Chinese Overseas Collection

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coc.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/bib/index_e.htm

The Chinese Overseas Collection established in 2002 is located on the 1st floor of the University Library. The resources aim to support the teaching and research of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), strengthen the interlibrary cooperation with the related institutions all over the world, and facilitate the development of Chinese overseas studies of CUHK and beyond. Books are loanable. The holdings are based on the Overseas Chinese Archives transferred from the Chinese Overseas Studies Centre, CUHK. The holdings are later incorporated with the core collection of the University Library System, CUHK. Now the rich variety of this Collection reveals in its extensive publication dates, subjects and data formats. The item date ranges from late 19th century till present. The topic deals with the business, economics, politics, society, education, ethnicity, culture, history, literature, tourism, and even clan or dialect based associations of the Chinese overseas communities across the time and around the world. The documents on Hakka overseas and Zheng He are also developed to enrich this collection. The multiple format includes books, periodicals, company annual reports, journal articles and newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, loose leaf materials, etc.
Please visit the website: coc.lib.cuhk.edu.hk for details.
For inquiry and new books/websites recommendation, e-mail: [e-mail].
Contact address
Chinese Overseas Collection, University Library, 1/F, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
Telephone Hong Kong.Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]

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coc.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/site/relsite.htm

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Genealogical Sources for Overseas Chinese on Microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/shao/thatch.htm
The Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) is a private, non-profit organization. Its headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The GSU was founded in 1894 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for the purposes of collecting, organizing, and preserving historical records of value for genealogical research. Originally manuscripts and books were collected and stored in its office, but in 1938 the GSU became one of the first organizations in the world to adopt the new technology of microfilming as a means of collecting and preserving historical records.

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overseaschineseconfederation.org/papers.htm/shirley.htm
Collection of Clippings on Overseas Chinese
at Hong Kong Baptist University Library

Shirley W. Leung
Irene S. M. Wong
Kit Wah Lee

Hong Kong Baptist University

Objective

The objective of this report is to introduce the Hong Kong Baptist University Library Collection of clippings on Overseas Chinese with two goals. The first is to publicize and promote this collection for use by students, scholars, and researchers interested in the topic of Overseas Chinese, and the second is to explore opportunities for collaborative efforts in enhancing the collection¡¡ accessibility.

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www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/shao/kong_koan.htm

VRIENDEN VAN HET

KONG KOAN ARCHIEF
(The Archives of the Chinese Council in Batavia/Jakarta)

Many centuries before the Dutch came to the East Indies in 1596, Chinese traders, craftsmen and even farmers had already settled in the coastal area of Java and other parts of the archipelago. Some 400 of them were living in the old Jacatra, when in 1619 J.P. Coen, the then Governor General for the Dutch East Indian Company (VOC), destroyed the township and established his new stronghold: Batavia. To maintain contact with the Chinese settlement, Coen appointed a headman, later to be called Çìaptain? of the Chinese as a go-between as well as an administrator and arbitrator for the internal affairs of this community. Similarly, Chinese ¡¡fficers?with titles varying from major to lieutenant were later appointed throughout the Dutch East Indies. In some of the larger cities these officers functioned collectively as Chinese Council or Kong Koan.

The archives of these Kong Koans, some dating back to the 18th century, must have contained a rich fund of demographical, economic, legal and other information relating to the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies. Unfortunately, these were destroyed or otherwise lost in the 1930¡¡ when the institution of Chinese officers ceased to exist. With one fortunate exception, since the Kong Koan of the former Batavia somehow continued to function right up to the 1960¡¡. By then, it was merely serving as an administrative office for Chinese burial grounds and other properties, but its original archives had been preserved and for the last twenty years or more lay forgotten in the old Chinese quarter of Jakarta. Recently, however, they were rediscovered, albeit in a condition of severe neglect. They have now been entrusted to Leiden University and are stored in the Sinological Institute under the care of Pro. Dr. L. Blussé.