Buried Chinatowns

Category: Southern California Chinese diaspora

The 1892 Geary Act, “Chinese catchers,” and federal efforts to deport Chinese immigrants

January 26, 2026

Connie Young Yu and Barre Fong have created an online exhibit titled The Geary Act Project which focuses on late 19th century “Certificates of Residence” required to be carried by Chinese immigrants living in the U.S. to prove that they were legal residents and not in violation of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The Geary Act…
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Fall 2025 Recap

December 14, 2025

The Fall 2025 semester is essentially over at Grinnell College, so I will use this opportunity to write a recap on the research team’s various activities. In mid-October, I attended the Rural Chinatowns and Hidden Sites: Chinese American History in the Deep South and Midwest Conference in Memphis, TN. The meeting included a field trip to…
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