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Historical Chinese Language Materials in British Columbia Database

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Subject Area	Social history of British Columbia, Canada; Chinese-Canadians in BC
Resource Type	some fulltext records
Description	This resource provides over 11,000 records from 11 archives, museums and libraries that have been either exported or created from scratch and incorporated in the database. To access this database, please visit http://www.hclmbc.org/Index.html Resources are available in a variety of formats: Chinese language manuscripts newspapers correspondence genealogical and family records business transaction records, association records, certificates, receipts, government bonds Chinese government directives textbooks photographs with captions in Chinese books and journals on Chinese-Canadian history catalogues and other artifacts with Chinese characters The site also provides: image galleries on clan associations and pioneer families a directory of Chinese associations in British Columbia a directory of religious organisations in British Columbia links to information websites of various Chinatowns across British Columbia and other related materials Searching the database: All the fields in the catalogue searcheable in Chinese characters, English and Pinyin.
Update Frequency	continuous
Coverage	1880-
Help and More Information	Library Electronic Resources Help

Library Contact: Eleanor Yuen
Last Revised: 13-Apr-2003

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