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Ridgeway (James) Files on Southeast Asian Refugees
MS.SEA.007
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: James Ridgeway files on Southeast Asian refugees
Creator:
Ridgeway, James
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.007
Physical Description:
3.8 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1959-1996
Abstract: This collection is comprised of materials collected by James Ridgeway that document refugee social services and educational
organizations. The materials focus on organizations in Texas, the second most populous state after California for Southeast
Asian refugees. An extensive list of evacuees from Southeast Asia is also included, which contains information on gender,
age and occupation of refugees who arrived in 1975 at Camp Pendleton, California, a United States processing center for refugees.
James Ridgeway served as a missionary and United Press International reporter in Vietnam from 1966 to the fall of Vietnam
in 1975.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research. Access to lists of refugee evacuees who arrived at Camp Pendleton, California, is restricted
until 2025. Restrictions are noted at the first level.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Southeast Asian Archive Librarian.
James Ridgeway files on Southeast Asian refugees. MS-SEA007. 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 James Ridgeway, 2001.
Processed by Julia Stringfellow, 2005. Processing was supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant.
James Ridgeway served as a missionary and United Press International reporter in Vietnam from 1966 to the fall of Vietnam
in 1975. Ridgeway is the president of the Silver Dragons Corporation.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection is comprised of materials collected by James Ridgeway that document refugee social services and educational
organizations. The materials focus on organizations in Texas, the second most populous state after California for Southeast
Asian refugees. An extensive list of evacuees from Southeast Asia is also included, which contains information on gender,
age and occupation of refugees who arrived in 1975 at Camp Pendleton, California, a United States processing center for refugees.
This collection is arranged topically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Southeast Asians -- California -- Archives.
Evacuation of civilians -- Southeast Asia -- History -- Sources.
Southeast Asians -- Texas -- Archives.
Reports -- 20th century.
Letters -- 20th century.
Photographic prints -- 20th century.
Refugees -- California -- Archives
Refugees -- Services for -- Texas -- Archives.
Refugees -- Southeast Asia -- Archives.
Refugees -- Texas -- Archives.
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