The Chung Collection Canada CHEEKUNGTONG (CHINESE FREEMASON
Jul 2, 2016 0:01:49 GMT -5
Post by helen on Jul 2, 2016 0:01:49 GMT -5
Items from the Chung Collection can be requested for use in person at Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC Library.
Includes handwritten correspondence that pertains to Chinese immigrants’ family and financial issues, such as requests for monetary assistances and undelivered family letters to China. Records also include correspondence that reflects the impact of World War II on the Chinese immigrants in Canada: for instance, a letter was detained in Hong Kong by the Japanese from December 1941 to September 1945 and a pile of undelivered Chinese war relief fund tickets, were kept by the Dart Coon Club of Victoria, B.C. for unknown reasons. There are a number of empty envelopes.
Miscellaneous records.
Includes a certificate of vaccination, an inventory of fine groceries, written by Seto Mau, a certificate issued by the Canada Registration Board in 1918, transcripts of Chinese herbal medicine formula, a synopsis of a movie, and a calendar for 1964.
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Donation receipts.
Includes bound books of donation records for the Chinese Freemasons (Cheekungtong) that list the donors’ names and donation amount, which reflect the activities that members of the Chinese communities (who might all be members of the Chinese Freemasons) participated in. The donations might be for the operation of the Chinese Freemasons of Canada in Victoria, B.C. and for rendering financial assistance to members in need. Bound books of donation records are primarily from Cumberland, Victoria (which contains a letter of acknowledgment), Kamloops, the Dart Coon Club of Vancouver, New Westminster, Nanaimo, Vermon, Armstrong, Clinton, Rossland, and Chiliwack; Calgary and Lethbridge; Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Halifax. Branches of the Chinese Freemasons may exist in these provinces and places.
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Donation receipts.
Includes bound books of donation records for the Chinese Freemasons (Cheekungtong) that list the donors’ names and donation amount, which reflect the activities that members of the Chinese communities (who might all be members of the Chinese Freemasons) participated in. The donations might be for the operation of the Chinese Freemasons of Canada in Victoria, B.C. and for rendering financial assistance to members in need. Bound books of donation records are primarily from Cumberland, Victoria (which contains a letter of acknowledgment), Kamloops, the Dart Coon Club of Vancouver, New Westminster, Nanaimo, Vermon, Armstrong, Clinton, Rossland, and Chiliwack; Calgary and Lethbridge; Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Halifax. Branches of the Chinese Freemasons may exist in these provinces and places.
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Donation receipts of the Tang On Company.
Includes bound books of donation records from the Tang On Company for the Chinese Freemasons (Cheekungtong) that list the donors’ names and donation amount. The donations might be for the operation of the Chinese Freemasons of Canada in Victoria, B.C. and for rendering financial assistance to members in need.
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Includes handwritten correspondence that pertains to Chinese immigrants’ family and financial issues, such as requests for monetary assistances and undelivered family letters to China. Records also include correspondence that reflects the impact of World War II on the Chinese immigrants in Canada: for instance, a letter was detained in Hong Kong by the Japanese from December 1941 to September 1945 and a pile of undelivered Chinese war relief fund tickets, were kept by the Dart Coon Club of Victoria, B.C. for unknown reasons. There are a number of empty envelopes.
Miscellaneous records.
Includes a certificate of vaccination, an inventory of fine groceries, written by Seto Mau, a certificate issued by the Canada Registration Board in 1918, transcripts of Chinese herbal medicine formula, a synopsis of a movie, and a calendar for 1964.
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Donation receipts.
Includes bound books of donation records for the Chinese Freemasons (Cheekungtong) that list the donors’ names and donation amount, which reflect the activities that members of the Chinese communities (who might all be members of the Chinese Freemasons) participated in. The donations might be for the operation of the Chinese Freemasons of Canada in Victoria, B.C. and for rendering financial assistance to members in need. Bound books of donation records are primarily from Cumberland, Victoria (which contains a letter of acknowledgment), Kamloops, the Dart Coon Club of Vancouver, New Westminster, Nanaimo, Vermon, Armstrong, Clinton, Rossland, and Chiliwack; Calgary and Lethbridge; Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Halifax. Branches of the Chinese Freemasons may exist in these provinces and places.
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Donation receipts.
Includes bound books of donation records for the Chinese Freemasons (Cheekungtong) that list the donors’ names and donation amount, which reflect the activities that members of the Chinese communities (who might all be members of the Chinese Freemasons) participated in. The donations might be for the operation of the Chinese Freemasons of Canada in Victoria, B.C. and for rendering financial assistance to members in need. Bound books of donation records are primarily from Cumberland, Victoria (which contains a letter of acknowledgment), Kamloops, the Dart Coon Club of Vancouver, New Westminster, Nanaimo, Vermon, Armstrong, Clinton, Rossland, and Chiliwack; Calgary and Lethbridge; Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Halifax. Branches of the Chinese Freemasons may exist in these provinces and places.
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Donation receipts of the Tang On Company.
Includes bound books of donation records from the Tang On Company for the Chinese Freemasons (Cheekungtong) that list the donors’ names and donation amount. The donations might be for the operation of the Chinese Freemasons of Canada in Victoria, B.C. and for rendering financial assistance to members in need.
chung.library.ubc.ca/search/collection/advanced/results/as_term/category%7CCheekungtong%20%28Chinese%20Freemasons%29