Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lai, H. Mark. Island : poetry and history of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, Yung, Judy. Chinese women of America : a pictorial history, University of California, Berkeley. Asian American Studies., and California. Dept. of Parks and Recreation.
- Abstract:
- Contains 62 typed transcripts or summaries of interviews with Chinese immigrants detained at Angel Island Immigration Station between 1910 and 1940, including 12 female and 40 male detainees, along with 3 inspectors, 2 interpreters, and a kitchen helper, minister's son, YMCA director, son of a matron's assistant, and the wife of maintenance man. Also includes a brief summary and proposal of the project, with a list of interviewees and interview questions.
- Extent:
- 1 box (.4 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English and Chinese
Background
- Biographical / historical:
- The Angel Island Oral History Project, sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program. of the University of Calif., Berkeley, was funded by the Calif. State Dept. of Parks and Recreation in 1988-1990 to record the immigration experience of former Chinese detainees of the Angel Island Immigration Station. L. Ling-chi Wang and Him Mark Lai were co-directors of the project, and Judy Yung, a graduate student in Ethnic Studies, was hired to interview, translate, transcribe, and photograph immigrants detained at the station between 1910 and 1940.
- Physical description:
- 1 box (.4 linear ft.)
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Ethnic Studies, 30 Stephens Hall #2630Berkeley, CA 94720-2360, US
- Contact:
- (510) 643-1234