File consists of a map of China, originally a supplement to an issue of the National Geographic Magazine. Includes a timeline of the history of China and brief write-ups concerning agriculture, industry, and the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties.
File consists of an article contributed to the Globe and Mail's Travel section by Cindy Low about the New Territories, or "the land between", the area between Hong Kong's core and the Chinese border 25 km to the north of Hong Kong. The article includes a handwritten note by Wayson.
File consists of printouts of material relating to Chinese-Canadian and American history. Includes material from the Museum of the City of San Francisco, the Washington Post, text of court case US vs. Wong Kim Ark, a thesis ("Resistance to the Anti-Chinese Movement"), online free course material from UC Berkeley, and other material. Subjects discussed include: Chinese immigration to San Francisco, Ambrose Bierce, Knights of Labor, resistance to the Anti-Chinese movement between 1852-1905, Angel Island, the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge and Tuscon's Chinese Heritage.
File consists of a booklet by Hayne Y. Wai, a researcher and author from the Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Government of British Columbia, on the history of Vancouver's Chinatown. Booklet was published by the Canadian Studies Center of The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
File consists of a copy of a book by David Chuenyan Lai. The book focuses on Victoria's Chinatown and discusses its growth,the ownership of properties, tunnel systems within the community, the symbolism of objects and architecture, heritage buildings, myths, hospitals, the public school and cemetery. The file also includes a newsclipping about an archeological project in Vancouver's Chinatown, the first of its kind in urban Vancouver. Article includes a racist comment from an observer of the archaeological dig and a researcher emphasizes that this is the reason the project is being undertaken, to find the true history of Chinatown, and to refute racist historical perspectives.
