AT UBC LIBRARY

THE EXHIBIT IS OPEN TO VISITORS, FREE OF CHARGE.

VISIT chung.library.ubc.ca FOR

EXHIBIT HOURS ANd mORE INFORmATION.

THOUSANdS OF ARTIFACTS CHRONICLING EARLY B.C. HISTORY, ImmIGRATION ANd SETTLEmENT,

ANd THE CANAdIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COmPANY.

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UBC Hospital

BookstoreWest Parkade

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THE WALLACE B. CHUNG ANd mAdELINE H. CHUNG COLLECTION

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUmBIA,

RARE BOOKS ANd SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE

1961 EAST mALL, VANCOUVER,

BRITISH COLUmBIA V6T 1Z1

TEL: (604) 822-2521

www.library.ubc.ca/chung www.library.ubc.ca/chineseinbc

THE GROWTH OF THE CHUNG COLLECTION IS SUPPORTEd

BY dONORS. TO mAKE A CONTRIBUTION, PLEASE VISIT:

www.supportubclibrary.ca/giving

A N E X C E P T I O N A L G I F T

Dr. Wallace Chung and Dr. Madeline Chung and

their family have made an outstanding gift of their

magnificent collection to the University of British

Columbia Library. In bestowing this priceless gift,

Dr. Chung gives back to Canada something of what

he and his family have experienced and gained since

his grandfather came from China to settle in Victoria

more than 100 years ago.

and economic life is displayed through archival

documents, photographs and artifacts.

European immigration to Canada is illustrated with

promotional brochures and posters encouraging

settlers to the West, and archival material from

the Clandonald colony in Alberta, a community

of immigrants from the Scottish Hebrides.

C A N A D I A N PA C I F I C R A I LWAY : Documents, maps and publications show how the

Canadian Pacific Railway was built, and how

Vancouver was chosen as the western terminus.

Photographs and accounts of the building of the

railway are presented, along with vibrant posters

promoting travel and tourism via CPR rail and

steamships. Beautiful examples of cruise ship

memorabilia provide a glimpse of the style

of the times.

T H E E X H I B I T I O N

Selections from the collection are on display in Rare

Books and Special Collections, organized to show

some of the most compelling stories of Canada’s past.

The three major themes of the exhibition explore:

V O YA G E S O F D I S C O V E R Y : Included in the exhibition are rare editions of the

narratives of many Pacific voyages of discovery

including; Valdes, Galiano, Malaspina, Cook and

Vancouver. Also exhibited are charts recording the

exploration of the Pacific Northwest.

I M M I G R AT I O N A N D S E T T L E M E N T : The Fraser River gold rush that sparked Chinese

immigration to British Columbia is highlighted through

books and government documents relating to the

restriction of such immigration, such as head tax

certificates. Chinese-Canadian cultural, social

T H E C O L L E C T I O N

When Wally Chung was just six years old he spent

many hours in his father’s Victoria tailor shop. One

thing in particular that fascinated him was a colourful

poster of the Empress of Asia, the CP ship that brought

his mother to Canada in 1919. It fired the young boy’s

imagination and inspired him to start collecting.

Starting with clippings for his scrapbook, Dr. Chung

spent more than 60 years assembling one of the most

extensive collections of its kind in North America.

The Chung Collection includes more than 25,000 rare

items: documents, books, maps, posters, paintings,

photographs, silver, glass, ceramic ware and other

artifacts related to early B.C. history, immigration and

settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Chung family tailor shop, Victoria, B.C.

Left: Head tax certificate for Lee Chew Bin, 1920.

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Number 93 Express, crossing Horseshoe Trestle.