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Glass slides : leprosy

The file consists of 18 b&w glass slides of Chinese patients with leprosy (Hansen's disease), taken from 1922 to 1932 on D'Arcy Island and Bentinck Island. The file also has one slide of the patient cottages on Bentinck Island. The slides were made from the related negatives and show patients standing or sitting and were often taken at admission and after progression of the disease. Some of the photographs are close ups of hands, back, legs and feet. The slides are arranged in numerical order in accordance with the list of leprosy cases, created by the Provincial Health Officer (copy stored with negatives).

Account book

Account book containing entries about loans, insurance, exchanges of gold dust and "gold eggs". The keeper of the accounts was acting as an agent and banker for Chinese who wished to send remittances back to China.

Receipt and certificate

Receipt issued to Tea Ah Chee for a Record of Placer Claim and water in a small spring below A. Burnett's House, 12th July, 1898, Lillooet District. Free Miner's Certificate issued to Te Ah Chee of Crow's Bar, 12th July, 1898. Small decorative envelope.

Tickets for passage from Hong Kong to Victoria via Barque "Maria"

87 pre-printed tickets in English and Chinese, with name of passengers, age, occupation and native place filled out in English. The tickets also have the name of the passenger written in Chinese. Some of the ticket holders were children. Folder 1 also contains undated hand-written notes which describe the conditions on the voyage re food and space allotted, and state that they were in contravention of the Chinese Passengers Act of 1855. Two Chinese names are listed on the note: A. Quang and Quang Ling.

Chinese Ledger. Choate.

Account ledger; Chinese language book. A story, either personal or copied, appears near the back of the language book.

Presented by W.B. Armstrong, Emery Camp, Choate, 1932.

Chinese Ledger (Choate, B.C.)

Glass negatives : leprosy

The file contains 23 b&w glass negatives of Chinese patients with leprosy (Hansen's disease), taken from 1922 to 1932 on D'Arcy Island and Bentinck Island. The file also has three negatives of the boat landing and cottages on Bentinck Island. The negatives show patients standing or sitting and were often taken at admission and after progression of the disease. Some of the photographs are close ups of hands, back, legs and feet. The negatives are arranged in numerical order in accordance with the list of leprosy cases.

A photocopy of a typed list of leprosy cases accompanies the negatives to provide context Each case include notes about each patient with a description of the particular photograph.