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MS.SEA.051
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Paokong Chang papers
Creator:
Chang, Paokong
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.051
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1950-1995
Date (bulk): 1980-1989
Abstract: This collection is comprised of records
collected by University of California, Irvine student Paokong Chang documenting the
Southeast Asian refugee experience in America, with a special focus on the Hmong population.
The bulk of the collection contains photocopies of original newspaper and magazine articles
written in the 1980s. There are also reports, statements, pamphlets, and brochures written
by various Hmong activist and human rights groups documenting their activities and refugee
life, particularly in California. The materials include detailed contextual material that
makes this data useful for research on early Hmong refugee and immigrant life in America,
human rights issues, and more broadly in Asian American diaspora studies.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English, Thai, Vietnamese, and Lao.
The collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the
Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the
creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Paokong Chang papers. MS-SEA051. 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.
Gift of Paokong Chang, 2014.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection is comprised of records collected by University of California, Irvine
student Paokong Chang documenting the Southeast Asian refugee experience in America, with a
special focus on the Hmong population. The bulk of the collection contains photocopies of
original newspaper and magazine articles written in the 1980s. There are also reports,
statements, pamphlets, and brochures written by various Hmong activist and human rights
groups documenting their activities and refugee life, particularly in California. The
materials include detailed contextual material that makes this data useful for research on
early Hmong refugee and immigrant life in America, human rights issues, and more broadly in
Asian American diaspora studies.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Refugees -- United States -- Archives.
Hmong (Asian people) -- Social life and customs.
Southeast Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation --
Archives.
Refugees -- United States -- Periodicals.
Southeast Asians -- United States -- Archives.
Southeast Asian Americans -- California -- Archives
Hmong (Asian people) -- California -- Archives
Hmong Americans -- Archives