Chinese American voices: from the gold rush to the present

Early Chinese immigrants, 1852-1904. Songs of Gold Mountain wives ; Norman Asing, to his excellency Governor Bigler (1852) ; The founding of Golden Hill's News (1854) ; Sing Kum, letter by a Chinese girl (1876) ; Documents of the Chinese six companies ; Pertaining to immigration ; A memorial from representative Chinamen in America (1876) ; A memorial to the state of California to bar prostitutes (1868) ; A letter writing campaign to discourage immigration (1876)

The second exhumation and return of the remains of our departed friends to the homeland (1876) ; Wen Bing Chung, reminiscences of a pioneer student (1923) ; Wong Hau-hon, reminiscences of an old Chinese railroad worker (1926) ; Huang Zunxian, memorandum no. 29 to envoy Zheng (1882) ; Memorial of Chinese laborers at Rock Springs, Wyoming (1885) ; Saum Song Bo, a Chinese view of the Statue of Liberty (1885) ; Huie Kin, reminiscences of an early Chinese minister (1932) ; Bow On Guk (Protective bureau)(1887) ; Wong Chin Foo, why am I a heathen: a rejoinder to Wong Chin Foo (1887) ; Jee Gam, the Geary Act: from the standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1892) ; Elizabeth Wong, leaves from the life history of a Chinese immigrant (1936) ; Kam Wah Chung letters (1898-1903)

Life under exclusion, 1904-1943. Ng Poon Chew, the treatment of the exempt classes of Chinese in the U.S. (1908) ; Detention in the wooden building (1910) ; Chin Gee Hee, letter asking for support to building the Sunning Railroad (1911) ; Chinese-American Citizens' Alliance, admission of wives of American citizens of Oriental ancestry (1926) ; Gong Yuen Tim, "Just plain old luck and good timing": reminiscences of a Gold Mountain man (1988) ; Helen Hong Wong, "I was the only Chinese woman in town": reminiscences of a Gold Mountain woman (1982) ; Pardee Lowe, second-generation dilemmas (1930s) ; Anna May Wong, I am growing more Chinese- each passing year! (1934) ; Declaration of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance (1933) ; Chinese women's association condensed report for the years 1932-1936 ; Happy Lim, song of Chinese workers (1938) ; Lim P. Lee, Chinatown goes picketing (1938) ; Liu Liangmo, Paul Robeson: the people's singer (1950) ; Jew Baak Ming, the founding of McGehee Chinese school ; Eddie Fung, "There but for the grace of God go I": the story of a POW survivor in World War II (2002) ; Gilbert Woo, one hundred and seven Chinese (1943)

Becoming an integral part of America, 1943-2003. Chinese news service, San Francisco Chinese papers blame immigration practices in suicide of Chinese woman (1948) ; Edding Gong, I want to marry an American girl (1955) ; Hsue-shen Tsien, my bitter experience in the United States (1956) ; Maurice Chuck, father and son (1995) ; Ah Quon McElrath, "We gave workers a sense of dignity": the story of a union social worker (1982) ; Sheila Chin Morris, "All the daddies were Chinese and all the mommies were white": growing up biracial in Minnesota (2002) ; Bonnie C. Lew, "I always felt out of place there": growing up Chinese in Mississippi (1982) ; Johnny Wong, "It was not a winnable war": remembering Vietnam (1998) ; Jeffery Paul Chan, "I'm a Chinaman": an interview with Frank Chin (1970) ; L. Ling-chi Wang, major education problems facing the Chinese community (1972) ; On the normalization of relations between China and the U.S. ; Proclamation by the Chinese six companies of San Francisco (1971) ; Gilbert Woo, a turning point in Chinatown (1979) ; Sadie Lum, Asian American women and revolution: a personal view (1983) ; Shui Mak Ka, "In unity there is strength": garment worker speaks out at union rally (1982) ; Kitty Tsui, the words of a woman who breathes fire (1983) ; Anti-Asian violence and the Vincent Chin case ; Helen Y. Zia, the new violence (1984) ; A letter from Lily Chin (1983) ; Lily Wang, a journey of bitterness (1999) ; Fu Lee, immigrant women speak out on garment industry abuse (1993) ; Jubilee Lau, Chinese and proud of it (1996) ; Marilee Chang Lin, learning to see the man himself (1997) ; Ellen D. Wu, the best tofu in the world comes from

Indiana? (1998) ; Binh Ha Hong, reflections on becoming American (1999) ; Chang-Lin Tien, affirming Affirmative Action (1995) ; Alethea Yip, countering complacency: an interview with OCA director Daphne Kwok (1996) ; "One mile, one hundred years": Governor Gary Locke's inaugural address (1997) ; Kristie Wang, a second-generation call to action (1999) ; Cheuk-Yin Wong, the Los Alamos incident and its effects on Chinese American scientists (2000) ; David Ho, "We are Americans": the story behind Time magazine's man of the year (2003).