2 Antonio M. Rodriguez
- 2 Cardenas
- 2 Domestic Workers
- 2 Grey Hound
- 2 Kate Hooper
- 2 Sagua la Grande
- 1 Aguedita
- 1 Alfonso de Albuquerque
- 1 Antonio Pina
- 1 Arturo
- 1 Asian Company
- 1 Baldomoro
- 1 Calixto
- 1 Cayetano
- 1 Chan Aton
- 1 Chin Chin
- 1 Chyon Acu
- 1 Colon
- 1 Contracted Workers List
- 1 Domestic Servants
- 1 Donato
- 1 Faustino
- 1 Felipe
- 1 Field-workers
- 1 Fields
- 1 Fosca y Araoz
- 1 Francisco Morell
- 1 Fransisco Paradela
- 1 Generoso
- 1 Guines
- 1 Hum Alvi
- 1 Immigrants
- 1 Ivan
- 1 Jose Antonio Galamaga
- 1 Jose Belen Fernandez
- 1 Jose D. Sanchez Benitez
- 1 Jose Guillermo Dias
- 1 Juan
- 1 Juan Ferrin
- 1 Juan Gispert
- 1 Labor Contracts
- 1 Lem
- 1 Li Shen
- 1 Loe Guy
- 1 Manuel de la Luza Aguero
- 1 Matanzas
- 1 Miguel
- 1 Miguel Hernandez
- 1 Mina
- 1 Nolasco
- 1 Pablo
- 1 Pedro Rueda
- 1 Sage Francis
- 1 Santiago
- 1 Santiago de Cuba
- 1 Valentin Namiolla
- 1 Veng Yong
- 1 Victorino
- 1 Vom Athou
- 1 Wa Achin
- 1 Ysidoro
Chinese settlers were hired to work as domestic servants. They were transported to Cuba aboard the ship Francis P. Sage under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris. These workers were hired to work in the fields.
- Created Date
- 1861
61 Chinese settlers were hired to work in the fields. They were transported to Cuba aboard the ship Sage Francis under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris.
- Created Date
- 1861
Records for the ship Francis P. Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Francis P. Sage brought several settlers from China to work for Juan Gispert.
- Created Date
- 1861
Chinese settlers were hired to work in Santiago. They were transported to Cuba aboard the ship Francis P. Sage under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris.
- Created Date
- 1861
Records for the ship Grey Hound, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices y Puente. On this trip, the Grey Hound brought workers from China to work as domestic servants.
- Created Date
- 1861-03-10
Records for the ship Francis P Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. This worker was to be employed as a domestic servant.
- Created Date
- 1861-03-15
Records for the ship Francis P. Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. This worker was to be employed as a domestic servant.
- Created Date
- 1861-03-15
Records for the ship Francis P Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. These workers from China to work in the countryside
- Created Date
- 1861-03-21
Records for the ship Francis P Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. One worker from China to work as a domestic servant.
- Created Date
- 1861-03-21
Chinese settlers were transported to Cuba aboard the Francis P. Sage under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris.
- Created Date
- 1861-03-31
Records for the ship Grey Hound, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Grey Hound brought a worker to work as a domestic servant.
- Created Date
- 1861-05-10
Records for the ship Francis P Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. This worker was to be employed as a domestic servant.
- Created Date
- 1861-05-21
Records for the ship Francis P. Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Francis P. Sage brought more than five hundred settlers from China to work for Jose Antonio Galamaga.
- Created Date
- 1861-05-26
Records for the ship Francis P Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Francis P Sage brought settlers from China to work in the countryside.
- Created Date
- 1861-05-27
Chinese settlers were brought to Cuba from China abroad the Francis P. Sage, under contract with Torices, Puente y Co and Ferran y Dupierris.
- Created Date
- 1861-05-30
Records for the ship Kate Hooper, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. One worker from China to work as a domestic servant for Antonio M. Rodriguez in Matanzas.
- Created Date
- 1861-06-04
Records for the ship Kate Hooper, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Kate Hooper brought workers from China to work as domestic servants for Antonio M. Rodriguez.
- Created Date
- 1861-06-04
10 Chinese settlers were hired to work on public works. They were transported to Cuba aboard the ship Luisita under contract with la Alianza. These workers were hired to work in Havana.
- Created Date
- 1864-04-10
Records for the ship Vasco de Gama, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris.
- Created Date
- 1864-06-05
Records for the ship Luisita, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza and Ferran y Dupierris. One of these workers were contracted by Juan in Havana.
- Created Date
- 1864-06-10
Records for the ship Alfonso de Albuquerque, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Alfonso de Albuquerque brought settlers from China to work in the fields.
- Created Date
- 1864-06-10
Records for the ship Vasco de Gama, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Vasco de Gama brought workers from China to work in the countryside.
- Created Date
- 1864-06-30
Records for the ship Vasco de Gama, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Vasco de Gama brought six workers from China to work in the countryside for a sugar factory, Aguedita.
- Created Date
- 1864-07-06
These documents pertain to a Chinese settler named Chin Chin who was brought to Cuba aboard the ship "Luisita", and whose eight year contract was ceded to Jose Belen Fernandez upon arrival in Havana. 1864
- Created Date
- 1864-07-08
Records for the ship Luisita, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza and Ferran y Dupierris. Three of these workers were contracted by Fosca y Araoz in Sagua la Grande.
- Created Date
- 1864-07-09
Records for the ship Mina, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza. On this trip, the Mina brought settlers from China to work for Jose D. Sanchez Benitez.
- Created Date
- 1866-06-20