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Young immigrants trust account book [Yip, Sang]

Description

In the early 1920's Yip Sang and Wing Sang Company continued to assist immigration of youths, often aged 11 or 12 years old, to Canada from China, facilitating their passage and support on arrival in B.C. This volume provides a journal for the year 1923 of funds entrusted to Yip Sang to defray costs of immigration and subsequent living expenses for youths sent by their parents from China to Canada.

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Title
Young immigrants trust account book
Creator
[Yip, Sang]
Date Created
1923
Description
In the early 1920's Yip Sang and Wing Sang Company continued to assist immigration of youths, often aged 11 or 12 years old, to Canada from China, facilitating their passage and support on arrival in B.C. This volume provides a journal for the year 1923 of funds entrusted to Yip Sang to defray costs of immigration and subsequent living expenses for youths sent by their parents from China to Canada.
Subject
Asian experience in North America; Accounting; Canada--Emigration and immigration
Person Or Corporation
The Yip family and Yip Sang Company
Genre
Account books
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
Chinese
Identifier
CC_TX_281_009
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-281-9
Date Available
2017-08-28
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0354938
Category
The Yip family and Yip Sang Company
RBSCLocation
CC-EX-8.3
Aggregated Source Repository
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/