Publications & Press
Publications
The Butte Chinese
The Butte Chinese: A brief history of Chinese immigrants in southwest Montana, by George Everett, is an introduction and overview of the Chinese experience in Butte. The 24-page illustrated booklet takes you from the first Chinese immigration in the American West to the recent history of the Mai Wah buildings. The booklet includes research questions that can be used as starting points for projects at all levels, from grade school to professional study.
Publication of The Butte Chinese was made possible by grants from the ARCO Foundation, A Territory Resource, and donations by Mai Wah members.
The Butte Chinese is available at the museum for $3.00 per copy.
Guide to Butte’s Chinatown Archaeological Dig Exhibit
This 24-page full-color booklet was produced to accompany the exhibit of selected artifacts from the 2007 Chinatown archaeological dig. Publication was made possible by a grant from the Montana Historical Society’s County History Initiative and volunteer work by Janet Sperry, Mitzi Rossillon, and Dick Gibson.
The booklet is available for purchase at the museum for $5.00 per copy.
View a sample page from the booklet (PDF)
Media Coverage
War of the Woods: Chinese Wood Choppers and Unlikely Allies, 1885-1900 (February 15, 2023)
Annual Lunar New Year Parade in Butte (February 3, 2023)
New Exhibit at Butte Archives Features Cheongsam Dresses (February 2, 2023)
Butte Prepares to Celebrate Chinese New Year Parade (January 24, 2023)
Chinese Families Thrived in Butte’s Early Days (January 11, 2023)
America’s Lost Chinatowns (August 23, 2022)
The Middle Kingdom Under the Big Sky: The Chinese in Montana (June 1, 2022):
The First Chinese Restaurant in America Has a Savory—and Unsavory—History (August 2022)
Chinese Cemeteries in Montana (August 10, 2022):
Mai Wah: Remembering the Legacy of Chinese immigrants in Montana (June 19, 2022)
In the Mood for Love: Margaret Woo and the Chinese Woman’s ‘Power Dress’ of the 1930s (June 3, 2022):
A Life Through Letters: Book Looks at Chinese Experience in Montana (May 22, 2022)
Sweeping Tombs Ceremony Honors Butte’s Rich Chinese Heritage (May 15, 2022)
Qingming Tomb-Sweeping Festival Celebrates Butte’s Chinese Heritage (May 14, 2022)
Mai Wah Society to Hold Traditional Chinese Tomb Sweeping (May 8, 2022)
Researchers Working to Uncover the History of Chinese Immigrants in Montana (April 12, 2022)
Montana History Foundation Announces $212,000 in Area Preservation Funding (March 30, 2022)
Butte’s Annual Chinese New Year Parade Packs the Streets (Feb. 6, 2022)
Watch Now: Chinese New Year Parade Returns to Butte (Feb. 5, 2022)
Butte to Celebrate Year of the Tiger with Annual Chinese New Year Parade (Feb. 2, 2022)
Butte Celebrates Qingming Festival (May 15, 2021):
Woo Chose America and a Man from Butte (Nov. 24, 2021)
The Long Journey Home: Headstone of Chinese Man Returns to Helena (Sept. 2, 2021)
Butte Honors Its Early Chinese Residents with Tomb-Sweeping Ceremony (May 17, 2021)
TIF Projects Moving Forward for Casagranda’s, Others in Butte (May 13, 2020)
Mining City History: Chinese Mission Offered English, Religion Classes (March 30, 2020)
Photos: Butte Honors Its Chinese Heritage with the Annual Lunar New Year Parade and Celebration (January 26, 2020)
Montana Society Renovates Old Chinatown Museum (January 21, 2020)
Mai Wah Gets New Sidewalk, Doors, Windows, Brick Wall (January 14, 2020)
Asia Today with Jeffrey Bingham Mead (January 11, 2020)
URA Steers More Money to Mai Wah Buildings (October 30, 2019)
Statue of Guan Returned to Butte in 2012 (October 28, 2019)
Field Trip Focuses on Montana Chinese (July 26, 2019)
Chin Chun Hock Brought His Wa Chong Co. from Seattle to Butte (July 22, 2019)
Mai Wah Society to Exhibit Rare Political Artifact, Contributes to NYC Exhibit (June 15, 2019)
URA Steers Money to Mai Wah Renovation Project in Butte (May 28, 2019)
Restoration Begins on the Facade of the Mai Wah Museum (May 17, 2019)
Locals Gather in Mount Moriah Cemetery for Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day (April 29. 2019)
Frigid Day Doesn’t Deter Chinese New Year Parade (February 9, 2019)
Butte’s Mai Wah Museum Wins Big in Preservation Contest (October 2018)
American Story: Chinn Family (2014)
Victor School projects (Jan. 2014)
Grand Reopening of the Mercantile (June 2013)
Mystery at the Mai Wah (June 2012)