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Ethnic Studies

100 linear feet of material from 1800 to 1980

Collections

  • Angel Island Oral History Collection

    (D-455)
    The Pacific Regional Humanities Center at the University of California, Davis collected oral histories of immigrants who passed through the Angel Island Immigrant Station. This collection contains transcriptions of the fourteen oral histories as well as the original recordings.
  • Armenian Women’s Archives Collection

    (D-576)
    These materials were collected under the auspices of the Armenian Women's Archives. The collection contains church flyers and newsletters, a three page handwritten holograph biography of Agnes Halajian, one audiocassette labeled "Nina Agabian," and one audiocassette by Marie-Rose Abousefian.
  • Askine, Sibyl E. Collection

    (MC034)
    Seven bills of sale and transfer of African slaves in New England.
  • Brantley, Cynthia Papers

    (D-514)
    Collection contains research materials for Brantley's books, The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920 and Feeding Families: African Realities and British Ideas of Nutrition and Development in Early Colonial Africa, as well as materials from the year Brantley spent in Nigeria (1966-1967). Professor of History, University of California, Davis
  • Chin, Gabriel “Jack” Papers

    (D-781)
    This collection consists of materials related to late 19th and early 20th century U.S. immigration law and the Chinese Exclusion Act, focusing on Chinese immigration and labor legislation. The Gabriel "Jack" Chin Papers contains laws and regulations bound in book and pamphlet form pertaining to U.S. immigration law from federal organizations such as the Departments of Labor, State, Immigration, Commerce, and Treasury. Subject matter relates primarily to Chinese labor and Chinese Exclusion laws.
  • Clemmer, Richard O. Papers

    (D-293)
    Pamphlets, correspondence, newspapers, and organizational material relating to Clemmer's activities with the Friends of the Hopi and the Committee of Concern for Traditional Indian Land and Life. Topics include Black Mesa Mining and Power Plants, problems with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and land claims. Professor of Anthropology, University of Denver
  • Colvin, Jean and Crowley, Daniel J. Carnival of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil Videocassettes

    (D-518)
    Thirty-nine videocassettes (primarily U-Matic) documenting the Carnival of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil which were made during a field project led by Professor Daniel Crowley and Jean Colvin in February 1983. Jean Colvin served as Director of the University of California, Berkeley Research Expeditions Program (UREP). Professor Daniel J. Crowley (1921-1998) served as Professor of Art and Anthropology, University of California, Davis from 1961-1992.
  • Crowley, Daniel J. (1921-1998) Papers.

    (D-165)
    Journals, newsletters, articles, reviews, correspondence, and research materials reflecting Crowley's interest in art and anthropology. Professor of Art and Anthropology, University of California, Davis (1961-1992).
  • Dominguez, Francisco J. Photograph Collection

    (D-764)
    The collection consists of 49 black and white prints and 3 silkscreen posters. Topics include Native American arts and culture, protests and demonstrations, UC Davis campus events, DQ University, and farm workers in California.
  • Forbes, Jack D. (1934-2011). Collection.

    (D-046)
    Articles, reports, monographs, serials, microfilm and photographs relating to Native American History, civil rights, ethnic studies and Native American education. Contains Native American serials from the 1970s and 1980s. There is also a small, but complete, photographic survey of electric railroad cars in Los Angeles, California, and the West Coast. Professor of Native American Studies and Anthropology, University of California, Davis.