Southeast Asian Archive Newsletter

Spring Quarter 1997; Volume 6, No. 3

Editor: Anne Frank

Recent Gifts

Lee Bonatti: Items relating to Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, including sheet music, records, ephemera, and booklet, Building rapport with the Vietnamese, by Marilyn Hoskins.

Tung Cao: Exhibit catalog, Encounter 1996: Vietnamese artists group exhibition: works by 16 contemporary Vietnamese artists, Pacific Asia Museum, 1996; issues of The Ky 21, 1989-1993, including the premier issue, May 1989.

Dr. Joseph Carrier: Study on sexuality in Vietnam: the known and unknown areas, by Khuat Thu Hong. Hanoi: Population Council, Institute of Sociology, 1996.

Laurie Carusone: Children of Cambodia's killing fields: memoirs by survivors, compiled by Dith Pran, Yale University Press, 1997.

Alain Dang: Bilingual edition of Tren tam muoi nam tai the gian = Over eighty years on this earth, by Phan Vinh Trung, San Jose, 1994.

Diana Do: Three albums of pre-1975 postage stamps from Vietnam; Vietnamese paper currency.

Lien Doan: "Banque de l'Indochine" and "Institut d'emission des etats du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam" paper currency; 3 videos of Vietnamese songs.

Lloyd T. Duong: His latest book, Triet ly quoc tri dong phuong, Toronto, Lang Van, 1997.

Hoang Duy: His books of poetry: Bat ngat huong doi , Nguon Song, 1996 and Nhu bong may bay, Huong Duong, 1996.

Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, Vic., Australia: Identity and change: papers from a public forum on art and culture based on Vietnamese-Australian experience, February 1996. Forum accompanying the Centre's art exhibition, "Midnight Sun."

Jeanne Freeman: An analysis of a research video on a comparative study of malls, M.A. Project, CSU Fullerton, 1991. Written report and videos comparing the Brea Mall with the Asian Garden Mall in Westminster.

Robert Hayden: Oshiro, Ed. Good-bye Vietnam. The Bulletin, King County Medical Society 75(11), 11-15.

Ngo Lai: Nguoi Viet Yearbook, 1997.

Dr. Van Le: Helping your child achieve in school, by Huynh Dính Te (Hmong, Khmer, Lao & Vietnamese bilingual editions); Dong Viet, vols.1-3; Context: Southeast Asians & other newcomers in California's classrooms, selected issues, 1989-1995; Ban Tin, Nguoi Viet Tu-Do, Tieng Noi Cong-Dong Viet Nam tai Sacramento va phu can, 1978-1982 & 1991-1996.

Mike Little: Two women...one duck, dedicated to our Bahnar family of Chrong II, Vietnam, by Mike & Marion Little, 1966. (An account of their 1966 visit to the Central Highlands).

David Lopez: His paper, Transnationalism and the adaptation of Southeast Asian and Central American migrants to California, presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, 1997.

Helen Meyer: Wrapped in the wind's shawl: refugees of Southeast Asian and the western world, by Scott C. S. Stone and John E. McGowan, Presidio Press, 1980.

Nguyen Hung Cuong: Dac San Xuan 1997 Dinh Suu, Spring 1997, Annual bulletin of the Vietnamese Senior Citizens Association in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area.

Khuong X. Nguyen: Giao Diem, Winter 1996; Phat-Giao Viet-Nam, January 1997; VN Viet Nam Dan Chu, March 1997; Ban Tin: Lien Minh Viet Nam Tu Do, 26 February 1997; Nguyet San Muc Vu, February 1997; Nguyet san Nguon Song, March-April 1997; Ca tru: a Vietnamese chamber music genre, by Barley Norton, 1996; Song of the banyan: folk music of Vietnam (CD); Nguoi o dung ve (CD)

Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo: Doi Thoai, November 1995 & April 1995; Dia chi cua mot nguoi: tho, by Le Bi, Tan Thu, 1996.

Tu-Uyen Nguyen: Her senior thesis, Voices re-membering, re-claiming, re-writing: the emerging literature of Vietnamese American women, UC Irvine, Dept. of English and Comparative Literature, 1995; Protection of Vietnamese asylum seekers in Hong Kong: detention, screening and repatriation, by Anne Wagley Dow, 1991; Defenseless in detention: Vietnamese children living admidst increasing violence in Hong Kong, by Refugee Concern Hong Kong, 1991; materials relating to the 1989 Geneva conference and 1988 statements concerning refugees before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Veronica O'Malley: Articles from the Daily News (Palatka, Florida), St. Augustine Record, Florida Times Union (Jacksonville), Orlando Sentinel, Pensacola News Journal concerning the 1996 murder trial of Kingkhamvong "King" Phimmachack.

Nguoi Dan Publishers: Behind the bamboo hedges, by Mai Phuong, 1996.

Dr. Pham Kim Vinh: His book, White papers on today's Vietnam: how the world can help the people of Vietnam reach a better life, 1996.

Project Ngoc: Painting , "The Rose," by Hoang Quoc Bien, Whitehead Detention Center, 1990.

Marie M. Reidy: Beyond the east wind: legends and folktales of Vietnam, Burn, Hart & Co., 1976.

Prany Sananikone: 1997 Tet calendar poster; Southeast Asian Health Project Cambodian anti-smoking poster, 1997.

Rev. Tran Phuc Long: 25 Giao phan Viet Nam, vol. 2, 1996. Costa Mesa: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.

Thom Tran: Her paper, The social and economic impact of transnational ties in immigrant communities: the case of remittances among Vietnamese Americans, presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, 1997.

Dr. Tran Si Lam: His short stories Chi la hu khong, Dong Van, 1996.

Daniel Tsang: Articles on various topics from newspapers and the Internet.

Van Nghe Publishers: Nua doi con lai, by Vuong Hong Sen, 1996; Duong may tren dat hoa, by Hoa Thuong Hu Van, 1996; Co dum, by Doan Quoc Si, 1997; Dem giua ban ngay, by Vu Thu Hien, 1997; Thu gui ban ta, vol. 3, by Bui Bao Truc, 1997.

World Vision: Nien giam, directory of Vietnamese churches, pastors and Christian workers overseas, 1996.

Sincere thanks to all our donors. My apologies to anyone who inadvertently has not been acknowledged here. Your support of the Southeast Asian Archive is truly appreciated.

SEA ARCHIVE HOURS

Spring Quarter

1:00-5:00 Monday-Saturday or by appointment

New Collections

Last January's positive article in the Los Angeles Times introduced the Southeast Asian Archive to a wider audience and resulted in a number of gifts to the collection. Three donations received from individuals who have been involved with Southeast Asian refugee resettlement complement each other in an especially meaningful way.

Mitchell Bonner has long been active in San Francisco's Lao community. The collection he donated to the Southeast Asian Archive contains many newspaper clippings (mainly 1980s and 1990s) from San Francisco area newspapers concerning Southeast Asian refugees and events in the home countries. Included also are programs of cultural events, such as the Kmhmu New Year Celebration of 1983 in Stockton and the 1991 & 1992 Local Cultures "Living Traditions of Southeast Asian Americans" at the Festival at the Lake in Oakland. Mr. Bonner's gift also contains issues of refugee publications from the Bay Area, such as Khmer News, The Tenderloin Times, materials relating to the San Francisco Refugee Forum, refugee orientation publications, ORR research studies, and U.S. government documents.

Guire John Cleary was assistant director of the Tolstoy Foundation in San Francisco from 1980-1983. He previously was active with Church World Service in 1979. With Ms. Jade Ngoc Le, the former director of the United States Catholic Conference transit center, his donation is given in memory of their friend and dedicated Lao community aide, Mr. Amphanphone Sivilay. Mr. Cleary's collection consists of a number of items used in Thai refugee camps left behind in 1979 by Hmong, Mien and ethnic Lao refugee families at San Francisco's Travelodge Transit Center. Among the artifacts are clothing, cooking pots and utensils, cultivation tools, hand forged scissors, fishing lines, refugee identification cards, an English language exercise book, and an I.C.E.M. plastic bag used to hold refugee x-rays and documentation.

Included in the papers and publications donated by Mr. Cleary are correspondence and documents on the Lao Temple Project, which concerned creation of a Lao cultural center and Thereavada Buddhist Temple in the Bay Area; a UC Berkeley student paper, "Unemployed Lao refugees in San Francisco," by Michael Stroud, and 32 copies of the National Geographic (1932-1982) which contain articles pertaining to Indochina.

Brigitte Marshall's collection of 21 photographs, taken in 1990-1991, beautifully document the Southeast Asian refugee camp experience. Her photographs show the realities and implications of everyday life of Hmong and Mien refugees in Chiang Kham and Ban Vinai refugee camps and the Phanat Nikhom Refugee Processing Center. She developed her photograph collection in order to provide service providers working with refugees some perspective for the challenges that faced refugees new to the United States.

The Southeast Asian Archive is indeed fortunate to have these collections. These gifts provide valuable resources for the research and teaching that will educate future generations as to the challenges faced by the many Southeast Asians who have resettled in the United States.

New Student Assistant: Linh My Phung

I was born on June 10, 1974 in the city of Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. My parents and I left Vietnam in late 1978 and arrived in Hong Kong in 1979. After living in Hong Kong for one year my family was sponsored by an uncle who lived in Amarillo Texas. Presently I am a senior majoring in Social Science at UC Irvine. At this moment in my life I am working on a senior honors thesis, "How the Vietnamese language influences Vietnamese Americans" with my adviser, Stephanie Reynolds, and at the same time working in the Southeast Asian Archive. I will graduate from UC Irvine this June and plan to attend the University of Southern California for a masters degree in Social Work.

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SEA Archive Summer Hours

UCI's Langson Library (and also the Southeast Asian Archive) will be closed from Monday, June 16th through Friday, June 20th.. If this presents an inconvenience to you please contact Anne Frank. The Southeast Asian Archive will reopen on Monday, June 23 and resume its summer hours of Monday-Friday, 1:00-5:00 PM and by appointment. The Archive will be open on Saturdays, 1:00-5:00 PM again starting on September 27 with the beginning of the Fall quarter.

Anne Frank will be away from the Library from July 28 - September 3. However, the Archive will be open, staffed by student assistants. If you plan to use the Archive during the month of August and have special needs, please contact Anne by July 25.

UCI Southeast Asian Student Groups

Cambodian Student Organization (CSO): Meets Wednesdays, 6:30 PM, HH251, Contact: Teang Sy, 714/588-4228; tlsy@uci.edu.

Hmong Student Association: Meets irregularly. Contact: Chao Xiong, 714/509-0384;cxiong@uci.edu.

Laotian-Thai Cultural Club (LTCC): Meets Mondays, 5:00 PM, Cross-Cultural Center. Contact: Don Ark, 505-4150; sneezer@uci.edu.

Project Ngoc: Meets Wednesdays, 7:00 PM, Steinhouse Hall 128. Contact: Nicole Nguyen, 208-2119; 6nnguyenuci.edu.

Vietnamese American Coalition at UC Irvine (VAC): Meets Thursdays, Emerald Bay E, 6:00 PM. Contact: Lisa Nguyen., 841-5281; nnhquyen@ea.oac.uci.edu.

Vietnamese Student Association (VSA): Meets Wednesdays, 7:00 PM, Emerald Bay A. Contact: Tu Pham, 451-7744; tapham@uci.edu.

Project Ngoc's Farewell

For ten years Project Ngoc has raised awareness and funds for Vietnamese refugees in the camps of Southeast Asia and has been a strong advocate for human rights. "A Decade of Dedications" was the theme for Project Ngoc's gala farewell event, held at the Emerald Bay Seafood Restaurant on April 13. Past officers and members of PN were present, including founder Tom Wilson, as well as many people from the Vietnamese community. One of the highlights of the evening was an auction of a painting from PN's collection of refugee artwork. All proceeds from the evening went to help the remaining refugees in Hong Kong. Project Ngoc also donated a painting, "The Rose," to the UCI Library Southeast Asian Archive.

With the resettlement or repatriation of most Vietnamese refugees Project Ngoc is disbanding as of the end of the 1996-1997 academic year. For the ten years of its existence Project Ngoc has made a difference in the lives of many refugees and has made the UCI community aware of their plight. Project Ngoc will not be forgotten.

Hmong Studies Journal, Vol . 1:2

The Spring 1997 issue of the Hmong Studies Journal is now available on the World Wide Web through the following URL: http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g450/vueb0001/HER/HSJ.html.

The contents include: Growing up Hmong American: truancy policy and girls, by MayKao Yangblongsua Hang; Labor-force participation among Southeast Asian refugee-immigrants: an update on 1975 to 1984 entrants, by Howard Berkson; Hmong mens' adaptation to life in the United States, by Kou Yang; The Xiong family: a documentary photo essay, by Joseph Davy; Recent research & publications on the Hmong (1994-1997); Through the Spirit's Door (book review).

Du Am: New Magazine

Du Am is an independent Vietnamese American publication from Berkeley, California with submissions from people in the community and university students. Their goal is "to be the unfiltered voice of the Vietnamese American community, to give voice to oft-overlooked issues, and to question collectivism while promoting individualism." Issue number 2 contains the following articles: The murder of Thien Minh Ly; Nike capitalism and you; Vietnamese bilingual education; The future of Vietnamese student associations; Teenage pregnancy in the Southeast Asian American community; photography, book reviews, poetry and music.

Copies are available at bookstores in Berkeley and through the mail. The cost is $3.00 plus $2.00 postage. Contact Du Am at 2232 Durant Ave., #310, Berkeley, CA 94704; 510/540-5623 (Anthony Duc Le); 510/649-1329 (Khoi Nguyen).

Little Saigon Tours

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the dedication of "Little Saigon" the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce in Orange County is presenting three special "Little Saigon" guided tours. The tours will take place on June 16, 17 and 18, 10:00-5:00. Chamber members, senior citizens, and non-profit organizations $5; non-members $15. Lunch is included. For reservations and more information contact the Chamber at 714/839-2257; 714/839-1917 (fax); vcoc@vinet.com.

NIKE AWARENESS DAY

May 21 11:00-2:00 PM

Ring Road (Student Center)

Sponsored by the Vietnamese American Coalition (VAC)

Selected Recent Acquisitions

Breyer, Chloe Anne. (1993). Religious liberty in law and practice: Vietnamese home temples and the first amendment. Baylor Law Review 35(2), 367-401. Journal Articles and Book Chapters File

Analyzes the free exercise case of a Vietnamese home temple. "Chua Lien Hoa," in Garden Grove, California, coming to the conclusion that the "balancing test" rather than the "strict neutrality" test best balances the interests of the two sides.

Ha, Kim. (1997). Stormy Escape: a Vietnamese woman's account of her 1980 flight through Cambodia to Thailand. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. DS559.912 K5613 1997 Southeast Asian Archive

Personal story of a land refugee and her family, their escape from Vietnam to a Thai refugee camp and eventually resettlement in California.

Lam, Le Trinh. (February 27, 1997). Hanoi tightens its policy towards the Vietnamese diaspora. Nguoi Viet Weekly English Section, B4 & B6. Newspaper Clippings File

Analysis of the role and contribution of the Vietnamese expatriate community in the United States to the democratization of Vietnam, by a former Cabinet officer and college professor in Saigon.

Mayoury, Ngaosyvathn. (1993). Lao women yesterday and today. [Vietiane]: Mayuri Ngaosivat. HQ1750.4 M398 1993 Southeast Asian Archive

Historical study of the status of women in Laos. Bilingual text.

Nwadiora, Emeka and McAdoo, Harriette. (1996). Acculturative stress among Amerasian refugees: gender and racial differences. Adolescence 31(122)), 477-487. Journal Articles and Book Chapters File.

This study finds that acculturative stress is found mainly in the areas of spoken English, employment, and limited formal education rather than race and gender.

Parker, Martha Kay. (1996). Loss in the lives of Southeast Asian elders. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota. Cataloging in Process

Uses life history methods to examine the lives of Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese elders who have resettled in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

Patriarca, Cristina and Cazorla, Liliana. (1986) Laosianos: la ultima inmigracion. Todo es Historia 19(235), 32-45. Journal Articles and Book Chapters File

Discusses the background and resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees, mainly Hmong, in Argentina.

Voices of challenge: Hmong women in transition. [videorecording] (1996). A CSU Fresno/ Academic Innovation Center production. New York: Carousel Film & Video. Cataloging in Process

Interviews with young Hmong women which give insight into the refugee experience, the challenges of breaking away from a patriarchal family structure, and assimilation into American society.

Welcome to America: arts of being Khmer in Philadelphia. [videorecording] (1991). Philadelphia: Philadelphia Folklore Project. Cataloging in Process

Explores transformations of Cambodian culture in Philadelphia, with special attention to traditional weddings.

Yang, Kou. The Hmong in Fresno: a study of Hmong welfare participation and self-sufficiency. Ed.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis. Cataloging in Process

Examines factors which influence Hmong welfare participants to remain on or to leave the welfare system.

Fall Quarter 1997:

Southeast Asian/Southeast Asian American Classes at UCI

Soc. Sci. 178D: Vietnamese American Experience. Tues., 6:00-8:50 PM,

Prof. Pham

Hist. 139W: 20th Century Vietnam Wars. MWF, 11:00-11:50.

Prof. Woods

Hist. 172: Southeast Asia to 1500. MWF, 9:00-9:50.

Prof. Woods

The UCI Library Southeast Asian Archive was established in 1987 to document the resettlement experiences of refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam who have come to the United States since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.

Donations of materials and funds are greatly appreciated. Materials from Southeast Asian individuals and organizations (e.g., newsletters, documents, personal stories, correspondence, reports, photographs, posters, books, etc.) are particularly welcome.

The Southeast Asian Archive Newsletter is issued three times during the academic year. It is available also on the worldwide web at: http://lib.uci.edu/sea/seahome.html.

For more information about the collection or to put your name on the mailing list for the newsletter, please contact Anne Frank, Southeast Asian Archive, UCI Irvine Langson Library, P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-5997; 714/824-4968 (phone); 714/824-5760 (fax); afrank@uci.edu.

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