Guide to the Indian Diaspora Oral History Project Collection
MSS-2013-03-26
Molly Freed and Eilene Lueck
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
October 2016
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
special.collections@sjsu.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: Indian Diaspora Oral History Project Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS-2013-03-26
Physical Description:
1 Box
(.21 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 2009-2010
Abstract: This collection consists of recordings of interviews on six DVDs from the Indian Diaspora Oral History Project, which was
sponsored by the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration (SVCGII), part of SJSU Global Studies, in 2009.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply
to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
Indian Diaspora Oral History Project Collection, MSS 2013-03-26, San José State University Library, Special Collections &
Archives.
Processing Information
Processing and ArchivesSpace record by Molly Freed in 2013.
Container list updated by Eilene Lueck in 2022.
Project History
The "Indian Diaspora Oral History Project" was part of a larger project called the "Indian Diaspora Project." It was conducted
by Dr. Rajiv Khanna of the Department of History at San Jose State University as Oral History Lead with the help of Matt Bell
as Oral History Coordinator. It was sponsored by the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration (SVCGII),
part of SJSU Global Studies (now known as the Silcon Valley Center for Global Studies). For this research project, Dr. Rajiv
Khanna interviewed fourteen Indian immigrants who arrived in the California Bay Area from the 1940s to the 1960s and videotaped
these interviews. In the interviews, these immigrants speak about their journey to the United States, family, professional
life, education, and social and cultural experiences.
Scope and Content of Collection
The material in this collection documents the stories of fourteen Indian immigrants who arrived in the California Bay Area
from the 1940s to the 1960s. This includes their journey to the United States, family, professional life, education, and social
and cultural experiences.
Arrangement
This collection is organized numerically by disc number in one series: Series I. Interview Videos.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
East Indian diaspora
East Indians -- California -- Interviews
Oral histories
Silicon Valley Center for Global Studies
Interview Videos
2009-2010
Arrangement
This series is organized numerically by disk number.
Scope and Contents
The DVDs contain the video recordings of the fourteen interviews.
Box 1, Folder 1
DVD 1: Nand Khanna, Nina Meyers, and Muni Agarwhal
Box 1, Folder 2
DVD 2: Rameshwar Singh, Jagdish Rustagi, and B.U.B Sarma
Box 1, Folder 3
DVD 3: Shanti Tangri, Ved Vatuk, and Vijay Kapoor
Box 1, Folder 5
DVD 5: Rhagu Agarwhal, Dinesh Desai, and Dudley Dinshaw
Box 1, Folder 6
DVD 6: Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany