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.
- 5 Spanish
- Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Court Case Series
- 2 Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Baptism/Marriage/Death Documents Series
- 1 Chinese Immigrants in Cuba Miscellaneous Series
- 5 Public
- Matanzas
- 3 Burial
- 3 Spirituality
- 2 Bishop
- 2 Catholic
- 2 Classification
- 2 Contracted
- more
- 2 Leonardo Sanchez
- 2 Marcelina Diaz
- 2 Racial
- 2 Railroad
- 1 Baptism
- 1 Benrem
- 1 Books
- 1 Church
- 1 Deposit
- 1 Europeans
- 1 Governor
- 1 Havana
- 1 Parish Church
- 1 Permanent Resident
- 1 Rafael
- 1 Railroad of Matanzas
- 1 Slaves
- 1 White
Relates that Leonardo Sanchez, a permanent resident of Cuba and a baptized Catholic, married Marcelina Diaz. She was born in Matanzas and they had two daughters, who were both baptized and registered in the book for those of European descent in their parish church. Report concerns whether or not their children, who were of "mixed race," could be considered white, determined by which book their baptisms are recorded in. Churches would use different books for Europeans, whites, and minorities.
- Created Date
- 1864-02-29
Relates that Leonardo Sanchez, a permanent resident of Cuba and a baptized Catholic, married Marcelina Diaz. She was born in Matanzas and they had two daughters, who were both baptized and registered in the book for those of European descent in their parish church. Report concerns whether or not their children, who were of "mixed race," could be considered white, determined by which book their baptisms are recorded in. Churches would use different books for Europeans, whites, and minorities.
- Created Date
- 1864-04-28
Records pertaining to the right of a company to not pay for the burial of their employees if they die while contracted. The company in question is a railroad and the judge ruled that they did not have to pay for their worker's burial.
- Created Date
- 1866-10-30
Records pertaining to the right of a company to not pay for the burial of their employees if they die while contracted. The company in question is a railroad and has been solicited by the government concerning the case.
- Created Date
- 1867-10-14
Records pertaining to the right of a company to not pay for the burial of their employees if they die while contracted. The company in question is a railroad and the judge ruled that they did not have to pay for their worker's burial. Two Chinese settlers, Rafael and Benrem filed the charges.
- Created Date
- 1868-08-19