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Chinese Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Chinese history publications

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-162
Dates: Publication: 2004 - 2022
Found in: Gledhill Library

DOLLS, Set of 7 dressed in Polish folk costume 1. Man; sculpted composition face; costume of Cracow includes long blue felt vest and striped culottes; 13" tall 2. Man; posed with hatchett; sculpted composition face, costume includes ivory felt cape and long trousers; 13-1/2" tall 3. Woman; sculpted composition face; long blond braids with floral headpiece; costume includes beaded velveteen vest and muslin skirt and apron trimmed in ribbon; wooden maracas pinned to skirt; 12" tall 4. Woman; same as above, except another 2-part instrument is pinned to skirt; 13" tall 5. Girl; flat painted fabric face, hands, and legs; blonde yarn braids; costume includes beaded dark blue velveteen vest, muslin apron and skirt trimmed with ribbon; 9-1/2" tall. 6. Girl, same as above, except vest is red; 9-1/2" tall 7. Girl, same as above, except vest is red; 10" tall Donor's comments: The Polish dolls are quite old and have authentic clothes representing certain areas. I know that the man in the long blue coat is from Cracow, the old first Capitol of Poland. 8. Doll, "Mary & Her Little Lamb;" 4" tall, jointed china doll with synthetic hair and faded turquoise knit dress; 1" long painted wooden lamb on a strong Donor's Comments: "Mary & Her Little Lamb" was given to me years ago by the housekeeper for Isobel Field, the step-daughter of R.L. Stevenson and had been Isobel's. 9. BOOK, Chinese; red paper covers; 9-1/2 x 5"; Condition: Front cover is badly torn and taped in sections Donor's Comments: "In the 1920s there was a terrible fire in Chinatown on E. Canon Perdido. I was just a little girl but remember my father taking me down to view the burned site- people were picking up things from a pile of rubble- this book, I picked up there." 10. EYEGLASSES; oval shaped lenses rimmed in silver; 4-1/2" long; condition: right earpiece is missing. 60 back issues of various NOTICIAS

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1988-094
Found in: Gledhill Library

Faded memories of a Lost Chinatown in Santa Barbara on the California coast

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2020-054
Dates: Publication: 2020-08-01
Found in: Gledhill Library

Parma (John A.) photograph and horse whip collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1974-073
Dates: 1862 - 1942
Found in: Gledhill Library

Santa Barbara postcard album

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2016-061
Dates: 1900
Found in: Gledhill Library

Yee Clan in Santa Barbara Chinatown

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2007-041
Dates: Publication: 2007
Found in: Gledhill Library