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.
- 32 Image
- Second Contract
- Matanzas
- 2 Blas
- 2 Canton
- 2 Faustino
- 2 Guillermo Gomez
- 2 Joaquin
- more
- 2 Jose
- 2 Jose Lopez Francas
- 2 Jose Serrate
- 2 Laureano
- 1 Andres
- 1 Antonio Fernandez
- 1 Antonio Laucinca
- 1 Antonio Liney
- 1 Baltasar
- 1 Camilo
- 1 Carlos
- 1 China
- 1 D. Francisco Garcia Rey
- 1 D. Jose Landalica
- 1 D. Juan Sandulal
- 1 D. Julian Maresma
- 1 D. Manuel Gil
- 1 D. Narciso Gelado
- 1 D. Pedro Guibas
- 1 Domingo
- 1 Domingo E. Madan
- 1 Domingo E. Maelan
- 1 Esteban
- 1 Facundo
- 1 Felicito Perez
- 1 Felix
- 1 Francisco Aballi
- 1 Francisco Aballo
- 1 Francisco Kalli
- 1 Franco Ortega
- 1 Gavino Hernandez
- 1 Governor of Cuba
- 1 Guillermo Manuel Gomez
- 1 Havana
- 1 Homobono
- 1 Jacinto
- 1 Joaquin Ruiz
- 1 Jose Basquet
- 1 Jose Lope Francas
- 1 Jose Maria Bosquet y Cara
- 1 Jose Olauo
- 1 Juan
- 1 Juan Lanalica
- 1 Juan Serrate
- 1 Julian
- 1 Julian Maresma
- 1 Juy Leng
- 1 Keit-Yee
- 1 Lan Tazar
- 1 Le Chan
- 1 Leonio
- 1 Macao
- 1 Manuel
- 1 Manuel Pereda
- 1 Marcelo
- 1 Maximo Mora
- 1 Pablo
- 1 Patricio
- 1 Pedro Luibus
- 1 Ricardo Alfonso
- 1 Ricardo Ferrero
- 1 Romualdo
- 1 Roque Corral
- 1 Sang
- 1 Santiago
- 1 Sebastian
- 1 Sebastiano
- 1 Señor Ramos
- 1 Signature
- 1 Tokien
- 1 Tomas
- 1 Urban Railroad
- 1 Valentin de la Villa
- 1 Yledfonio
A contract between Andres, a Chinese settler, and Juan Sanduala. The contract was to last for two years and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Notes Andres completed a contract with Juan Sanduala previously.
- Created Date
- 1867-02-17
A contract between Facundo, a Chinese settler, and Julian Maresma. The contract was to last for six months and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer.
- Created Date
- 1865-07-19
A contract between Luis Esteban, a Chinese settler, and Santiago. The contract was to last for six months and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Notes that Luis Esteban completed a contract with Santiago previously. Luis Esteban did not negotiate or sign the contract as the signature stipulates that someone else signed for him. This is signed by the governor, Santiago, and two witnesses.
- Created Date
- 1867-01-20
A contract between Felix, a Chinese settler, and Juan. The contract was to last for two years and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Notes Felix completed a contract with Juan previously. Felix did not negotiate or sign the contract as the signature stipulates that someone else signed for him. Signed by the governor, two witnesses, and Juan.
- Created Date
- 1867-02-17
A contract between Joaquin, a Chinese settler, and Domingo E. Madan. The contract was to last for a year and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Noted Joaquin completed a contract with a different employer previously.
- Created Date
- 1868-04-14
This is the first labor contract between Sang, otherwise known as Faustino, a Chinese settler, and his new owner, Jose Serrate in Matanzas. This contract was issued after Faustino completed a separate labor contract with another owner. The contract was for one year and his salary was twelve pesos and seventy-five cents. At the bottom, the contract is signed by Jose Serrate, the governor of Matanzas, and two witnesses, but not Faustino himself.
- Created Date
- 1867-06-13
A contract between Homobono, a Chinese settler, and Juan Serrate. The contract was to last for a year and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Noted that Homobono completed a contract with Angel previously.
- Created Date
- 1867-06-13
This is a second labor contract that was shared between Laureano- a Chinese settler, and his owner Francisco Kalli; the term of the contract was for one year. 1867.
- Created Date
- 1867-10-03
A contract between Jose, a Chinese settler, and Julian Maresma. The contract was to last for six months and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Jose did not negotiate or sign the contract as the signature stipulates that someone else signed for him. Signed by Jose Lopez Francas, Guillermo Gomez, Julian Maresma.
- Created Date
- 1865-07-19
This is a second labor contract that was shared between Blas, a Chinese settler, and his owner, Jose Maria Bosquet y Cara. Blas was brought from China to Cuba to work as an indentured servant and the length of the contract was for two years. This is signed by the governor, Jose Maria Bosquet y Cara, and two witnesses.
- Created Date
- 1871-05-06