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A letter of pardon to release D. Nguyen due to his escape from Vietnam by boat in 1978, with a note from the government officer to issue his monthly food quota.

A diary documenting the timeline of D. Nguyen's journey from Vietnam to Canada as a boat person and refugee.

Peter da Silva was born in 1937 in Hong Kong when it was a British colony. His paternal side of the family has roots in Macau, which was a former colony of Portugal. (The handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China occurred on July 1, 1997. The…

Photographs are arranged sequentially according to original slide number. Some gaps in numeric series may be present as not all slides from da Silva's collection were digitized.

Photographs are arranged sequentially according to original slide number. Some gaps in numeric series may be present as not all slides from da Silva's collection were digitized.

Photographs are arranged sequentially according to original slide number. Some gaps in numeric series may be present as not all slides from da Silva's collection were digitized.

Photographs are arranged sequentially according to original slide number. Some gaps in numeric series may be present as not all slides from da Silva's collection were digitized.

Typwritten description of the 'Lure of The Sea' aesthetic by Robert Cumming. Transcription, page 1: "Lure of the Sea. Noticeable and best in on-shore nautical architecture are some of the structures built in the thirties and early…

Photographs are arranged sequentially according to original slide number. Some gaps in numeric series may be present as not all slides from da Silva's collection were digitized.

Photographs are arranged sequentially according to original slide number. Some gaps in numeric series may be present as not all slides from da Silva's collection were digitized.

A typewritten textual document providing information on the U.S. Navy Recruiter's U.S.S. Los Angeles float, including how the model came under ownership of the U.S. Navy Recruiters and its current use in parades. Transcription: "The U.S.S…

Black and white print of a boat-shaped but street-legal vehicle owned by John Sullivan in Inglewood, California with handwritten text and Lure of the Sea stamped on back, along with a taped note including two paragraphs of typed text describing how…

Black and white print of a boat-shaped but street-legal vehicle owned by John Sullivan in Inglewood, California with handwritten text and Lure of the Sea stamped on back, along with a taped handwritten note and two paragraphs of typed text…

Statue of Lieutenant Mesquita at Senado Square (Estátua do Tenente Mesquita no Largo do Leal Senado). Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita was an officer of the Portuguese Army in Macau [Source: Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita. (2025, Nov 20). In Wikipedia.…

A letter from Racey to Harrison, written on March 3, 1949.

A letter from Racey to Harrison, written on March 31, 1950.

A letter from Harrison to Racey, written on March 18, 1952.

A letter from Harrison to Racey, written on May 18, 1952.

A letter from Harrison to Racey, written on July 4, 1952.

This collection continues the digitization and documentation of previously unavailable letters exchanged between British physician and amateur ornithologist James Maurice (J.M.) Harrison (1892–1971) and Canadian ornithologist Kenneth Racey (1882–…