Khmer Oral History Project

Khmer Oral History Project
Held by	Minnesota Historical Society
Scope	Cambodian refugee life stories recorded in Minnesota
Language	English; Khmer
Subjects	History & Remembrance; Migration & Diaspora; Family & Intergenerational Life

The Khmer Oral History Project records fifteen interviews with Cambodian refugees who resettled in Minnesota, held by the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul. (Minnesota Historical Society project description)

Overview

The interviews were recorded in July and August 1992, and the copyright is held by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights in St. Paul. Narrators describe life in Cambodia before 1975, separation and forced labour under the Khmer Rouge, years in Thai refugee camps, and resettlement and working life in Minnesota. (Minnesota Historical Society project description)

Material coverage

The project holds fifteen videotaped interviews totalling sixteen hours and twenty-four minutes, with transcripts running to 414 pages in English and 81 pages in Khmer. (Minnesota Historical Society project description)

Catalogue and access

Individual interviews are catalogued in the society's collections search, each with its own record page and a biographical summary of the narrator's account; the published records state no item numbers and no access restrictions. (Minnesota Historical Society project description) (Minnesota Historical Society record for Loeung Bun)

Selected recordings

Entries in this index for recordings held in the collection. KhmerConnection indexes this material and does not hold or provide access to the recordings.

Sources