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Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interview collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0647
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of video interviews dating from 2011 and conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation. These interviewees are Texas-based, and form part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project conducted by the Vietnamese Heritage Foundation. These interviews are online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/79696. Most are in Vietnamese, although some are in English. Transcripts for the Vietnamese language interviews were created by Mr. Hieu Do in Vietnam, and have not been verified by a second reader.

Dates

  • 2011

Language of Materials

English, Vietnamese

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtained through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, woodson@rice.edu.

Biographical / Historical

The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation (http://www.vietnameseamerican.org/) conducted a series of oral history interviews in 2011 as a national project called "500 Oral Histories Project" in the U.S. These interviews have been donated to universities in groups by the location where the interviews took place. The interviews in this collection largely took place in Houston, Texas.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes and digital objects)

Additional Description

Overview

This is a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation, featuring audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Vietnamese Americans living in and near Houston, Texas. These interviews are online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/79696.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This material was donated by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation via Ms. Nancy Bui in 2012.

Subjects

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews collection, 2011
Status
Completed
Author
Amanda Focke
Date
2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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