Guide to the James Ridgeway Files on Southeast Asian Refugees
MS.SEA.007
Processed by Julia Stringfellow; machine-readable finding aid created by Audrey
Pearson
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
(cc) 2007
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
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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 .
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of James Ridgeway, 2001.
Processing History
Processed by Julia Stringfellow, 2005. Processing was supported by a National Endowment for
the Humanities (NEH) grant.
Historical Background
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.
Collection Arrangement
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.
Online Archive of California
box 1, folder 1
Asian-American Alliance, information packet
1984
box 1, folder 2
Asian American festival program
1981
box 1, folder 3
Asia Society, newsletter
1985
box 1, folder 4
Association of Former Members of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam
(ARVN), correspondence and program materials
1981-1984
box 1, folder 5
Association of Vietnamese of Houston, Texas, annual Tet publication
1986
box 1, folder 6
Cambodian refugees, correspondence and refugee assistance materials
1977-1980
box 1, folder 7
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, correspondence and legislation
information
1984
box 1, folder 8
Government publications on refugee assistance
1975
box 1, folder 9-10
Harris County Refugee Council, correspondence, meeting agendas, and program
materials
1975-1986
General Physical Description note: 2 folders.
box 1, folder 11
Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Department, correspondence, organizational
information, and directory
1975-1976
box 1, folder 12
Houston community college system, English as a Second Language (ESL) program
for Vietnamese informational booklet and program
1976
box 1, folder 13
Houston job training partnership council, annual report
1985
box 1, folder 14
Houston police department, program materials, reports, and
photographs
1987
box 1, folder 15
Indochinese culture center, program materials
1987
box 1, folder 16
Indochinese Mutual Program Action Center for Training (IMPACT), correspondence
and publications
1985
box 3, box 4, box 5, folder 1-3
List of refugee evacuees who arrived at Camp Pendleton, California
1975
General Physical Description note: 10 folders.
Conditions Governing Access note
Access is restricted until 2025-01-01.
box 1, folder 17
List of refugees who left Vietnam after May 5, 1975
1975-1976
Scope and Contents note
The list was created for refugees hoping to find their families who had gone to the
United States or Canada.
box 1, folder 18
National Association for Vietnamese American Education (NAVAE), conference
materials and correspondence
1981-1982
box 1, folder 19
Newsletter materials and mailing lists
1973-1974
box 1, folder 20-21
Newspaper clippings
1974-1994
General Physical Description note: 2 folders.
box 1, folder 22
Ngay Nay Newspaper, correspondence
1987-1988
box 1, folder 23
Personal Evangelism teaching materials
1959-1966
box 1, folder 24
Project AID (American and Indochina Development Corporation), progress report
and meeting minutes
1975-1976
box 1, folder 25
Refugee assistance programs, reports and proposal request
1975-1986
box 1, folder 26
Refugee crisis intervention and mental health workshop, reports and
correspondence
1976-1985
box 1, folder 27
Refugee medically needy program, program materials
1985
box 1, folder 28
Refugee resettlement information, refugee assistance materials, correspondence
and photographs
1975-1986
box 1, folder 29
Refugees in Thailand information, reports
1975-1977
box 1, folder 30
Refugees publication that provides information on refugee assistance
worldwide
1976
box 1, folder 31
Resignation letters, correspondence and reports
1980-1981
box 1, folder 32
Resource directory of community youth services for Harris County
1986
box 1, folder 33
Sixteen to Twenty-five Program, project materials
1980
box 1, folder 34
Sponsorship of Vietnamese refugees, program materials
1975
box 1, folder 35
Tet festival program
1980
box 1, folder 36
Texas Asian Republican caucus and Asian American Voters Coalition,
correspondence and program materials
1984-1986
box 1, folder 37
Texas training and employment center, personnel handbook and
newsletter
1986-1987
box 1, folder 38
Vietnamese American Association of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, program
materials
1983
box 1, folder 39
Vietnamese American Association of Wisconsin, newsletters, correspondence, and
program materials
1971-1976
box 2, folder 1
Vietnamese business directories for Texas
1986-1991
box 2, folder 2
Vietnamese refugees education guides, correspondence and guides
1975
box 2, folder 3
Vietnamese Student Association of Struggle for Human Rights in Vietnam,
informational booklet
1980
box 2, folder 4
Vietnam Refugees' Relief Foundation International, correspondence
1975
box 2, folder 5
Vietnam Tai Texas, mailing lists
1985
box 2, folder 6
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Indochina Refugee Services, reports,
correspondence, and program materials
1979-1980
