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.
- 7 Spanish
- 7 Public
- La Alianza
- Countryside
- 6 Ferran y Dupierris
- 3 Havana
- 3 Vasco de Gama
- 2 Calixto
- 2 Fields
- more
- 1 Aguedita
- 1 Alfonso de Albuquerque
- 1 Arturo
- 1 Colon
- 1 Contracted Workers
- 1 Field
- 1 Francis P. Sage
- 1 Francisco Morell
- 1 Immigrants
- 1 Juan
- 1 L. A. Barbey
- 1 Loc Guy
- 1 Loe Guy
- 1 Luisa de Mella
- 1 Luisita
- 1 Ly Alem
- 1 Sagua la Grande
- 1 Sinto Rojo
- 1 Torices Puente
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 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 in the countryside for Luisa de Mella.
- Created Date
- 1861-05-18
Records for the ship Luisita, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Alianza and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Luisita brought workers from China to work in the countryside.
- 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 Chinese settlers 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 workers from China to work in the countryside.
- Created Date
- 1864-06-30
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 six workers from China to work in the countryside for a sugar factory, Aguedita.
- Created Date
- 1864-07-06