Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Willson E. Knowlton collection
General material designation
- Textual record
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Fonds
Reference code
AM350
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Physical description area
Physical description
0.01 m of textual records
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Chinese have played a prominent role in the history of British Columbia since the start of the gold rush in the 1850s.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The collection consists of miscellaneous papers, primarily agreements and financial papers, relating to the Chinese on the west coast of North America from 1858-1884. The donor also included notes on the collection.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
The collection was loaned for copying by Willson E. Knowlton, D.O.S., of Kamloops, in September 1974. He reported that the collection was found in the false bottom of a Chinese chest which his mother purchased in Vancouver ca. 1935-1940.
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General note
Folder formerly located at 550-B-05 fld 07.
Conservation
Metal etching plate was separated and rehoused in flat storage.