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Decorative doorknob hardware: An escutcheon in the rebuilt Rock Springs Chinatown
Read more: Decorative doorknob hardware: An escutcheon in the rebuilt Rock Springs ChinatownHey everyone! It’s Avajane — it’s been a minute since I’ve posted on the Buried Chinatowns Blog. As the team has continued to catalog artifacts from last summer’s dig, we were able to identify and research an escutcheon we found above the burn layer, Stratum D, which post-dates the 1885 Chinese Massacre. The escutcheon was…
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From Rock Springs to New York City: Arvin Chin’s Oral History of the Yee Litt Family in the Big Apple
Read more: From Rock Springs to New York City: Arvin Chin’s Oral History of the Yee Litt Family in the Big AppleHi everyone! Avajane here — it’s been a moment since I’ve shared a research update on the blog! In early January, after completing a training in oral history interviewing, I received funding from the Grinnell College Anthropology Department to travel to New York City to continue my research on Chinese immigrants who lived in Rock Springs. This…
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“Where is Denver’s Chinatown?” provides a space for guests to seek answers and share their visions for its future
Read more: “Where is Denver’s Chinatown?” provides a space for guests to seek answers and share their visions for its futureHi everyone! Avajane here again, and today I’m here to talk about our second stop on our journey to Rock Springs: Denver, Colorado! On the morning of July 3rd, our MAP group visited the History Colorado Museum’s temporary exhibit on Denver’s Chinese community. This blog post will take a slightly different approach, as I will…
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