By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 25, 2024
As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we look at a historic map of Guangdong Province.
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By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 12, 2024
Welcome to our first short-form Chung Lind blog! Today we will be highlighting an incredible 1923 group photo by C. B. Wand of the Le Wan Nian Cantonese Opera Troupe featured in our Chung Lind Gallery exhibits. Cantonese opera and music have been an important cultural and social activity for Chinese Canadian communities for over […]
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By kalsbeek on September 30, 2008
An illuminating set of letters from the wife of a prominent Methodist missionary in B.C. is now freely available online. The letters from Emma Crosby (1849-1926) provide a fascinating glimpse into the missionary experience. Due to her gender, Emma was not able to become a missionary, although her husband Thomas served as one on the […]
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