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Collection: Bellingham Riot

You are viewing all items in the Bellingham Riot collection. Each item is an object that we believe has enduring value for understanding the history of the South Asian American community. Items are divided into Collections according to their subject matter. Clicking on an item will allow you to see more detailed information about the item.
Present In All That We Do
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Description: Present in All That We Do (2007) is a 58 minute-long documentary that connects the 1907 "Anti-Hindu" riot in Bellingham, Washington to contemporary struggles for immigrant rights in Whatcom County. Written by Andrew Hedden and Ian Morgan to commemorate the 100th ...
"Gifts of Famine: Invasion of Sikhs from the Punjab" (1907)
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Description: An October 1907 article from The International Wood-Worker (Vol. 17, No. 10) that explores the causes behind the "anti-Hindoo riots" in Bellingham, Washington, as well as the riots in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. The Woodworker was the official journal of ...
Letter from A.W. Mangum, Jr.
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Description: A letter dated September 8, 1907 from Adolphus W. Mangum, Jr. (1876-1924), a soil scientist working in the Puget Sound area, to his mother in North Carolina. Mangum describes his reaction to the Bellingham riot in great detail. A partial transcription reads as ...
Werter D. Dodd, "The Hindu in the Northwest" (1907)
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Description: Article from World Today (Vol. 13, 1907) by Bellingham Herald newspaper editor Werter D. Dodd (1871-1959) describing the events, cause, and effect of the Bellingham Riot: "A mob of six hundred workmen in the lumber mills raided the quarters of the Orientals, ...