Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Subject 51e Chinese in Wyoming

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Chinese in Wyoming "The Chinese Massacre"
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Subject 51e Chinese in Wyoming
Item Description: 
Chinese in Wyoming "The Chinese Massacre", Annals of Wyoming, Jan., 1940
Creator: 
"Annals of Wyoming"
Date: 
1940
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
Chinese Massacre (Sep. 2, 1885) - Chinese victims
Notes: 
Clark, D. O., general superintendent, Union Pacific Coal Co.
Notes: 
Callaway, S. R., general manager, Union Pacific
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Congress prohibited importation of Chinese coolies (1862)
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Adams (Jr.), Charles F. - President, Union Pacific Railway Co. (Boston, Mass., headquarters)
Notes: 
No. 6 coal mine at Rock Springs (Wyo. Terr., now Sweetwater Co., Wyo.)
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Chinatown at at Rock Springs (Wyo. Terr., now Sweetwater Co., Wyo.)
Notes: 
Almy (Wyo. Terr., Now Uinta Co., Wyo.)
Notes: 
Formen Evans & O'Donnell
Notes: 
Dickey, James H. - in charge of Beckwith, Quiinn & Co., at No. 6 mine
Notes: 
attacking party included English,, Welch, Scotch, Irish & Scandinavians
Notes: 
Bayard, U. S. Secretary of State
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Union Pacific Railroad
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Warren, Governor Francis E. (Wyoming Territory)
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Cleveland, President Steven Grover (United States)
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Burlingame Treaty with China (1868 - modified: 1880)
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Army troops arrived from Camp Murray (Utah Territory)
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Colorado & Wyoming labor organizations: ". . . Chinese must go"
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Chinese Exclusion ct in Congress (1882)
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California gold discovery (1848)
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Union Pacific Coal Department
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Glafcke, Mr. - Cheyenne Leader editor (Wyo. Terr., now Laramie Co., Wyo.)
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Chinese Counsul at San Francisco (Calif.)
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Chinese memorial sent to their consul in New York (N. Y. - Sep. 18, 1885)
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O'Donnell, William H. - foreman of Chinese & company storekeeper
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Beckwith, A. C. - Beckwith, Quiinn & Co. member
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Cheng Tsao Ju, Chinese ambassador
Notes: 
Evanston (Wyo. Terr., Now Uinta Co., Wyo.)
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Chinese, Ambassador at Washington, D. C.
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Zwicky, Ralph - manager, Beckwith, Quinn & Co., at Rock Springs
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Neassham, Thomas - chairman, Knights of Labor Executive Commee of Employees of Union Pacific Railroad
Notes: 
Knights of Labor - national labor organization
Notes: 
Tisdel, Mrs. - candidate for school superintendent at Rock Springs
Filename: 
WPA Sub 51E CHINESE IN WYOMING.pdf
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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