Guide to the Do Dinh Tuan Collection of Vietnamese Periodicals MS.SEA.029

Processed by Julia Stringfellow; translation services provided by Nguyen Dat; machine-readable finding aid created by Cyndi Shein
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Do Dinh Tuan collection of Vietnamese periodicals
Creator: Đõ, Đình Tuân
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.029
Physical Description: 1.2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1990
Abstract: The collection comprises periodicals collected by Do Dinh Tuan and published outside of Vietnam in the Vietnamese language. Do collected a broad spectrum of titles that document the concerns and interests of the Vietnamese emigrant community following the collapse of South Vietnam in 1976. As a whole, the periodicals reflect the challenges refugees faced as they built new lives for themselves outside of Vietnam and their lingering concerns for the land and people they left behind.
Language of Material: Vietnamese .

Access

The collection is 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

Do Dinh Tuan collection of Vietnamese periodicals. MS-SEA029. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Do Dinh Tuan, 2004.

Processing History

Processed by Julia Stringfellow, 2005. Translation services provided by Nguyen Dat, 2005. Processing was supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant. Finding aid updated and encoded by Cyndi Shein, 2007. While the printed finding aid contains Vietnamese language characters, the diacritics have been omitted from the characters in the electronic version to facilitate online display and searching.

Biography

Since 1982, Do Dinh Tuan has owned and managed Van Khoa Books, a Vietnamese language bookstore located in the Asian Gardens Mall in Westminster, California. The store sells books on topics of interest to the Vietnamese American community, such as English as a Second Language (ESL) books, English and Vietnamese dictionaries, books about the Vietnam War, and translated novels.
Do came to the United States as a refugee in 1975 and subsequently worked in refugee services and education. He founded and served as chairman of the Vietnamese Community of Orange County, Inc., and has taught ESL classes at several community colleges throughout Orange County. Prior to 1975, Do studied Vietnamese culture and linguistics at the University of Saigon. He attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he received Masters of Arts degrees in linguistics and in English language and literature. Do also did postgraduate work in English phonetics at London University from 1970 to 1971. He has also worked as a simultaneous translator for international conferences and seminars.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The collection comprises periodicals collected by Do Dinh Tuan and published outside of Vietnam in the Vietnamese language. Do collected a broad spectrum of titles that document the concerns and interests of the Vietnamese emigrant community following the collapse of South Vietnam in 1976. As a whole, the periodicals reflect the challenges refugees faced as they built new lives for themselves outside of Vietnam and their lingering concerns for the land and people they left behind. The periodicals address diverse topics such as resettlement, human rights activities, religion, politics, cultural issues, and current events. The periodicals were primarily published in California, but also include titles from the greater United States and Canada, and a few titles from Australia and France.
Issues from earlier years focus on topics such as learning English, adjusting to a new host country, and political opinions regarding the situation in Vietnam, while later years include specialized periodicals devoted entirely to poetry, science, fitness, sports, women's issues, and Christianity. Although the text of the majority of the periodicals is exclusively in Vietnamese, bilingual advertisements appear throughout the periodicals and trace the changing economy and lifestyles of the community. For example, early issues contain ads for items that fulfill basics needs, such as Asian food markets and medical services, while later years contain ads for real estate, music lessons, jewelry, and cosmetic surgery.
Do often collected special issues of the periodicals, including those published for the New Year (Tet) and those that commemorate the anniversaries of the publications. Although Do generally collected one representative issue of a title for a given year, he occasionally kept more than one issue of the same title from the same year.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by title.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vietnamese -- Periodicals.
Periodicals -- 20th century.
Vietnamese Americans -- Archives
Vietnamese Americans -- Periodicals.
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Periodicals.
Refugees -- United States -- Periodicals.

 

1975

box 1, folder 1

Doi Song Moi (New Life Digest) (Washington, D.C.)

 

1976

box 1, folder 2

Doi Song Moi (New Life Digest) (Washington, D.C.)

box 1, folder 2

Tien Phong (Arlington, Virginia)

box 1, folder 2

Tien Rong, the Viet Newsletter, first issue (Roanoke, Virginia)

 

1977

box 1, folder 3

Hoi Van Hoa Newsletter (Arlington, Virginia)

box 1, folder 3

Lac Viet, first issue (Port Arthur, Texas)

box 1, folder 3

Thang Tien Wisconsin Ways (Madison, Wisconsin)

 

1978

box 1, folder 4

Illinois Insights, Tia Sang Illinois (Chicago, Illinois)

box 1, folder 4

Tien Phong (Arlington, Virginia)

box 1, folder 4

Viet Nam Hai Ngoai, New Year's issue (San Diego, California)

 

1979

box 1, folder 5

Illinois Insights, Tia Sang Illinois (Chicago, Illinois)

box 1, folder 5

Tien Phong (Arlington, Virginia)

 

1980

box 1, folder 6

Vietnamese Service Center Newsletter (Westminster, California)

 

1981

box 1, folder 7

Hon Viet (California?)

box 1, folder 7

Nguoi Viet Tu Do (Campbell, California)

box 1, folder 8

Que Me (Gennevilliers, France)

box 1, folder 8

Su That (The Truth) (Hawthorne, California)

box 1, folder 8

Thuc Tinh, Convention of the Overseas Alliance for the Restoration of Vietnam (Los Angeles, California)

 

1982

box 1, folder 9

Dan Chua (New Orleans, Louisiana)

box 1, folder 9

Dan Quyen (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

box 1, folder 9

Dan Viet, first issue (San José, California)

box 1, folder 10

Hon Viet (Glendale, California)

box 1, folder 10

Nhan Van (San José, California)

box 1, folder 10

Que Me, special fifth anniversary issue (Canberra, Australia?)

box 1, folder 11

Sai Gon Khanh Chien Viet Nam (Westminster, California)

box 1, folder 11

Song (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 1, folder 11

Tien Phong (Arlington, Virginia)

box 1, folder 12

Viet Chien (Arlington, Virginia)

box 1, folder 12

Viet Nam Hai Ngoai, New Year's issue (San Diego, California)

box 1, folder 12

Viet Nam Phu Nu, New Year's issue (Los Angeles, California)

 

1983

box 1, folder 13

Dan Quyen (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

box 1, folder 13

Dat Moi (Seattle, Washington)

box 1, folder 13

Hanh Trang (Huntington Beach, California)

box 1, folder 13

Hanh Trang (Costa Mesa, California)

box 1, folder 14

Khai Phong (Hollywood, California)

box 1, folder 14

Lua Viet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 1, folder 14

Nhan Chung (Garden Grove, California)

box 1, folder 15

Nhan Van (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 15

Song (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 1, folder 15

Thang Mo (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 16

Tien Phong (Arlington, Virginia)

box 1, folder 16

Tin Anh, New Year's issue (Anaheim, California)

box 1, folder 16

Viet Nam Hai Ngoai, New Year's issue (San Diego, California)

box 1, folder 16

Viet Nam Phu Nu, New Year's issue (Garden Grove, California)

 

1984

box 1, folder 17

Dan Quyen (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

box 1, folder 17

Dat Moi (Seattle, Washington)

box 1, folder 17

Hanh Trang (Costa Mesa, California)

box 1, folder 17

Hon Viet (Glendale, California)

box 1, folder 18

Lang Van (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 1, folder 18

Lua Viet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 1, folder 18

New Tide Van Hoi Moi (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 19

Phu Nu (Los Angeles, California)

box 1, folder 19

Sai Gon Times (Ontario, Canada)

box 1, folder 19

Tieng Me (Garden Grove, California)

box 1, folder 20

Tin Anh, New Year's issue (Anaheim, California?)

box 1, folder 20

Thao Truong Hai Ngoai (California?)

box 1, folder 20

Truyen Thong (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 20

Viet Nam Tu Do (Santa Ana, California)

box 1, folder 21

Xac Dinh, New Year's issue (Arlington, Virginia)

 

1985

box 1, folder 22

Cuu Long (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 22

Dan Quyen (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

box 1, folder 22

Dat Moi (Seattle, Washington)

box 1, folder 22

Dong Phuong Newspaper, special issue of tenth year in exile (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 22

Hon Viet (Glendale, California)

box 1, folder 23

Phu Nu Dien Dan, New Year's issue (location of publication unknown)

box 1, folder 23

Phu Nu Moi, New Year's issue (Irvine, California)

box 1, folder 24

Truyen Thong (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 25

Xac Dinh, New Year's issue (Arlington, Virginia)

 

1986

box 1, folder 26

Chuong Sai Gon, The Bell of Saigon (New South Wales, Australia)

box 1, folder 26

Dat Moi (Seattle, Washington)

box 1, folder 27

Huong Moi (Garden Grove, California)

box 1, folder 27

Viet Nam Newspaper (San Jose, California)

box 1, folder 27

Vi Nuoc (Houston, Texas)

 

1987

box 1, folder 28

Tan Van (San Jose, California)

 

1988

box 1, folder 29

Bach Khoa Huyen Bi Hoc (Huntington Beach, California?)

box 1, folder 29

Vo Thuat (Westminster, California)

 

1989

box 1, folder 30

Dep (Houston, Texas)

box 1, folder 30

Moi (March) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 2, folder 1

Moi (April) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 2, folder 1

Ngay Nay (Wichita, Kansas)

box 2, folder 2

Nhan Van (Santa Clara, California)

box 2, folder 2

Song (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

box 2, folder 3

Sinh Hoat (Westminster, California)

box 2, folder 3

Trong Dong, New Year's issue (San Jose, California)

 

1990

box 2, folder 4

Bao Lua, New Year's issue (Fountain Valley, California)

box 2, folder 4

Nhan Van (San Jose, California)