Searching for answers: Retracing a Hmong heritage, short film by Dee Thao. MSS.334

Finding aid prepared by Pamela Nett Kruger

California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library

400 West First Street

Chico, CA, 95929-0295

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SpecialCollections@csuchico.edu

October 23, 2013

Title: Searching for answers: Retracing a Hmong heritage, short film by Dee Thao.

Identifier/Call Number: MSS.334

Contributing Institution: California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1.0 digital objects

Date: 2012

Language of Materials note: English, Lao and Thai

creator: Thao, Dee

creator: Waters, Tony

Arrangement note

Orginal.

Biographical/Historical note

Dee Thao, a Hmong immigrant was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and came to the United States as a child. Thao, a student at California State University, Chico received an Office of the Provost, Undergraduate Awards for Research and Creativity grant to create this film the summer 2012.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research without restriction.

Custodial History note

Gift.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Dee Thao, August 24, 2013

Preferred Citation note

Searching for answers: Retracing a Hmong heritage, short film by Dee Thao, MSS 334, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.

Scope and Contents note

Thao studies her family’s journey to the United States seeking a connection to her Hmong heritage. Her family became refugees from Laos during the Vietnam War. The documentary begins at her family home in Oroville California. Thao along with Tony and Dagmar Waters, travel to Thailand and Laos. They visit refugee camps including the one she where she was born in Thailand and meet family members who stayed behind.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hmong Americans--Ethnic identity.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees