Bachelors and China Dolls, Sex and Race in Postwar Toronto's Chinatown, 1920-1970

This collection consists of digitized materials concerning sex and race in Toronto between 1920 and 1970. It includes photographs from a private collection and newspaper articles about Chinese Canadians and white women (Chinadolls) in Toronto's Chinatown, published in the Toronto Chinese press. It also includes interviews with individuals concerning everyday life in Toronto's Chinatown and the experiences of mixed-race couples and children in Toronto's Chinatown.

Contributed by El Chenier, Simon Fraser University.

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Report on File folder: Chinese in Canada-Toronto, 1959-60, and Chinese in Canada-Montreal 1947-1950, 1950-1954. p. 1-4

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Date: 1956

Report on File folder: Chinese in Canada-Toronto, Feb. 1956- Dec. 1958. p. 1-2

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Date: 1956

Request for Thirty Days in Jail Granted Prostie. Denies Being Drug Addict

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Date: 1956-09-29

Research notes by Anne Cummings- List of Toronto Star Articles p. 1-5

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Date: 2014
Name(s): Cummings, Anne

Research notes on "Acts and Proceedings" files, 1929-1945

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Date: 2013-01-01
Name(s): Toews, Anne

Research Notes: Margaret LePage Case Summary

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Date: 2013-06-21
Name(s): Chenier, Elise

Reserved Himself for English Woman Although Italian Girls Tempted Him Says Co-Respondent in Divorce Case

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Date: 1951-07-14

Rest Shall I Never (from "ONE" Homosexual Paper)

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Date: 1958-10-25
Name(s): Del

Revelations on Eastern Sex Society by Man Who Wanted to Own a Slave Feature Alleged Blackmail Conspiracy

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Date: 1948-04-17

Rice Ration Book Costs Chinese $3

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Date: 1947-01-18

Room for Immoral Purposes Easy to Secure in Toronto

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Date: 1948-10-02

Rough Trade (in "ONE" Homosexual Paper)

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Date: 1958-10-18
Name(s): Grundy, Brother

Roundup of Toronto Prosties Continues: Some Jailed, Others Fined Depending on Thier Past. Still Too Many Remanded

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Date: 1956-11-17

Runaway Girl of 13 Willing Partner in Two Acts of Sexual Intercourse: Youth of 19 Pleads Guilty to Carnal Knowledge. Other Incident Admitted by Girl

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Date: 1951-09-15

Sailor Given Mickey Finn and Robbed in Toronto Another Beaten for Spurning Robbery in Vancouver: Colored Common-Law Couple are Convicted in Toronto

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Date: 1951-09-29