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AAS ARC 2018/1
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Title: SAVE Our National Archives A-File Advocacy Records
Dates: 1998 - 2012
Collection Number: AAS ARC 2018/1
Creator/Collector:
Jeanie Low
Sue Lee
Lorraine Dong
Rosalyn Tonai
Grant Din
Jennie Lew
William Wong
Christopher Chow
Save Our National Archives (SONA)
Extent: 1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)
Repository:
UC Berkeley. Ethnic Studies Library
Berkeley, California 94720-2360
Abstract: SONA (Save OUR National Archives) is a broad consortium of non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to the preservation
and enhancement of public access and services provided by the REGIONAL offices and collections of the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). After twelve years, SONA was successful in advocating that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service (USCIS) agreed to schedule older Alien Case Files for transfer to NARA’s historical collection for public research,
June 2009. SONA’s core team based in San Francisco consisted of representatives of the Chinese Historical Society of America
(CHSA), Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS), and the
Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in
writing to the curator, Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-2360.
[Identification of item]. SAVE Our National Archives A-File Advocacy Records. Collection Number: AAS ARC 2018/1. UC Berkeley.
Ethnic Studies Library
Scope and Content of Collection
SONA (Save OUR National Archives) was a broad consortium of non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to the preservation
and enhancement of public access and services provided by the REGIONAL offices and collections of the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). Based in San Francisco with national alliances, SONA formed to protest the closure of the thirteen
regional national archives; and that the Alien Case Files (A-Files) were designated as a preserved historical collection at
NARA.
This collection contains comprehensive newspaper coverage of the twelve year campaign to preserve the Alien Case Files and
make them accessible to the public. It also contains detailed email correspondence, petitions and letters to NARA, USCIS,
various legislators and others regarding preservation and public access to the A-Files, resources and advocacy materials and
VHS/DVD media items, as well as materials related to the naming of the Research Room at the National Archives in San Francisco.