[MCN] The Historical Museum Debuts Document Detectives: Using archival sources to tell diverse histories

[Jessie Rogers]

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The Historical Museum Debuts Document Detectives:
A webinar series exploring how to ethically and usefully use archival sources to tell the histories of Montana's diverse communities
Zoom Webinar
Wednesday, April 28th at 1:00pm
Register at: https://fortmissoulamuseum.org/document-detectives/Or visit our Facebook Page<https://www.facebook.com/historical.museum.at.fort.missoula/> for event details
These programs will highlight the ways archival sources can both help and hinder anyone studying our diverse past. The presenters will examine sources such as newspaper articles and census records, and discuss various ways in which the biases inherent in these sources can be noticed and accounted for.
Join us for a unique blend of under-told histories and a peek behind the scenes of how those histories were meticulously pieced together.
First Presentation:
April 28th at 1pm: Montana's Chinese & the Anti-American Boycott of 1905
By Professor Mark Johnson, University of Notre Dame using his in-depth research into Montana's Chinese community.

In 1905, a special census was taken of Montana's Chinese residents. Whereas the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act limited entry of laborers at the borders, this 1905 census built from harsher restrictions of the 1890s seeking to find and deport Chinese lacking proper documentation. Concurrent with this census, two Chinese reformers, Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, exiled from China following a reaction against their reform efforts, sought allies in overseas Chinese communities. As Kang and Liang visited Montana, they witnessed unfair treatment of the state's Chinese, notably through the humiliation of the census round-up and resulting deportations. Gaining empathy through this exposure to the plight of the Chinese in the American West, Liang and Kang advocated on their behalf, initiating a China-wide boycott of American products to pressure the American government to improve treatment of Chinese in the U.S. The coming together of exiled Chinese reformers with a class of Chinese they otherwise would never have encountered sparked one of the first manifestations of unified Chinese nationalism, with unlikely roots in the experience of the Chinese in Montana.

Follow the Historical Museum on Facebook for more information and future programs.

Jessie Rogers
Development & Communications Director
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

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