Mass Capture repository of scanned images

Consists of scanned and enhanced images from microfilm reels held at Library Archives Canada. Organized in file folders labelled by reel number, these images are of CI 9 documents, state documents issued under the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885. Issued from 1885 to 1953, CI 9 documents include date of birth, place of residence, occupation, identifying marks, known associates, and, significantly, identification photographs. The CI 9 documents were microfilmed in 1963 and the originals destroyed. As part of a SSHRC-funded research project led by Dr. Lily Cho, this data set consists of over xxx reconstituted digital reproductions of CI 9 documents.Dataset of reconstituted digital reproductions of CI 9 documents, issued under the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, from microfilm reels held by Library Archives Canada.Mass Capture is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, grant number 435-2016-0948