Southeast Asian Archive (UC Irvine)
| Southeast Asian Archive | |
|---|---|
| Held by | UC Irvine Libraries |
| Scope | Cambodian and other Southeast Asian diaspora records |
| Subjects | Migration & Diaspora; History & Remembrance; Community & Civic Life |
The Southeast Asian Archive at the UC Irvine Libraries documents the social, cultural, religious, political and economic life of the Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian and Vietnamese diasporas. (UC Irvine Southeast Asian Archive)
Overview
Material is held through Special Collections and Archives and the Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center. Collecting strengths include resettlement experiences, community formation since the Vietnam War, the Cambodian genocide, and communities under-documented in the historical record. (UC Irvine Southeast Asian Archive)
Material coverage
The archive describes a general collection together with special collections and archival material; it does not state counts, date ranges, formats or languages for interviews or recordings. The library warns that records from international aid workers may document people non-consensually and may contain graphic violence and racist or sexist views, and that primary sources may carry historical language now recognised as inappropriate without context or community consultation. (UC Irvine Southeast Asian Archive)
Catalogue and access
No single collection identifier is published for the archive as a whole; material is requested through the library's Special Collections and Archives. (UC Irvine Southeast Asian Archive)