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.
- 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
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
The American frigate "Hound" brought 230 Chinese settlers to Cuba from China in 1855.
- Created Date
- 1855
List of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba abroad the "Martin Luther".
- Created Date
- 1855
Shipping list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba in the Spanish ship "Amboto" in 1873 with 900 settlers from Macao
- Created Date
- 1873
Shipping list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba in the Spanish ship "Amboto" in 1873 with 900 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
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 "Neva" in 1870 with 537 settlers to Havana.
- Created Date
- 1870
Shipping list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba in the French ship "Guantanamo" in 1868 with 213 settlers from Havana
- Created Date
- 1868
List of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba from China abroad the Spanish frigate, "Emigrante". These settlers are all from Macao.
- Created Date
- 1856
List of 590 Chinese settlers brought from China to Cuba to serve as indentured servants. They arrived in Havana abroad the American frigate, the Sky Lark. 1855.
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
This is a list of Chinese settlers brought to Cuba aboard the Portuguese ship, Jovem Thomas.
- Created Date
- 1866
Records for the ship Juan, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with the agent of Aureliano Olano. On this trip, the Juan brought over eight hundred settlers from China to work.
- Created Date
- 1873
Records for the ship Glesannox, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba. On this trip, the Glesannox brought over seven hundred settlers from China to work for. The ship was captained by D. Capella.
- Created Date
- 1874
Records for the ship Italia, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Jose A. Tuton. On this trip, the Italia brought five hundred and twenty settlers from China to work for.
- Created Date
- 1869
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
Records for the ship, Ville de Lima, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Bauraw, the agent for Pellier, Bastand and the Company of Marsella. On this trip, Ville de Lima brought 500 from China to work. The ship stopped in Macao before going to Cuba.