Early Chinese-Americans at Stanford
This guide pulls together several sources held in Special Collections and University Archives documenting early Chinese-Americans at Stanford. The inspiration for the guide comes from the Arboretum Chinese Labor Quarters Project (ACLQ), a collaborative, community-based archaeology project about the history of Chinese workers at Stanford. Located in the Stanford University Arboretum, the site housed Chinese employees who worked across Stanford lands. They were instrumental in the creation and maintenance of the University’s iconic historic landscapes: the Arboretum, Palm Drive, the Oval, and the gardens of the Main Quadrangle. The site was occupied between the 1880s and 1925 when the last resident left and the buildings were demolished.