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Tye Leung Schulze
a poster to commemorate Tye Leung Schulze as the first Chinese woman to vote
United States v. Wong Kim Ark | The Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth. Learn the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act in a special presentation of American Experience, coming to PBS on Tuesday, May 29 at 8/7c. Learn more at…
Wedding Certificate
Tom Doon married Lee Ping on 4 July 1927. They lived in Tucson, AZ.
Wong Fook – Reference letter fom Seufert Bros. Company
This letter is from Wong Fook’s employer. Wong Fook lost his original certificate of residence about 1901 or 2. He reapplied about three years later and received a duplicate certificate. That certificate was destroyed in a fire on 12th April 1909. In…
Wong Fook On Family Portrait
Wong Cee Wong (Henry Hope Wong), Wong Haw Bo (Paul), Wong Loy Bo (Roy), Wong Jung Bo (James), Wong Foo Bo (Raymond), Wong Yit Ho (Ruth), and their parents: Wong Fook On (William Hope Wong) and Chun Yow.
Wong Kim Ark
a photo of Wong Kim Ark
Wong Yook Yee – Engineer Graduate from MIT in 1925
Wong's photo and Letters
Wong.F.Pershing
Chinese Exclusion Act case files, RG 85, National Archives-Seattle, Wong F. Pershing case file, Seattle Box 827, file 7030/13628.
Yamei Kin's Files in Chinese Exclusion Files
the sample Chinese Exclusion files shows what documents a Chinese needs to carry before entering the U.S. and what a Chinese person experience at the customs
Yamei Kin's Letter to President Theodore Roosevelt
Dr. Kin thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the generous deeds he has done on her behalf. She remarks upon a matter concerning passports, and wonders about the nature of immigration restrictions that do not allow people like her who have graduated from…