Brigitte Marshall files on Southeast Asian refugees, 1981-1995

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection consists of printed materials, audio and videocassettes, and photographs taken by Brigitte Marshall, who worked as a volunteer in refugee camps in Thailand and as an English-language teacher in California. All materials relate to Southeast Asian refugees, principally Hmong, living in camps in Thailand, and adjusting to life in the United States. Photographs, articles, and reports document Hmong, refugees in camps in Thailand, as well as their resettlement in California, particularly the Fresno area. Printed materials include Hmong and Lao language lessons, memos, correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, refugee orientation materials, publications, and unpublished papers.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet (2 boxes; 9 audiocassettes) and 38 digitized images
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Brigitte Marshall files on Southeast Asian refugees. MS-SEA013. Southeast Asian Archive, 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.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of printed materials, audio and videocassettes, and photographs taken by Brigitte Marshall, who worked as a volunteer in refugee camps in Thailand and as an English-language teacher in California. All materials relate to Southeast Asian refugees, principally Hmong, living in camps in Thailand, and adjusting to life in the United States. Photographs, articles, and reports document Hmong, refugees in camps in Thailand, as well as their resettlement in California, particularly the Fresno area. Printed materials include Hmong and Lao language lessons, memos, correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, refugee orientation materials, publications, and unpublished papers.

Among the highlights of the printed materials are a field report on how the Hmong fared after resettlement in the Fresno area; several issues of the Phanat Nikhom Press, including articles written by camp residents about themselves and their expectations of life in the United States; and refugee assistance materials issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and non-governmental organizations. Marshall's varied experience provides a continuum between the camp and resettlement experiences of the Southeast Asian refugees.

Biographical / historical:

Brigitte Marshall currently works as a consultant in the Adult Education Unit of the California Department of Education. She is the author of the book, Preparing for Success: A Guide for Teaching Adult English Language Learners (2002), a resource text designed for teachers of adult English language students. Marshall received a joint BA and MA degree in Social Sciences from the University of Oxford, England. Marshall worked as a volunteer in the Phanat Nikhom Refugee Processing Center in Thailand from 1989-1990. Her concern for refugees began after encountering Afghan Refugees in Pakistan in 1987. Marshall worked as a Program Specialist for the Fresno County Office of Education after returning from Thailand, and as a refugee youth coordinator at Fresno City College. She then joined the Refugee Programs Bureau as a Community Specialist in 1996. Marshall has been active in many refugee assistance organizations and was the Chair of the California Refugee English Language Training Task Force.

While teaching English in refugee camps in Thailand, Marshall documented the experience of living in the refugee camps by photographing Hmong refugees as they struggled to maintain family culture while living in the camps. Marshall used these photos to orient service providers in the United States to the realities of refugee camp life.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Brigitte Marshall, 1999.
Processing information:

Processed by Karen Rosen, 2002. Processing was supported by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the California State Library.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. Materials are arranged chronologically within each topical grouping.

Physical location:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives. Irvine, California 92623-9557

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

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:

Brigitte Marshall files on Southeast Asian refugees. MS-SEA013. Southeast Asian Archive, 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.

Location of this collection:
Southeast Asian Archive
The UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947
spcoll@uci.libanswers.com
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