In January 2023, Elena Wong Viscovich, Ed.D., sent an update and clarification on the post for Donaldina Cameron and the Ming Quong Home. Applicant Chu (Jew) Yee, 1914 Dr. Viscovich recently comple…| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
Explore the compelling story of Ng Hock On, a Chinese merchant in the U.S., navigating the challenges of the Chinese Exclusion Act.| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
Explore the compelling story of Ng Hock On, a Chinese merchant in the U.S., navigating the challenges of the Chinese Exclusion Act.| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
1 post published by Trish Hackett Nicola during June 2025| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
This is a 3-minute video is about the Chinese men and two women who trained to be pilots in the 1930s at the Adcox School in Portland, Oregon. After their training they went to China to fight in the second Sino-Japanese war. The video is included in the “Roots and Resilience—Chinese American Heritage in Oregon” … Continue reading The Chinese Pilots Who Trained in Portland, Oregon in the 1930s→| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
Ai Li Sung arrived at the Port of Seattle as a Section Six nonquota student in September 1937. She was born on 13 April 1919 in Shanghai, China. After graduating from St. Mary’s Hall, an Episcopali…| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
1 post published by Trish Hackett Nicola during September 2024| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
Chin Soy, a U.S. born citizen, wanted to bring his son in China, Chin Hing Chung, to the United States. Chin Soy swore in an affidavit in March 1937 at Kennebec, Maine, that he was born in the United States about 1880 and was therefore a U.S. citizen. He was issued a Certificate of Identity … Continue reading Chin Hing Chung – Kennebec, Maine→| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
I started the Chinese Exclusion Act blog in May 2015. It now has 345 posts. About 325 are summaries of Chinese Exclusion Case files housed at the National Archives at Seattle. Some guest bloggers generously shared their family stories. About twenty posts are miscellaneous information including the 2021 potential sale of the National Archives at … Continue reading The Chinese Exclusion Act Blog is Ten Years Old!→| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
Jessi Bennett expands on the blog entry for Woo Sing family in Richmond, Virginia in her article “One of the Most Unique Papers”: Documenting Chinese American Citizenship in Virginia, published in The Uncommon Wealth, Voices from the Library of Virginia, on 28 May 2025. Charles William Sing was the first Chinese baby born in Richmond … Continue reading Woo Sing – Documenting Chinese American Citizenship in Virginia→| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
For more information: “Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month,” National Archives News Below is a copy of the original Act to designate May of each year as “Asian/Paci…| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
“Eng See Fay Affidavit Photo,” 1899, Chinese Exclusion Act case files, Record Group 85, National Archives at Seattle, Chee Tuck, Box 891, File 7032/569. The first document in Chee Tuck’s file is a …| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
Wing Luke Staff at NARA Seattle 14 April 2025 On April 14, 2025, staff from the Wing Luke Museum was treated to a special behind-the-scenes tour of the National Archives at Seattle. During their vi…| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
Ng Buck Look wanted to bring his son, Ng Back Ging, to the United States. Ng Buck Look (sometimes referred to as Ng Bok Look or Bok Look; marriage name: Yip Gee), was born in China and came to the …| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
In March 1908, Mar Hing was about to go to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to get married. James Shea and Frank Jobson, both residents of Seattle for more than five years, swore in an affidavit…| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
In March 1939 Edwin Low Yow started the process of obtaining a Citizen’s Return Certificate at Immigration and Naturalization Service in Seattle. He testified that his full name was Edwin Low Yow a…| Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files
