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Clip from Interview with SivHeng Ung

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Clip from Interview with SivHeng Ung
CollectionCambodian American Community of Oregon Oral History Project
Recording typeExcerpt
NarratorSivHeng Ung
InterviewerSophorn Cheang
Recorded4 April 2009
DurationClip: 27:22–30:45
Catalogue referencehttps://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26775
SubjectsMigration & Diaspora; History & Remembrance; Family & Intergenerational Life

A published excerpt from a video interview with SivHeng Ung recorded on 4 April 2009 for the Cambodian American Community of Oregon Oral History Project and held in Special Collections at the Portland State University Library. (PDXScholar item record)

Description

SivHeng Ung discusses deciding to leave Battambang for a refugee camp after hearing an American radio broadcast about people escaping to Thailand. She describes the difficult journey, including being shot at by Vietnamese soldiers and the Khmer Rouge and being robbed of everything by Thai bandits before reaching the border, and she discusses travelling with her younger brother and the man who later became her husband. (PDXScholar item record)

Credits

The item record names SivHeng Ung as the narrator and Sophorn Cheang as interviewer, and gives 27:22–30:45 as the timing of the excerpt within the full interview. The item record states that the clip was transcribed by Patricia Schechter on 9 September 2014. (PDXScholar item record)

Access

The persistent identifier is https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26775. Portland State University Library states that the digital access copy is made available as streaming media for personal, educational and non-commercial use within the parameters of fair use as defined under United States copyright law, that it cannot be reproduced, distributed or screened for commercial purposes, and that enquiries go to Special Collections at [email protected] or (503) 725-9883. (PDXScholar item record) KhmerConnection indexes this material and does not hold or provide access to the recordings.

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