Interview: Beverly Barron
Title: Beverly Barron speaks on the Chinese in Tuolumne County [sound recording] : a tape recorded speech. / Beverly Barron.
Interviewee: Barron, Beverly
Recording Location: Sonora, CA
Date Recorded: 196?
Listen
Information
Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?17
Call Number: F868 .T915 B276
Author(s): Tuolumne County Historical Society.
Year Recorded: 196?
Physical Description: 1 online resource (2 audio files (38 min., 51 sec.).
Series Title: (Columbia Colllege oral history series)
General Notes: A speech given to the Tuolumne County Historical Society.
Contents: Tape 1, Side 1: Introduction to the subject ; First Chinese in California (1848) ; Rapid increase of Chinese immigration caused dissent (1851-52) ; Six Companies ; Chinese in Tuolumne County: First central location (Camp Salvador, 1849), Move to Chinese Camp (or, Camp Washington), Chinese mining, Chinese Camp School (1851), Attitude of Anglos in Tuolumne County ; Wa Chee (?), forerunner of wave dessenting Chinese ; Chinese miners ; Tong war--Chinese Camp, 1956 ; Local Chinese ; Joaquin Murietta and Manuel Garcea (or, Three-fingered Jack) ; Jacksonville flood (1862) ; Prices of gold dust ; Sonora's Chinatown: Opium dens, Kwong Wo-leader in Chinatown, Chinese Masonic Lodge, Happy Wong (Happy Hen Chow--last Chinese resident of Sonora ; Chinese funerals ; Chinese New Year ; Legal measures to drive the Chinese out--Chinese in Columbia ; Anecdote ; Mining on the Stanislaus River -- Tape 1, Side 2: Very short (3 minutes) conclusion
Local Notes: None
Held By: COLUMBIA
Subject Term: Chinese--California--Tuolumne County.
Geographic Term: Tuolumne County (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
