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.
- 27 Image
- 27 Public
- Ship Manifest
- 9 Macao
- 6 Frigate
- 5 Havana
- 3 Kate Hooper
- 3 Spanish Consul
- 2 Amboto
- more
- 2 American
- 2 Chinese Settlers
- 2 Juan
- 1 Abel
- 1 Abraham
- 1 Absalom
- 1 Adam
- 1 Adolfo
- 1 Adrian
- 1 Agustin
- 1 Agustin Terran
- 1 Alejandra Rally
- 1 Ammerland
- 1 Aoon
- 1 Architect
- 1 Augusto Ulloa
- 1 Captain E. Johnson
- 1 Casa de Barin Leon Lay y Co
- 1 Catalonia
- 1 Chan
- 1 Chau
- 1 Chinese Immigrants
- 1 Chinese Laborers
- 1 Chio
- 1 Civil Superior Government
- 1 Consulate General of China
- 1 D. Capella
- 1 Delangle
- 1 Dupierris
- 1 Emigrante
- 1 Emile Perriere
- 1 Emmanuel
- 1 Encarnacion
- 1 Escajadillo
- 1 Fernando
- 1 Ferran
- 1 Florida
- 1 French
- 1 Glesannox
- 1 Guantanamo
- 1 Hound
- 1 Isaac
- 1 Italia
- 1 Joaquin
- 1 Joaquin Miranda
- 1 Jose A. Tuton
- 1 Jose Baró
- 1 Jose Gutierrez de la Concha
- 1 Jovem Thomas
- 1 La Alianza
- 1 La Palma Sugar Plantation
- 1 Laget
- 1 Li Tae
- 1 List
- 1 List of Chinese Settlers
- 1 Lucie
- 1 Manifest
- 1 Martin Luther
- 1 Neva
- 1 Pacho
- 1 Portuguese
- 1 Sagua la Grande
- 1 Ship
- 1 Sky Lark
- 1 Spanish
- 1 Swatao City
- 1 Ville de Lima
- 1 Waverlsy
- 1 Y. M. Zangroniz y Co
- 1 Yeung-ok-Leng
- 1 Ysidro
Ship manifest on a shipment of Chinese settlers in the Spanish ship “Encarnacion” from Swatao City. List of the 316 Chinese settlers in Havana. 1855. General information to the Captain of the island that has hired a boat to bring Cuba Chinese settlers. List of the 365 boarding Chinese settlers in Havana in the American ship “Florida”, from Swatao from 1857
- Created Date
- 1857
List of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba abroad the "Martin Luther".
- Created Date
- 1855
The American frigate "Hound" brought 230 Chinese settlers to Cuba from China in 1855.
- Created Date
- 1855
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
Contained in this ship manifest are the names of 630 Chinese settlers who were brought to Cuba aboard an unknown ship in 1873. Of the 630 Chinese men who board the ship, 152 died along the way; their names are marked within the list. The number, Chinese name, age, and Christian name of each settler were included within the ship manifest.
- Created Date
- 1873-06-14
This is a list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba aboard the Portuguese ship, Jovem Thomas.
- Created Date
- 1866
Shipping list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba in the French ship "Guantanamo" in 1868 with 213 settlers from Havana
- Created Date
- 1868
Shipping list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba in the Spanish ship "Juan" in 1873 with 727 settlers from Macao.
- Created Date
- 1873
Shipping list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba in the Spanish ship "Kate Hooper" in 1861 with 592 settlers from Macao
- Created Date
- 1861