Guide to the Collection on Refugee Forums
Processed by Karen Rosen
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Phone: (949) 824-3947
Fax: (949) 824-2472
Email: spcoll@uci.edu
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Collection on Refugee Forums
Collection number: MS-SEA019
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of
California
Irvine, California
Contact Information
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://special.lib.uci.edu
- Processed by:
- Karen Rosen
- Date Completed:
- 2002
- Encoded by:
- Andre Ambrus
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection on Refugee Forums,
Date (inclusive): 1988-2001
Collection number: MS-SEA019
Creator:
Frank, Anne, 1937-
Extent:
2.2 linear feet
4 boxes and 2 oversize folders
1 digitized image
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.Special
Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection consists of the administrative files of the Refugee
Forum of Orange County (RFOC), and the California State Refugee Forum (CSRF), and other
documents relating to these organizations. These forums enable service providers for
Southeast Asian and other refugees to exchange ideas, present new programs, and advocate for
refugees. Included in the collection are meeting minutes, general and executive board
meeting agendas, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, reports, clippings, pamphlets, and
program materials collected by Anne Frank, UCI Southeast Asian Archive Librarian and member
of the RFOC. This collection also contains 12 proclamations from city, county, and state
government officials presented to the RFOC on November 15, 1990, on the occasion of the 10th
anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980.
Physical location: University of California, Irvine. Library. Special
Collections and Archives. Irvine, California 92623-9557.
Language:
English.
Selected digitized images from this collection.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
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
Collection on Refugee Forums. MS-SEA019. Southeast Asian Archive, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Karen R. Winnie, 1991, and Anne Frank, 2002. Additional accruals expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Karen Rosen, 2002. Processing was supported by a Library Services and
Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the California State Library.
Organizational History
The Refugee Forum of Orange County (RFOC) is an umbrella group of organizations and
individuals who work with refugees. The purpose of the organization is to assist in the
successful resettlement of refugees in Orange County, and to enable them to obtain the
resources necessary to become self-supporting and contributing members of society. The RFOC
was formed in 1976.
The California State Refugee Forum (CSRF) is a statewide organization composed of
representatives from county and regional refugee forums, refugee service providers, and
individuals interested in refugee issues. Revitalized in 1996, it meets regionally and at
the annual Refugee Information Exchange Conference.
Anne Frank, who was responsible for assembling this collection, served as chair of the RFOC
from 1995-1997 and 2002-2003, and as secretary of the CSRF from 1996-1999.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of the administrative files of the Refugee Forum of Orange County
(RFOC), and the California State Refugee Forum (CSRF), and other documents relating to these
organizations. These forums enable service providers for Southeast Asian and other refugees
to exchange ideas, present new programs, and advocate for refugees. Included in the
collection are meeting minutes, general and executive board meeting agendas, correspondence,
memoranda, newsletters, reports, clippings, pamphlets, and program materials collected by
Anne Frank, UCI Southeast Asian Archive Librarian and member of the RFOC. This collection
also contains 12 proclamations from city, county, and state government officials presented
to the RFOC on November 15, 1990, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Refugee Act
of 1980.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by name of group or organization, and where
appropriate alphabetically by genre of material therein.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
California State Refugee
Forum--Archives.
Refugee Forum of Orange
County--Archives.
Refugees--California--Orange County--Archival
resources.
Refugees--California--Archival resources.
Vietnamese Americans--California--Archival
resources.
Orange County (Calif.).--Archival resources.
Orange County (Calif.).--Emigration and
immigration--Archival resources.
Index Terms Related to this Collection
Frank, Anne, 1937-. collector.
Winnie, Karen R., collector.
California State Refugee Forum.
Refugee Forum of Orange County.
Online Archive of California.
Southeast Asian
Archive.
Related Material
This collection is supplemented by materials in the SEA Archive's newspaper clippings file.
Additional material on the Refugee Forum of Orange County can be found in the Gayle Morrison
Files on Southeast Asian Refugees (MS-SEA014).
Collection Contents
Box 2 : 4 - 3 : 9
California State Refugee Forum
Box 2 : 5
Executive committee minutes, 1990-1999
Box 2 : 7
Los Angeles, 1997 January 17
Box 2 : 8
San Francisco, 1997 May 23
Box 2 : 10
Westminster, 1998 January 30
Box 3 : 3
Cupertino, 1999
February 26
Box 3 : 4
San Diego, 1999
September 2
Box 3 : 5
San Francisco, 2000 August 29
Box 3 : 8
Miscellaneous correspondence, meeting minutes, flyers, articles, and rosters,
1996-2002
Box FB-60 : 5
Meeting sign-in sheets, and executive rosters listed by county, 1996
Box 3 : 10
Learning a Livingnewsletter, and related material,
1998-2000
Box 3 : 11
Orange County Refugee Day, 1996-1997.
Scope and Content Note
Includes 1 photographic print.
Box 4 : 1-2
Orange County refugee employment services statistics, 1996-1998.
Physical Description:
2 folders.
Box 4 : 3
Refugee Forum of Los Angeles, 1995-2000
Box 1 : 1 - 2 : 3
Refugee Forum of Orange County
Box FB-60 : 5
California State Senate Certificate of Recognition, 1996
Box 1 : 2
Certificate of Recognition from the State Department of Social Services, and
proclamation press release from President George Bush, 1990
Box 1 : 3
Clippings, newspaper and magazine, 1988-1999
Box 1 : 4-13
Correspondence, circulars, and ephemera, 1987-2002.
Physical Description:
10 folders.
Box 1 : 14
Executive Board, handwritten notes, 1996-1997
Box 1 : 16-24
Meeting minutes, includes calendars and handwritten notes, 1987-2002.
Physical Description:
9 folders.
Box 2 : 1
Miscellaneous publications, correspondence, flyers, pamphlets, 1986-1999
Box 2 : 2
Miscellaneous fax cover sheets, 1997
Box FB-60 : 6
Proclamations on the tenth anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980, 1990 November.
Scope and Content Note
Proclamations are from the California State Senate, the County of Orange, and the
cities of Anaheim, Buena Park Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Irvine, Santa Ana,
Stanton, and Wesminster.
Box 2 : 3
Rosters of officers and members, 1987-1997
Box 1 : 25
Refugee migration statistics, 1998
Box 1 : 26
Santa Ana College, fliers on courses and services for continuing education
students, circa
1990-1995
Box 1 : 27
State Advisory Council, 1995-1998
