Kim Hà papers, 1983-1999

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Summary

Creators:

Abstract:

Collection comprises the holograph manuscript of Qua Con Bao Du (English translation published as Stormy Escape) by Kim Hà, correspondence and newspaper articles relating to the book, other articles written by Hà and others on the subject of Vietnamese land refugees, audio recordings of her interviews with eight Vietnamese land refugees, and monographs geared towards Vietnamese Catholics who want to live devout lives. Materials are in Vietnamese and English.

Extent:

0.8 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language:

Vietnamese .

Preferred citation:

Kim Hà Papers. MS-SEA003. Southeast Asian Archive, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by form of material.

Biographical / historical:

Kim Hà is the pen name of Pham Thi Kim Nhung, who was born in 1950 in Hai Duong, North Vietnam. In 1955 she moved with her family to Saigon, South Vietnam. She was a student at the University of Saigon, where she completed a degree in Education in 1973, and at the National University of Social Work, where she completed a degree in 1975. Following the fall of Saigon in April 1975, Hà and her family made several unsuccessful attempts after 1975 to escape by boat to the United States, resulting in the jailing of her husband in Vietnam and the loss of her job as a teacher.

In 1980, with her husband and three children, Hà made another attempt to escape from Vietnam on foot through Cambodia. After a harrowing two-week trek they arrived at a refugee camp in Thailand on 10 April 1980. The family came to the United States in October 1980 and has lived in Orange County, California. Hà earned an associates degree in Business Administration from Coastline College in 1983. As of 2001 she works for State Compensation Insurance Fund and is a community activist. Her publications include Report on the Vietnamese Land Refugees (SOS Boat Committee, 1983) and Qua Con Bao Du (English translation published as Stormy Escape) (McFarland Publishers, 1996).

Acquisition information:

Donated by Kim Hà in 1987 and 1992. Correspondence added by Anne Frank.

Processing information:

Preliminary processing by Anne Frank in 1992. Processing completed by Howie Phan in 2000. Guide edited by William Landis in 2001. Addition processed by Zoe MacLeod and Audra Eagle Yun in 2012.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Refugee camps -- Thailand -- History -- Sources
Vietnamese Americans -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Political refugees -- Vietnam -- Archives
Political refugees -- Vietnam -- Interviews.
Vietnamese American women -- California -- Orange County.
Sound recordings.
Photographic prints
Names:: Kim Hà -- Archives
Places:: Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1975- -- History -- Sources

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research. Access to original audio cassettes is restricted; copies are made for researcher use.
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.