California
Auburn
Joss House Museum
200 Sacramento Street
Auburn CA 95603
Phone 530 823-0373
Web Site www.foothill.net/goldrushdays/josshous.htm
Description first community building by Chinese laborers in the mines and railroads
Type of Resource House Museum
Group Identity Chinese
Hayward
Chinese New Year Celebration
Address
Hayward CA
Phone 510 885-4843
Web Site
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Description
Type of Resource Activity
Primary Focus Events
Group Identity Chinese
California
Los Angeles
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
411-415 Bernard Street
PO Box 862647
Los Angeles CA 90086
Phone 322 222-0856
Web Site http://www.chssc.org/
E-mail mailto:chssc@chssc.org
Description society for Chinese history with regular meetings and lectures
Type of Resource History Related Organization
Primary Focus Visitor Center
Nature of Group or Site Association
Group Identity Chinese
Research/Reading Archives
Marysville
Bok Kai Temple
D Street and First Street
Marysville CA 95901
Phone ******
Web Site
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Description center of local Chinese life since 1854, temple still operates and sponsors major annual festival
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Church
Group Identity Chinese
Era 1880
California
Mary Aaron Memorial Museum
704 D Street
Marysville CA 95901
Phone 530 743-1004
Web Site
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Description first brick structure in town is now local museum with exhibit on early Chinese community
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Collection A-F Costumes
Collection N-Z Photography
Group Identity Chinese
Era 1855 Nevada City
Nevada County Traction Co
400 Railroad Avenue
Nevada City CA 95959
Phone
530 265-0896
Web Site http://www.ncgold.com/PlacestoStay/NorthernQueen/nctc.html
Description 1 1/2 hour tour through train relic collection & Chinese
Cemetery, concentrates on Chinese immigration during Gold Rush
Type of Resource Railway
Primary Focus Railroad
Group Identity Chinese
Era 1860
CA
Oroville
Chinese Temple
1500 Broderick
Oroville
CA
95965
Phone 530 538-2496
Web Site
http://www.cityoforoville.org/chinesetemple.html
Alt Web
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/oroville.html
Description
chapels for Taoism, Confucianism & Buddhism, with
Tapestry Hall,
puppets, and
costumes
Type of Resource
Historic Place
Primary Focus
Religion
Building Type
Church
Collection A-F
Costume
Collection N-Z
Tapestry
Group Identity
Chinese
Era
1863
New or Updated:
2/12/2007
San Francisco
Chinese Historical Society of America
965 Clay Street
San Francisco CA 94108
Phone 415 391-1188
Web Site http://www.chsa.org/
Description museum & learning center just opened 11/2001
Type of Resource Museum
Group Identity Chinese
Research/Reading Library |
