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
- 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
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
List of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba from China abroad the Spanish frigate, "Emigrante". These settlers are all from Macao.
- Created Date
- 1856
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
Records for the ship Alejandra Rally, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Laget, an agent for Casa de Barin Leon Lay y Co. On this trip, the Alejandra Rally brought four hundred and thirty settlers from China to work.
- Created Date
- 1859
Shipping list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba in the Spanish ship "Kate Hooper" in 1861 with 592 settlers from Macao
- Created Date
- 1861
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 Aoon, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Ferran and Dupierris and la Alianza. On this trip, the Aoon brought 104 settlers from China to work. Most were hired by Jose Baró and one was hired by Agustin Terran.
- Created Date
- 1865
Records for the ship Oldenburg Ammerland, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Y. M. Zangroniz y Co. On this trip, the Oldenburg Ammerland brought fourteen from China to work for the sugar plantation "La Palma". 1866
- Created Date
- 1866