Guide to the Brigitte Marshall Files on Southeast Asian Refugees.
MS.SEA.013
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Title: Brigitte Marshall files on Southeast Asian refugees
Identifier/Call Number: MS.SEA.013
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(2 boxes; 9 audiocassettes) and 38 digitized images
Date (inclusive): 1981-1995
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refugee orientation materials, publications, and unpublished papers.
Physical Location: University of California, Irvine.
Library. Special Collections and Archives. Irvine, California 92623-9557
Language of Material:
English .
Access
Collection open for research.
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
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.
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.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. Materials are arranged chronologically
within each topical grouping.
Related Material
This collection is supplemented by materials in the SEA Archive's newspaper clippings
vertical file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sūn Phanat Nikhom (Ban Tha Bun Mi, Thailand) -- Archives
Chiang Kham (Phayao, Thailand : Refugee camp) -- Archives
Southeast Asians -- California -- Archives.
English language -- Study and teaching
Sūn Bān Winai (Ban Winai, Thailand)
Video recordings
Photographic prints
Sound recordings.
Refugees -- California -- Archives
Refugee camps -- Thailand -- History -- Sources
Hmong (Asian people) -- Archives
Online Archive of California
box 1, folder 1
Correspondence, reports, publications
1988-1992
box 1, folder 2
Highland Lao Refugees report, undated
box 1, folder 3
Information Project
1991-1992
box 1, folder 4
The Cambodian Family Incorporated, clippings and correspondence
1994
box 1, folder 5
Chiang Kham refugee camp, correspondence, reports, publications
1990-1992.
box 1, folder 6
A Bibliography of the Hmong
1983
box 1, folder 7
Health care in the United States, pamphlets; conference proceedings;
videotape summary
1986 and undated
box 1, folder 8
History and culture articles, undated
box 1, folder 9
Hmong Forum articles
1983-1988
box 1, folder 10-13
Language lesson materials, class notes, newspaper clippings, booklets,
flyers, newsletters, and handouts
1990-1993 and undated.
Physical Description: 4
folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 14
Marriage customs paper, undated
box 1, folder 15
Medicine articles
1984 and undated
box 1, folder 16
National Plan of Action report
1991
box 1, folder 17
National Strategy Coordinating Committee, newsletters, correspondence, and
rosters
1992-1993
box 1, folder 18
Newspaper clippings
1985-1995
box 1, folder 19
U.S. Committee for Refugees testimony
1994
box 1, folder 20
U.S. Embassy Thailand report on Hmong refugees in Thailand and
Laos
1992
box 1, folder 21
Yang, Kou. Reports, papers, and case studies on the Hmong community in
Fresno, CA
1989-1992
box 1, folder 22
Bombie Removal Project
1995
box 1, folder 23
History and culture, articles and publications
1984 and undated
box 1, folder 24-27
Language class materials, flash cards and lessons, undated
Physical Description: 4
folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 28
Profiles of the Highland Lao Communities in the United
States
report
1988
box 1, folder 29
Quaker Service Laos, newsletter, newspaper clippings,
publications
1990
box 1, folder 30
Re-education report, Amnesty International
1986
box 1, folder 31
Repatriation reports
1990-1991
box 1, folder 32
Resource materials, bibliography
1995-1996
box 1, folder 33
Sonsamay Village study
1990
box 1, folder 34
Last Freedom Project materials
1991
box 1, folder 36-40
Phanat Nikhom refugee camp
box 1, folder 36
Consortium, correspondence, reports, and handouts
1990-1992
box 1, folder 37
PASS (Preparation for American Secondary Schools) program materials,
undated
box 1, folder 39
Phanat Nikhom Press newsletter
1991-1992.
Physical Description: 9
items.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 40
World Learning Experiment materials
1992
box 2, folder 1-21
Publications, articles, and unpublished reports
box 2, folder 1
America's Refugee Mess, undated
box 2, folder 2
Background Information on the Ethnic Chinese
Refugees
, Indochinese Refugee Education Guide, undated
box 2, folder 3
Buck, Gary. PASS trip report on refugees in Fresno
1991.
box 2, folder 4
Cultural similarities and differences between Southeast Asian refugee groups,
reports and handouts
1980
box 2, folder 5
English-Vietnamese phrasebook for Vietnamese speakers
1975
box 2, folder 6
Glimpses of Hmong History and Culture,
Indochinese Refugee Education Guide
1980
box 2, folder 7
Guide to Working with Cambodian Refugees,
undated
box 2, folder 8
Guide to Working with Laotian Refugees,
undated
box 2, folder 9
The Hmong in America: We Sought Refuge
Here
1990
box 2, folder 10
Indochina: The Historical and Political
Background
, undated
box 2, folder 11
Indochinese cultural awareness training for social work services
guide
1993
box 2, folder 12
A Look At the Impact of Southeast Asian Refugees on
California Counties
1983
box 2, folder 13-14
Marshall, Brigitte. Field reports
box 2, folder 13
The Hmong in Fresno and Merced
1990
box 2, folder 14
Observations on Working With Southeast Asian Refugees
in Fresno
1991
box 2, folder 15
Miscellaneous multicultural articles
1988-1989
box 2, folder 16
National Geographic articles on Thailand, Laos, and Hmong, some
translated
1961-1980
box 2, folder 17
The Ordeal of Immigration in Wausau
1994
box 2, folder 18
Pictures Without Sound: Marketing Extension Programs in
a Foreign Country Called Home
1986
box 2, folder 19
Teaching English to Cambodian Students, refugee
education guide
1981
box 2, folder 20
Wichita's ESL Learning Collection of Multicultural
Experiences
, undated
box 2, folder 21
World Refugee Survey
1992
box 2, folder 22
Refugees and immigrants, definitions and statistics
1991 and undated
box 2, folder 23-29
Refugees and mental health
box 2, folder 23
Cambodians, articles
1984-1986
box 2, folder 24
Education programs
1988 and undated
box 2, folder 25
Hmong, articles
1989-1990 and undated
box 2, folder 26
Issues in the Psycho-Social Adjustment of
Refugees
1987
box 2, folder 27
Miscellaneous articles
1976-1992 and undated
box 2, folder 28
Refugee Mental Health: Paths to Understanding and
Helping
, summary of conference proceedings
1982
box 2, folder 29
Southeast Asians, articles
1987-1992
box 2, folder 30-39
Refugee assistance materials
box 2, folder 30
CCSDPT (Committee for Co-ordination of Services to Displaced Persons in
Thailand), directories, and reports
1989-1992
box 2, folder 31
Education, PASS trip report, meeting notes
1989
box 2, folder 33
Information for Young Refugee Parents, Fresno
County Department of Social Services guide, undated
box 2, folder 34
Interpreters, tips on using
1975-1981
box 2, folder 35
Orientation materials
1981-1985
box 2, folder 36
Refugees Receiving Cash Assistance Characteristics
Survey
1989
box 2, folder 37
Seattle King County case study on services for Indochinese
refugees
1981
box 2, folder 38
Social and cultural adaptation materials, undated
box 2, folder 39
UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), correspondence,
reports
1985-1992
box 2, folder 40
Language presentation materials, undated
box 2, folder 41
Newsletters and miscellaneous publications
1990-1993
box 2, folder 42
Newspaper clippings
1991-1992 and undated
box 2, folder 43
August 1991 trip, correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous
materials
1990-1992
box 2, folder 44
Camps and resettlement, correspondence, reports, meeting memos
1984-1996
box 2, folder 45
Miscellaneous materials, clippings, newsletters, correspondence
1991-1992
box 2, folder 46
Refugee camp sites, undated
box 2, folder 47
September 1992 trip, correspondence, Brigitte Marshall trip report, and
miscellaneous materials
1992
box 2, folder 48
United States Catholic Conference, Southeast Asian refugee reports and
newsletter
1990-1992
box 2, folder 48
Audiovisual materials, undated
box AV-006, item MS-SEA013-A01/A03
English/Hmong phrase book
Physical Description: 3
audiocassettes.
General Physical Description note: no content
box AV-006, item MS-SEA013-A04
Hmong lessons.
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette.
General Physical Description note: no content
box AV-006, item MS-SEA013-A05
Thai music.
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette.
General Physical Description note: no content
box AV-006, item MS-SEA013-A06
TSAAB2 (Thai)
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 41
Materials accompanying audio and video cassettes
box AV-006, item MS-SEA013-A07
Tsis Muaj Tug music by Tou Ly Vangkhue.
Physical Description: 1
audiocassette.
General Physical Description note: no content
box AV-007, item MS-SEA013-V01
Choj Mittaphab bridge, Laos scenery, Hmong New Year.
Physical Description: 1
videocassette.
General Physical Description note: no content
box AV-007, item MS-SEA013-V02
Close Up On Hmong County.
Physical Description: 1
videocassette.
General Physical Description note: no content