Guide to the Kathy Buchoz collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans MS.SEA.076
Finding aid prepared by Charla DelaCuadra, 2023.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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Title: Kathy Buchoz collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.076
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 half-width legal-size document box)
Date (inclusive): 1970-2002
Abstract: The Kathy Buchoz collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans contains correspondence, newspaper clippings,
and other ephemera from Kathy Buchoz' time as mayor of the city of Westminster and beyond, focusing on the city, its Little
Saigon area, and the experience of Vietnamese Americans there.
Condition Description: Materials are mostly in good condition. Some paper materials are somewhat brittle.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research.
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.
Gift of Kathy Buchoz, 2014.
Kathy Buchoz collection on Westminster, California and Vietnamese Americans. MS-SEA-076. 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.
The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera from Kathy Buchoz' time as mayor of the city
of Westminster and beyond, focusing on the city, its Little Saigon area, and the experience of Vietnamese Americans there.
Kathy Buchoz served two terms as Mayor on the Westminster City Council in the 1980s. She was a member of the Westminster Chamber
of Commerce since 1976. After her years in public service, she was the property manager and leasing agent for Bridgecreek
Realty, working in this role for more than thirty years to develop businesses primarily in the Little Saigon area of Orange
County, California.
Kathy Buchoz is the owner of KB & Associates, a business consulting company since 2012, working in the commercial real estate
industry assisting developers and small businesses to expand, re-locate, apply for CUP's, tenant improvements and entitlements
in Westminster and surrounding cities.
Kathy was the property manager and leasing agent for Bridgecreek Realty more than thirty years helping to develop businesses
primarily in the Little Saigon area. She has been a member of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce since 1976, and served
two terms as Mayor on the Westminster City Council and is involved in numerous non-profit organizations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Orange County (Calif.) -- Emmigration and immigration.
Newspaper clippings.
Letters -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Ephemera -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Westminster (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Little Saigon (Westminster, Calif.)
box 1, folder 1
Box 1, Folder 1 1970-2002