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Title: Brigitte Marshall files on Southeast Asian refugees,
Date (inclusive): 1981-1995
Collection number: MS-SEA013
Creator:
Marshall, Brigitte, 1964-
Extent:
2 linear feet
2 boxes
38 digitized images
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.Special
Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection consists of printed materials, audio and
videocassettes, and photographs taken by Brigitte Marshall, who worked as a volunteer in
refugee camps in Thailand and as an English-language teacher in California. All materials
relate to Southeast Asian refugees, principally Hmong, living in camps in Thailand, and adjusting to life in the
United States. Photographs, articles, and reports document Hmong, refugees in camps in Thailand, as well as their
resettlement in California, particularly the Fresno area. Printed materials include Hmong
and Lao language lessons, memos, correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles,
refugee orientation materials, publications, and unpublished papers.
Physical location: University of California, Irvine. Library. Special
Collections and Archives. Irvine, California 92623-9557
Language:
English.
Selected digitized images from this collection.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Southeast Asian Archive Librarian.
Brigitte Marshall files on Southeast Asian refugees. MS-SEA013. Southeast Asian Archive,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Gift of Brigitte Marshall, 1999.
Processed by Karen Rosen, 2002. Processing was supported by a Library Services and
Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the California State Library.
Brigitte Marshall currently works as a consultant in the Adult Education Unit of the
California Department of Education. She is the author of the book,
Preparing for Success: A Guide for Teaching Adult English Language Learners
(2002), a resource text designed for teachers of adult English language students. Marshall
received a joint BA and MA degree in Social Sciences from the University of Oxford, England.
Marshall worked as a volunteer in the Phanat Nikhom Refugee Processing Center in Thailand
from 1989-1990. Her concern for refugees began after encountering Afghan Refugees in
Pakistan in 1987. Marshall worked as a Program Specialist for the Fresno County Office of
Education after returning from Thailand, and as a refugee youth coordinator at Fresno City
College. She then joined the Refugee Programs Bureau as a Community Specialist in 1996.
Marshall has been active in many refugee assistance organizations and was the Chair of the
California Refugee English Language Training Task Force.
While teaching English in refugee camps in Thailand, Marshall documented the experience of
living in the refugee camps by photographing Hmong refugees as they struggled to maintain
family culture while living in the camps. Marshall used these photos to orient service
providers in the United States to the realities of refugee camp life.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of printed materials, audio and videocassettes, and photographs
taken by Brigitte Marshall, who worked as a volunteer in refugee camps in Thailand and as an
English-language teacher in California. All materials relate to Southeast Asian refugees, principally Hmong,
living in camps in Thailand, and adjusting to life in the United States. Photographs,
articles, and reports document Hmong, refugees in camps in Thailand, as well as their resettlement in
California, particularly the Fresno area. Printed materials include Hmong and Lao language
lessons, memos, correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, refugee orientation
materials, publications, and unpublished papers.
Among the highlights of the printed materials are a field report on how the Hmong fared
after resettlement in the Fresno area; several issues of the
Phanat
Nikhom Press
, including articles written by camp residents about themselves and
their expectations of life in the United States; and refugee assistance materials issued by
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and non-governmental organizations.
Marshall's varied experience provides a continuum between the camp and resettlement
experiences of the Southeast Asian refugees.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. Materials are arranged chronologically
within each topical grouping.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Marshall, Brigitte, 1964-
-- Archives.
Hmong (Asian people) -- Archival resources.
Refugee camps -- Thailand -- Archival resources.
Refugees -- California -- Archival resources.
Southeast Asians -- California -- Archival
resources.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Archival
resources.
Sūn Bān Winai (Ban Winai,
Thailand)
Sūn Phanat Nikhom (Ban Tha Bun Mi,
Thailand) -- Archival resources.
Chiang Kham (Phayao, Thailand : Refugee
camp) -- Archival resources.
Photographic prints.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Online Archive of California.
Southeast Asian
Archive.
This collection is supplemented by materials in the SEA Archive's newspaper clippings
vertical file.