Guide to the University of California, Irvine Class Project on the Southeast Asian American Experience
MS.SEA.022
Finding aid prepared by Julia Stringfellow; machine-readable finding aid created by Audrey Pearson; additions by Dawn Schmitz
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, 92623-9557
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spcoll@uci.edu
© 2009
Title: The University of California, Irvine, class project on the Southeast Asian American experience
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.022
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.8 Linear feet
(11 boxes and 6 oversized folders)
Date (inclusive): 2002-2008
Abstract: The collection is comprised of student projects from the Southeast Asian American Experience class (course number 151H) taught
by Linda Vo. The class was first offered in 2003 within the Asian American Studies Program at the University of California,
Irvine. Students' projects reflect cultural and social issues of Southeast Asian American communities in Orange County. Materials
include artifacts, photographs, sound and video recordings, newsletters, ephemera, and the students' written assessment of
each project.
Language of Collection Materials: The collection is in English, Vietnamese, and Khmer.
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. Dept. of Asian American Studies.
Selected digitized images from this collection.
Access
The collection is open for research. Original compact discs, audio cassette tapes, and video cassette tapes materials may
not be used. Researchers must request that duplicate use copies be made for access.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
The University of California, Irvine Class Project on the Southeast Asian American Experience. MS-SEA022. Special Collections
and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Professor Linda Vo, 2003-2009.
Accruals
Additional materials are expected
Processing History
Processed by Julia Stringfellow, 2005 and Dawn Schmitz, 2009. Processing was supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) grant.
Historical Background
The Southeast Asian American Experience class was first offered in winter quarter 2003 within the Asian American Studies Program
at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Professor Linda Vo created the class to provide a comparative overview of the
ethnically, culturally, and historically diverse Southeast Asian people from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam who relocated to
the United States as refugees and immigrants. The class analyzed the resettlement process and refugees' economic adaptations,
educational experiences, and social conditions. The focus of the class was on the individual voices of refugees and their
experiences in order to understand how they construct their identities, negotiate cultural challenges, recreate communities,
and engage in acts of resistance. An interdisciplinary approach was used, drawing upon theoretical frameworks and scholarship
from anthropology, education, history, political science, psychology, social work, cultural studies, and sociology.
As part of the class, each student completed a project designed to both utilize resources from the Southeast Asian Archive
about Southeast Asian American communities, and to teach the students what it means to collect, research, display, and preserve
histories. Before choosing a topic for their project, students were required to visit the archive and see what materials were
available, look at its web page, and read a copy of the newsletter. Student projects ranged from focusing on businesses in
Little Saigon to Southeast Asian American organizations. Students worked in groups to identify areas in which the Southeast
Asian Archive lacked documentation. They then considered ways to direct outreach efforts to a particular group and publicizing
the archive in these communities. Students did this through attending local events in the Southeast Asian American communities
and contacting organizations about their resources. A group presentation explaining the project was given at the end of the
quarter, as well as a 2 page assessment from each member of the group discussing their collaborative project and their role
in the project.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection is comprised of student projects from the Southeast Asian American Experience class (course number 151H) taught
by Linda Vo. The class was first offered in 2003 within the Asian American Studies Program at the University of California,
Irvine. Students' projects reflect cultural and social issues of Southeast Asian American communities in Orange County. Materials
include students' written assessment of each project, artifacts, photographs, sound and video recordings, newsletters, and
ephemera.
Students signed release forms giving permission for their projects to be open to the public.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged in series by year the class was offered, then alphabetically by name of student.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
University of California, Irvine -- Archives.
Võ, Linda Trinh, 1964- .
Audiocassettes -- 21st century.
Ephemera -- 21st century.
Photographic prints -- 21st century.
Refugees -- Southeast Asia -- Archives.
Southeast Asian Americans -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Southeast Asians -- California -- Orange County -- Archives.
Video recordings -- 21st century
2003 Series 1.
2003
Physical Description:
1.9 Linear feet
Box-folder 1 : 1
Baeg, Jung, and Tran, Thanh, "Rising Businesses Owned or Managed by Vietnamese People in Irvine"
2003
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A01
Box-folder 1 : 2
Chan, Gloria, and Tang, Tinh, "The Indonesia, Galang Refugee Camp"
2003
Box-folder XOS1
Collage of images and text
Box-folder 1 : 3
Cheng, Isaac, and Vu, Sophia, "The Clubbing Nightlife in the Southeastern Asian Community"
2003
Box-folder XOS1
"The Clubbing Nightlife in the Southeastern Asian Community" poster
Box-folder 1 : 4
Chen, Steve, "Laotian-Thai Cultural Club"
2003
Box-folder AV-11 : MS-SEA022-V01
Box-folder 1 : 5-6
Dinh, Thu-Lam, "Southeast Asian American Experience Project"
2003
Box-folder 1 : 7
Dolalas, Elaine, and Jo, Young, "Bao Phi Poetry"
2003
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A02
Box-folder 1 : 8
Her, Jao, and Xiong, Fue, "Pictures, Video, and Articles About Hmong Youth, Politics, and the Period Between 1975-1980"
2003
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A03-A04
Box-folder 1 : 9-10
Huynh, Hoa, "Vietnamese American Youths"
2003
Box-folder 1 : 11
Huynh, Khanh, and Idemundia, Matthias, "Tran Resident Video Documentary"
2003
Box-folder AV-11 : MS-SEA022-V02
Box-folder 1 : 12
Kawachi, Mami, "Photographs of Little Saigon, Westminster, California"
2003
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A05
Box-folder 1 : 13
Kim, Sothai, "Cambodian Voices Through Poetry"
2003
Box-folder 1 : 14
Ly, Lisa, and Nguyen, Thuy, "Vietnamese Dishes: From Simple Everyday Food to Special Occasions"
2003
Box-folder 1 : 15
Ly, Sylvia, "Hmong Culture: Musical Artifacts of the Hmong People"
2003
Box-folder AV-11 : MS-SEA022-V03
Box-folder 1 : 16
Nguyen, Anthony, and Pham, Thu, "Tet in Little Saigon"
2003
Box-folder AV-11 : MS-SEA022-V04-V05
Box-folder 1 : 17
Nguyen, Lin, "Traditional Dress"
2003
Box-folder 1 : 18
Nguyen, Nam, "Vietnamese Traditional Music"
2003
Box-folder 2
Collage of Vietnamese traditional instruments
Box-folder 1 : 19
Nguyen, Nghi, "Capturing Living History"
2003
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A06
Box-folder 1 : 20
Nguyen, Theresa, and Vong, Helen, "Vietnamese Precious Moments Doll"
2003
Box-folder 3
Vietnamese Precious Moments doll
2004 Series 2.
2004
Physical Description:
1.7 Linear feet
Box-folder 4 : 1
Berning, Lauren, and Irlanda, Candy, "Vietnamese Restaurants in Little Saigon"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A07-08
Box-folder XOS 2
Maps of Little Saigon
2004
Box-folder 4 : 2
Bitanga, Karen, and Martin, Joseph, "Southeast Asians in the Import Scene"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A09
Box-folder 4 : 3
Bui, Hong, and Luong, Don, "Vietnamese American Coalition (VAC)"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A38-39
Box-folder 4 : 4
Clemente, Jacqueline, and Trang, Ly, "Through the Eyes of Phuong Que Ngo"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A10
Box-folder XOS 2
Posters of nail salons in Little Saigon
Box-folder AV-11 : MS-SEA022-V06
Box-folder 4 : 5
Dao, David, and de Leon, Heidi, "Import Car Culture"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A11
Box-folder 4 : 6
Garcia, Michelle, and Lau, Adrian, "Archiving the Cambodian Family Center"
2004
Box-folder 4 : 7
Hoang, Ann, and Song, Andy, "Lee's Sandwiches"
2004
Box-folder 6
Bowl with lid, spoon, and chopsticks from Lee's Sandwiches
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A12
Box-folder 4 : 8
Hwang, Ruth, and Okazoe, Jun, "Vietnamese Funerals"
2004
Box-folder FB-40 : 3
Photograph of Veterans' Memorial Site
Box-folder 4 : 9
Kim, Andrea, and Vo, Lisa, "Hip Hop and Vietnamese Culture"
2004
Box-folder XOS 2
Collage of photographs and text
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A13-A14
Box-folder 4 : 10
Kim, Andy, and Nguyen, Ann, "Irvine High School Swim Team's Trip to Vietnam"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A15
Box-folder 4 : 11
Lee, Annie, and Oum, Carolyn, "Cambodian Wedding"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A16-A17
Box-folder 4 : 12
Manese, Michael, and Vo, Sophie, "Vietnamese Student Association (VSA)"
2004
Box-folder 4 : 13
Nguyen, John, and Nguyen, Karen, "Youth Organizations; Vietnamese American High School Alliance"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A37
Box-folder 4 : 14
Tran, Hoang, and Young, Steffanie, "Vietnamese American Weddings"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A18
Box-folder 4 : 15-16
Tran, Quan, "Vietnamese Language Centers in Little Saigon"
2004
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A19
2005 Series 3
2005
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear feet
Box-folder 8 : 1
Chiang, Han, and Hong, Susan, "Vietnamese American Nail Salons: Nail Spa Excel and Happy Nails"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A20-A22
Box-folder 8 : 2
Concha, Daniel, and Yoon, Richard, "Khmer Girls in Action: A Room of Her Own"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A23-A24
Box-folder 8 : 3
Duong, Tom, and Park, Joohyung, "One Part of Tom's Life in Palawan Refugee Camp"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A25-A26
Box-folder 8 : 4
Harnatake, Ben, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Vietnam"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A27-A28
Box-folder 8 : 5
Hoo, Ashley, and Hsiao, Joina, "Xe Do Hoang: A Vietnamese Charter Bus"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A29-A30
Box-folder 8 : 6
Huynh, Natalie, "Southeast Asian American Experience"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A31
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A32-A33
Box-folder 8 : 7
Khem, Seward, and Valdeavilla, Michelle, "EMS: Educated Men with Meaningful Messages"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A34
Box-folder FB-34 : 12
Lam, Linda, and Nguyen, Natalie, "Plastic Surgeons in Orange County Assessment," album of photographs and advertisements
2005
Box-folder 8 : 8
Lee, Han and Ly, Lin, "The Cambodian Buddhist Temple"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A35
Box-folder 8 : 9
Lim, Sokha, and Oh, Samuel, "Phnom Pich Pharmacy"
2005
Box-folder 7 : MS-SEA022-A36
2008 Series 4.
2002-2008
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear feet
Series Arrangement
This series begins with Professor Linda Vo's syllabus for the course, which includes the archive assignment instructions.
It is followed by the student projects, in alphabetical order by student name.
Box 9, Folder 1
Vo, Linda (Professor): syllabus, including archive project assignment
2008
Ang, Joyce and Vu, Sandy. "The Ao Dai and Vietnamese Tailor and Fabric Shops in Westminster, California."
2008
Box 9, Folder 2
Photographic prints and advertising card
2008
Arai, Jennifer and Kishiyama, Casey. "Saigon Dish, Vietnamese Cuisine"
2008
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA40
Bentley, Kevin and Gupta, Saurabh. "Southeast Asian Cuisine from Little Saigon"
2008
Box 9, Folder 4
Menus and photographic prints (inkjet)
2008
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA41
Chung, Stuart and Nguyen, Thai. "Orange County Tet Festival"
2002-2009
Box 10, Folder 1
Program and brochure
2007-2009
Box 10, Folder 2-3
Non Song magazine, Union of Vietnamese Student Associations
2002-2008
Box Flat Box 069, Folder 3
Posters, flyers, and other materials
2008
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA42
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-DVDA001-004
Dauz, Jonathan and Yu, Danielle. "Inter-Ethnic Wedding"
2008
Box 9, Folder 5
Photographic prints (inkjet) and interview transcript
2008
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA43-44
Dill-James, Anjelica and Nguyen, Huong. "Cambodia Town"
2008
Box 10, Folder 4
Program and brochure
2008
Box Flat Box 069, Folder 4
Box 11
Artifacts
undated
Scope and Content
Textured relief print (60 inches x 20 inches), 3 scarves/sashes, 2 bird ornaments, 4 purses, small wooden card holder, small
metal box.
Box AV-011, Item MS-SEA022-V08
Mao Noth Long Beach: Cambodian Kickboxing Champion
undated
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA45
Dickinson, Carl and Gillick, Christy. "Cambodia Town, the Multi-Ethnic Business District"
2008
Box 9, Folder 6
Photographic prints and flyer
2008
Box 10, Folder 5-6
Fitzgerald, Katherine and Vo, Tiffany. "Vietnamese Buddhist Temples in California": photographic prints in album
2008
Heng, Janette and Strange, Katelyn. "Vietnamese Restaurants in Westminster"
2008
Box 9, Folder 7
Menus and business cards
2008
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA46
Nguyenfa, Paul and Sakzlyan, Emanuel. "Election Day in Little Saigon"
2008
Box 9, Folder 8
Sample ballot in Vietnamese
2008
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA47
Box 9, Folder 9
Nguyen, Michael and Onodera, Ryan. "Progression of Politics": sample ballot, candidate proposition booklet (both in Vietnamese)
and photographic prints
2008
Box 9, Folder 10
Tang, Juliann and Nguyen, Elizabeth. "A Look at Vietnamese Traditional Dresses": photographic prints
2008
Trinh, Kathy and Yau, Iris. "High-End French/Vietnamese Restaurants in Little Saigon"
2008
Box 9, Folder 11
Menus and photographic prints
2008
Box DM-001, Item MS-SEA022-CDA48-49
Compact disks (2)
2007-2008
