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.
- 3 Image
- 3 Public
- American
- Kate Hooper
- 2 List
- 1 Captain E. Johnson
- 1 Cardenas
- 1 Contracted Workers
- 1 Ferran y Dupierris
- more
- 1 Field
- 1 Frigate
- 1 John Dihigo
- 1 Juan Echarte
- 1 La Compania Asiatica
- 1 Serafin
- 1 Ship
- 1 Ship Manifest
- 1 Tomas
- 1 Toribio
- 1 Torices, Puente y Co
This documents the names and ages of 592 Chinese settlers brought to Cuba on the American frigate, "Kate Hooper" under the command of Captain E. Johnson. Contains two lists of shipment of Chinese settlers and all are listed under their Chinese names, indicating that they have no yet been baptized. Also, there is a note of which settlers got sick during the journey.
- Created Date
- 1861-02-11
Records for the ship Kate Hooper, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Ferran y Dupierris and Torices, Puente y Co. On this trip, the Kate Hooper brought six settlers from China to work in the fields.
- Created Date
- 1861
21 Chinese settlers were hired to work in the field. They were transported to Cuba aboard the ship Kate Hooper under contract with Mr. John Dihigo. They were hired to work in the field in the city of Cardenas.
- Created Date
- 1861