“Asian American Heritage on the Stanford Campus: Excavations at the Arboretum Chinese Laborers Quarters”
A webinar on the preliminary findings and archival research of the Arboretum Chinese Laborers Quarters archaeological site, occupied from the late-1800s to the 1920s. Stanford University’s campus archaeology department (Heritage Services), in collaboration with the Stanford Archaeology Center, conducted investigations at a semi-permanent Chinese workers’ camp on the edge of campus from 2017 to 2020. Excavations at the ACLQ site and associated research shed light on the everyday life of Chinese employees essential to the foundation of Stanford University. There will also be a brief presentation about a related research project on Chinese fisheries in 19th-century California.
Stanford Special Collections
Presentations by: Julie Cain, Megan Rhodes Victor, Garrett Trask, Ryan Kennedy & Marguerite L. De Loney
Comments by: Adrian Arima, Prof. Barb Voss & Dr. Laura Jones, University Archaeologist and Director of Stanford Heritage Services
Date/Time: June 6 at 3 PM
Registration: FREE (Click here to register)
Co-Sponsored by the Stanford Archaeology Center & SAPAAC Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club
Event Materials
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