Chinese Canadian Collection
User Collection PublicThis collection contains documents drawn from the fonds of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association held in the University of Victoria Archives. Most items are handwritten in traditional Chinese script with English translations but there are also documents in English.
The Chinese Canadian Benevolent Association papers are also part of the Multicultural Canada collection.
Chinese Canadian Benevolent Association fonds
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Collection Details
- Items 59
- Last Updated 2025-08-19
Works (59)
11. 收到维多利亚华人捐助中国海防经费的确认信
- Title:
- 收到维多利亚华人捐助中国海防经费的确认信
- Description:
- A letter about contribution to the war fund during the Sino-French conflict in China. 25 August [1884?] （七月初五[1884？]）
- Subject:
- Chinese, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Fund raising, and Associations, institutions, etc.
- Creator:
- 爱育堂 and I-yu Tang
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1884-08-25
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Alternative Title:
- Contribution to the war fund during the Sino-French conflict in China
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and China--Guangdong Sheng
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155 and 23.5, 113.25
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.7, 1.7.01
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
12. 中华会馆收到会费的陈述及询问上次所问之事的进展情况; (驻旧金山领事）黄遵宪回复维多利亚中华会馆关于在加华人被抽人头税的信
- Title:
- 中华会馆收到会费的陈述及询问上次所问之事的进展情况; (驻旧金山领事）黄遵宪回复维多利亚中华会馆关于在加华人被抽人头税的信
- Description:
- A letter from Huang Zunxian, the Chinese Consul-General in San Francisco, concerning diplomatic protest against the restrictiveness of the immigration policy in Victoria and British Columbia. 10 September 1884（[光绪十年]七月二十一日）
- Subject:
- Chinese, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Emigration and immigration, Race discrimination, Poll tax, Associations, institutions, etc., and Emigration and immigration--Government policy
- Creator:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Huang, Zunxian, and 黄遵宪
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1884-09-10
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Alternative Title:
- Letter from Chinese Consul-General in San Francisco
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and California--San Francisco
- Coordinates:
- 37.77493, -122.41942 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.2, 1.2.02
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2007-07-30
- Transcript:
- Sept. 3, 1884 Dear Directors, I am glad to know from your letter that the law to compel every Chinese to pay $10 annually is pronounced abolished by the Court. I really rejoice at this good news for all the Chinese in Canada. Regarding another law that a $50 head tax is levied on every Chinese worker entering Canada, in fact it was passed by the Parliament of Canada, and the Canadian Government knows that it is a bad law. They have to do so, however, to appease the local people and protect the interests of the Chinese merchants who are currently living in Canada. Compared to the situation in the United States where no Chinese new comers are permitted to enter, and the interests of the Chinese residing there are inflicted, this is a better choice. Even though it is unfair to Chinese, we could do nothing at the moment. You have gone through all kinds of hardships and difficulties, wishing to live in harmony with the local people, and would not resort to lawsuit. But if Chinese businessmen or workers who have already resided in Canada are out of the country for some time, how could they return to Canada? And if those Chinese come to Canada for the purpose of trading, study, travel and mission, could they be treated like workers to be compelled to pay the head tax? I have not heard of any details concerning these two points. Please carefully study the law and find counter-measures. My late mother’s funeral is approaching, and I was granted to resign my post. I am leaving from San Francisco at 12th August. Yesterday Mr. Liang Ze Zhou forwarded your mail, attached are one 10,000 People Umbrella, and one Virtue Rule Board (In ancient China, if an official’s parents die he has to resign his position to observe a three-year period of mourning. Before his leaving, people within his jurisdiction would send him a 10,000 People Umbrella, a metaphor that he protects his subjects like an umbrella, and a Virtue Rule Board on which praising words are written to eulogize his virtue. Note by translator). Your letter of good wording impresses me so much that I feel I do not deserve it, because Victoria is so far away, and it is always beyond the reach of my power to help you, even though I care for you very much. I really appreciate your kindness and would accept them as encouragement. I heard that the office building of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Victoria is to be completed, I wrote an antithetical couplet to convey my congratulations and will send it to you by post. If you think it is acceptable, please display it in the office as if I, thousands of miles away, meet you in person everyday. Two months earlier I reported all of your matters to the Honorable Zheng, his Honor has forwarded your case to the Honorable Zeng. Mr. Ouyang Jing Tang will be the new Consul General in San Francisco, and Mr. Jun Xuan is transferred to the post of Consul General in New York. Please send my best regards to all the Directors and other management members Yours sincerely Huang Zun Xian
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
13. 黄锡铨覆英委员关于域埠（即维多利亚）华商纳税事函原稿
- Title:
- 黄锡铨覆英委员关于域埠（即维多利亚）华商纳税事函原稿
- Description:
- A letter to the British Tax Commissioner regarding issues with inconsistencies in reports for the amount of taxes paid by Chinese businesses in Victoria.
- Subject:
- Chinese, History, Immigrants--Economic conditions, Taxation, and Poll tax
- Creator:
- 黃錫銓 and Huang, Xiquan
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1884-10-10
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Alternative Title:
- Report of Ambassador Huang Tsiu-hsien on the economic aspects of the Chinese residing in Canada
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.6, 1.6.02
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
14. 爱育堂关于收到维多利亚华人捐助粤东海防经费的信
- Title:
- 爱育堂关于收到维多利亚华人捐助粤东海防经费的信
- Description:
- A letter from I-yu Tang in Kwangchow requesting the names of contributors. 17 December [1884?]（[1884?]十一月初一）
- Subject:
- Chinese, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Fund raising, and Associations, institutions, etc.
- Creator:
- 爱育堂 and I-yu Tang
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1884-12-17
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Alternative Title:
- Request from I-yu Tang in Kwangchow for the names of the contributors
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and China--Guangdong Sheng
- Coordinates:
- 23.5, 113.25 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.7, 1.7.02
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
15. Contibutions for the Charles Gordon monument in England and a note of thanks from Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate in San Francisco
- Title:
- Contibutions for the Charles Gordon monument in England and a note of thanks from Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate in San Francisco
- Description:
- A note of thanks from the Consulate in San Francisco for a financial contribution to the Gordon Memorial Fund.
- Subject:
- Chinese, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Fund raising, and Associations, institutions, etc.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1885-05-16
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Alternative Title:
- 英国驻旧金山领事感谢维多利亚中华会馆捐助Charles Gordon纪念碑的信
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and England--London
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155 and 51.50853, -0.12574
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.7, 1.7.03
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
16. 维多利亚中华会馆请驻旧金山领事转给中国驻英大使的信：请求帮助交涉取消华人人头税 （草稿）
- Title:
- 维多利亚中华会馆请驻旧金山领事转给中国驻英大使的信：请求帮助交涉取消华人人头税 （草稿）
- Description:
- A draft letter to the Chinese Ambassador to England concerning the restrictiveness of immigration law applied to the Chinese. February 1886 （光绪十二年正月）
- Subject:
- Chinese, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Emigration and immigration, Race discrimination, Poll tax, Associations, institutions, etc., and Emigration and immigration--Government policy
- Creator:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1886-02
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Alternative Title:
- Draft letter to Chinese Ambassador to England concerning the immigration law applied to the Chinese.
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and British Columbia
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155 and 53.99983, -125.0032
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.2, 1.2.03
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2007-07-30
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
17. 叶祥麟卖女儿给陈祯为佣的字据
- Title:
- 叶祥麟卖女儿给陈祯为佣的字据
- Description:
- The record of selling a female servant. 1886 （光绪十贰年）
- Subject:
- Chinese, Immigrants--Social conditions, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), and Mediation
- Creator:
- Ye, Xianglin and 葉祥麟
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1886-11-06
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Alternative Title:
- Record of selling a female servant
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- financial records
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.5, 1.5.02
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
18. 关于叶祥麟和陈（河）祯纠纷的字据
- Title:
- 关于叶祥麟和陈（河）祯纠纷的字据
- Description:
- A record of a personal dispute and its resolution where one person mistakenly accused another of theft. 22 December, 1886 （光绪十贰年十一月初六日）
- Subject:
- Chinese, Immigrants--Social conditions, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), and Mediation
- Creator:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1886-12-22
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Alternative Title:
- Record of personal dispute between Yep Chang-lin and Chan Ging
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria
- Coordinates:
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- contracts
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.5, 1.5.01
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
19. 关于华昌号与安兴号（即陈宜祮?和陈东儒）纠纷的字据
- Title:
- 关于华昌号与安兴号（即陈宜祮?和陈东儒）纠纷的字据
- Description:
- An agreement regarding a financial dispute made between An Xing Store and Hua Chang Store over an amount owing and what will happen with a lawsuit between the parties. 21 January 1887 （光绪拾贰年丙戌拾二月念八日）
- Subject:
- Chinese, Immigrants--Social conditions, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), and Mediation
- Creator:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1886-12-28
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Alternative Title:
- Agreement on financial dispute made between An Xing Store and Hua Chang Store
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and Washington (State)--Seattle
- Coordinates:
- 47.60621, -122.33207 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- financial records and contracts
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.5, 1.5.03
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.
20. 古巴中华总会馆感谢维多利亚中华会馆捐款的信
- Title:
- 古巴中华总会馆感谢维多利亚中华会馆捐款的信
- Description:
- A letter from the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Cuba to the one in Victoria thanking them for a financial contribution. 23 October [1897?] （[1897?] 十月廿三日）
- Subject:
- Chinese, History, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.), Fund raising, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, and Associations, institutions, etc.
- Creator:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Cuba)
- Language:
- chi
- Date Created:
- 1887-10-23
- Rights Statement:
- No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- Alternative Title:
- Contribution to the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Cuba
- Geographic Coverage:
- British Columbia--Victoria and Cuba
- Coordinates:
- 22, -79.5 and 48.4359, -123.35155
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Chinese Canadian Collection
- Provenance:
- Donor: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Acc. No.: 1977-084, 1.7, 1.7.12
- Fonds Title:
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- AR030
- Is_referenced_by:
- Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chinese-consolidated-benevolent-association-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2008-01-17
- Transcript:
- Oct. 23 Dear Directors of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Victoria, Thanks for the relief funds US$291 raised for Cuban Chinese. You sent it to the Chinese Embassy in Washington, we received it by advice of His Honor, the Consul General Li. We hereby express our great gratitude to all the Chinese contributors for their kindness to care about the fellow Chinese in Cuba. Please forward our thanks and best regards to them all. Attached please find a receipt. Yours sincerely The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Cuba
- Technical Note:
- 600 dpi TIFF, no colour correction, archived in Cataloguing on DVD, digitized by CDW. Metadata by MH and KD.