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Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project, 2004-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- South Asian Oral History Project
- Title
- Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project
- Dates
- 2004-2008 (inclusive)20042008
- Quantity
- 1.81 cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 5415 (Accession No. 5415-001)
- Summary
- Started by Irene Joshi, South Asian Studies Librarian with the University of Washington Libraries, the South Asian Oral History Project (SAOHP) is a collection of interviews with South Asian immigrants to the United States who settled in the Pacific Northwest and represent distinct waves of migration.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact Repository for details.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Started by Irene Joshi, South Asian Studies Librarian with the University of Washington Libraries (1970-2000), the South Asian Oral History Project (SAOHP) was established to document the stories and experiences of this complex and quickly growing immigrant group, with the intention of demonstrating the South Asian community's historical and contemporary importance to the Pacific Northwest. Following her retirement, Mrs. Joshi left a grant to fund the project; it was coordinated by her successors in the position of South Asian Studies Librarian, under the auspices of the University of Washington Libraries. Three phases of the project have been completed; additional rounds of interviews may be undertaken in the future.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The South Asian Oral History Project is a collection of interviews with 28 South Asian immigrants to the United States who settled in the Pacific Northwest and represent three distinct waves of migration. The first phase of the project collected oral histories of immigrants from India and Pakistan who arrived in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s; interviews were conducted by Julie Kerssen between 2004-2005. Under the direction of Deepa Banerjee, who joined the UW Libraries in 2005, an advisory committee selected potential interviewees for the second and third phases of the project. The second phase focused on narrators who arrived between 1965-1979 and included immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The third phase documented more recently arrived immigrants, who came to the United States between 1980 and the end of the 1990s. This phase extended coverage to narrators coming from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. Interviews from both the second and third phases of the project were conducted by Amy Bhatt between 2007-2008.
Among the narrators included in the project to date are: Pramila Jayapal, Raj Joshi, Bharti Kirchner, Prem Kumar, Alok Mathur, Jamal Rahman, Najma Rizvi, and Balraj Sokkappa. The collection contains recordings of the interviews (audio and/or video), as well as final and unedited versions of the transcipts. Also included are two sets of photographs of some interviewees; one taken around the time of immigration, when available, and one taken at the time of the interview.
Across the three phases, the project strives for a geographically diverse balance, including Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Sri Lankan narrators, as well as others who came to the United States from South Asia via Canada, the United Kingdom, and East Africa. A diversity of religious beliefs also is represented, with Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Zoroastrians, agnostics and atheists numbering among the participants. Finally, all of the interviewees engaged questions of their early life and schooling, family composition, decisions to emigrate, initial impressions of the United States, higher education and/or work experiences, family formation, intergenerational relationships, identity and nationalism, and political and social engagement.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Online copies of some transcripts, photographs, and audio files of interviews can be found through the digital collection website for the South Asian Oral History Project.
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], [date of item if known], [box/folder number], Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project, Accession No. 5415-001, University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in three series:
- Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project: Phase I
- Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project: Phase II
- Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project: Phase III
Acquisition Information
Received in several installments from interviewees, as well as program organizers Deepa Bannerjee and Amy Bhatt, over the years 2004-2009.
Processing Note
Phase I was originally accessioned separately under numbers 5415, 5416, 5417, 5418, 5419, 5420. These were merged upon receipt of Phase II and III materials in 2008-2009.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project: phase I, 2004-2005Return to Top
Phase I of the South Asian Oral History Project collected seven oral histories of immigrants from India and Pakistan who arrived in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s. Julie Kerssen conducted the interviews. Interviewees from the first phase of the South Asian Oral History Project include Asgar Ahmedi, Shanta Gangolli, Kris Gupta, Raj Joshi, Satpal Kapahi, Balraj Sokkappa, and Padmini Vasishth. Many of these narrators had direct connections to the University of Washington as students or faculty and they each shared their diverse experiences; these included working on the early Apollo space shuttle launches, joining the Peace Corps, attending the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, and being some of the earliest South Asian students enrolled at the University of Washington.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. See below and/or contact Repository for details.
Access to digital audio tape masters is restricted.
Received from each interviewee separately on various dates in 2004 and 2005.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Oral history interview with Asgar Ahmedi Ahmedi, Asgar S (interviewee)
2 transcripts: 68 leaves
2 sound cassettes (122 min)
1 digital master audio tape (122 min)
2 photographic prints
1 negative
Asgar Ahmedi was born on Madagascar and came to the United
States around 1950. He was a chemist at Jorgensen Steel.
Interview conducted by Julie Kerssen in Edmonds, Washington.
Includes unedited and final versions of the transcript. The color photograph of
Ahmedi was taken in 2005; the black and white portrait, circa 1950.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers
restricted. See below and/or contact repostiory for details.
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2005 February 4 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Photographs |
undated; 2005 |
1/2 | Final transcript |
2005 |
4/1 | Unedited transcript Access restricted.
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2005 |
4/2 | Tapes Access restricted.
|
2005 |
Oral history interview with Shanta Gangolli Gangolli, Shanta, 1934- (interviewee)
2 transcripts: 58 leaves
2 sound cassettes (103 min)
1 digital master audio tape (103 min)
1 photograph : color
Shanta Gangolli was born in Bombay, India in 1934, and moved to
the United States in 1958. She taught classes for the hearing impaired in
Seattle.
Interview conducted by Julie Kerssen in Seattle, Washington.
Includes unedited and final versions of the transcript. The photograph was
taken in 2005.
Open to all users.
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2005 April 1 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/3 | Photograph |
2005 |
1/4-5 | Transcripts |
2005 |
Oral history interview with Kris Gupta Gupta, H. K., 1930- (interviewee)
2 transcripts: 73 leaves
2 sound cassettes (122 min)
1 digital master audio tape (122 min)
2 photographs
1 negative
Kris Gupta was born in Kashmir, India on April 14, 1930. He
moved to the United States in 1951 and received bachelor's (1954) and master's
degrees from the University of Washington.
Interview conducted by Julie Kerssen in Seattle, Washington.
Includes unedited and final versions of the transcript. The black and white
portrait was taken when Gupta was a young man; the color photograph is from
2005.
Open to all users.
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2005 April 26 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/6 | Photographs |
undated; 2005 |
1/7-8 | Transcripts |
2005 |
Oral history interview with Raj Joshi Joshi, Raj (interviewee)
2 transcripts: 71 leaves
2 sound cassettes (105 min)
1 digital master audio tape (105 min)
2 photographs
1 negative
Raj Joshi, an urban planner, born in Lashkar, Gwalior, India on
October 26, 1932. He came to the United States in 1946 and moved to Seattle
around 1953 to pursue a graduate degree in geography.
Interview conducted by Julie Kerssen in Seattle, Washington.
Includes unedited and final versions of the transcript. The black and white
portrait was taken when Joshi was a young man; the color photograph is from the
time of the interview.
Open to all users.
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2004 December 29 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/9 | Photographs |
undated |
1/10-11 | Transcripts |
2004 |
Oral history interview with Satpal Kapahi Kapahi, Satpal (interviewee)
2 transcripts: 56 leaves
2 sound cassettes (98 min)
1 digital master audio tape (98 min)
1 photograph : color
Sat Kapahi was born in Lahore, when it was still part of India
(now Pakistan). Kapahi came to the United States in 1952 and worked as an
engineer at Boeing.
Interview conducted by Julie Kerssen in Redmond, Washington.
Includes unedited and final versions of the transcript. The photograph was
taken in 2005.
Open to all users.
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2005 March 23 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/12 | Photograph |
2005 |
1/13-14 | Transcripts |
2005 |
Oral history interview with Balraj Sokkappa Sokkappa, Balraj Gnana (interviewee)
2 transcripts: 74 leaves
3 sound cassettes (125 min)
1 digital master audio tape (125 min)
2 photographs
1 negative
Sokkappa was born in Madurai, India on September 30, 1930. He
moved to the United States circa 1954 to pursue work as an engineer.
Interview conducted by Julie Kerssen in Sequim, Washington.
Includes unedited and final versions of the transcript. The black and white
portrait was taken when Sokkappa was a young man; the color photograph is from
2005.
Open to all users.
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2005 January 14 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/15 | Photographs |
undated; 2005 |
1/16-17 | Transcripts |
2005 |
Oral history interview with Padmini Vasishth 2 transcripts: 69 leaves
2 sound cassettes (120 min)
1 digital master audio tape (120 min)
2 photographic prints
1 negative
1 compact disc
Vasishth was born in Lahore in 1928, when it was still part of
India (now Pakistan). She came to Seattle to pursue a master's degree in
organic chemistry at the University of Washington, which she received in
1960.
Interview conducted by Julie Kerssen in Redmond, Washington.
Includes unedited and final versions of the transcript. The black and white
portrait was taken when Vasishth was a young woman; the color photograph was
taken in 2005. The compact disc contains a digital copy of the transcript and
the color photograph.
Open to all users.
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2005 December 28 | |
Box/Folder | ||
1/18 | Photographs |
undated; 2005 |
1/19-20 | Transcripts |
2005 |
1/21 | Compact disc |
2005 |
Box | ||
5 | Tapes - listening copies |
2004-2005 |
6 | Tapes - master Access restricted.
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2005 |
Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project: phase II, 2007-2008Return to Top
Phase II of the South Asian Oral History Project collected ten oral histories of immigrants from India and Pakistan who came to the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s. Interviewees are: M. Owais Jafrey, Shaila Kode, Prem Kumar, Amy Laly, Dev R. Manhas, Rajinder Manhas, Zakir Parpia, Najma Rizvi, Jafar Hussain Siddiqui, and Santosh Wahi. Representing a wide range of stories and backgrounds, this diverse group of men and women worked in business, education, engineering, real estate, medicine, but also includes homemakers.Transcripts, digital audio and video files, and archival DVDs were produced for this series. A short film is also included, in which Deepa Bannerjee, South Asian Studies Librarian, introduces the project with excerpts from Phase II interviews. Some digital images were included, which were printed out for inclusion in the transcript files.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. See below and/or contact Repository for details.
Access to archival DVDs is restricted.
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Source: Deepa Bannerjee, November 2008.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/1 |
South Asian Oral History Project
(introductory film - viewing copy) 1 DVD
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2008 |
4/7 | Archival backup DVDs Access restricted.
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2008 |
2/2 | Oral history interview with M. Owais Jafrey: transcript,
with photograph Jafrey was born in 1941 in India, where he earned two master's
degrees, in Urdu and English, and a diploma in Library Science. In 1976, he
came to Seattle, where he then earned another master's degree in Library
Science from the University of Washington.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Shoreline, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2007 October 31 |
Oral history interview with Dr. Shaila Kode Dr. Kode was raised in the Karnataka state of India. She
attended medical school in Mumbai, and moved to Seattle in 1974. She eventually
worked at Madigan Army Medical Center and at Group Health Cooperative.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Newcastle, Washington.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers
restricted.
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2008 February 8 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/3 | Transcript, edited, with photograph |
2008 |
4/3 | Transcript, unedited Access restricted: for terms of access contact repository.
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2008 |
Box/Folder | ||
2/4-5 | Oral history interview with Dr. Prem Kumar: transcripts,
with photograph Dr. Kumar was raised came to the United States from Punjab where
he received a master's degree in English. He later received a master's degree
in education and a doctorate in English. After teaching at several
universities, he began to work for Boeing in 1986. Kumar co-founded the Indian
American Political Advocacy Council (IAPAC) and founded the Indian American
Education Foundation (IAEF).
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Seattle, Washington. The
original version of the transcript, edited by the interviewer, was also
re-edited by Kumar and both versions are included.
Open to all users.
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2007 July 24 |
2/6-7 | Oral history interview with Amy Laly:
transcripts Laly was born in 1947 in Northern India. She came to Portland,
Oregon, in 1966 and completed a bachelor's and master's degree there. Since the
early 1980s, she has worked for Boeing.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Seattle, Washington. The
original version of the transcript, edited by the interviewer, was also
re-edited by Laly and both versions are included.
Open to all users.
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2007 September 20 |
Oral history interview with Dr. Dev Manhas Dev R. Manhas, MD, FACS grew up in Jammu-Kashmir and received a
medical degree in Punjab. He moved to Seattle in 1967 and completed his
residency at the University of Washington. Dr. Manhas co-founded the Indian
American Political Advocacy Council (IAPAC) in 1994.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Mercer Island, Washington.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers
restricted.
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2007 August 15 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/8 | Transcript, edited, with photograph |
2007 |
4/4 | Transcript, unedited Access restricted: for terms of access contact repository.
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2007 |
Box/Folder | ||
2/9 | Oral history interview with Rajinder Manhas: transcript,
with photograph Raj Manhas was born in Punjab in 1948 and studied aeronautical
engineering in college there before coming to the University of Washington in
1973 to pursue a master's degree in industrial engineering. He eventually held
administrative positions in Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, Seattle
Public Utilities, and Seattle Public Schools.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2007 June 18 |
2/10 | Oral history interview with Zakir Parpia: transcript,
with photograph Zakir "Zak" Parpia was born in 1948 and grew up in the areas
surrounding Mumbai. He received a master's degree in civil engineering from
Washington State University and later founded Himalaya Homes, Inc. In 1986 he
was recognized by the state of Washington as Builder of the Year.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2007 November 15 |
2/11 | Oral history interview with Dr. Najma Rizvi: transcript,
with photograph Dr. Rizvi grew up in Dakka, Bangladesh, where she received a
master's degree in geography. She came to the United States in 1959 but went
back to Bangladesh to teach before permanently returning to the U.S. in 1969.
Rizvi has a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California and two
additional master's degrees; she has used these to teach and research
worldwide, focusing on Third World malnutrition and infectious disease. She
moved to Seattle in 1995 and retired from North Seattle Community College in
2007.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2007 August 30 |
2/12 | Oral history interview with Jafar Hussain Siddiqui:
transcript, with photograph Jafar "Jeff" Siddiqui was born in Pakistan and completed an
engineering degree there before coming to Seattle in 1974. He earned a master's
degree in industrial engineering from the University of Washington, where he
was active in the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students
(FIUTS). Siddiqui eventually pursued a career in real estate.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2007 June 29 |
2/13 | Oral history interview with Santosh Wahi:
transcript Wahi, from northern India, received a bachelor's and master's
degree in chemistry from Birla Institute of Technology. She moved with her
family to New York City in 1968, returned to India, and married there in 1970.
In 1973, she and her husband moved to Mercer Island and she became active in
promoting Indian culture; for example, teaching Hindi to children and serving
as an interpreter for local schools, courts, and hospitals.
Interview conducted by Amy Bhatt in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2007 June 29 |
Oral history interviews of the South Asian Oral History Project: phase III, 2008Return to Top
Phase III of the South Asian Oral History Project collected eleven oral histories of South Asian immigrants who arrived in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s. Amy Bhatt conducted the interviews. Interviewees are: Akhtar Badshah, Lakshmi Gaur, Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Pramila Jayapal, Bharti Kirchner, Alok Mathur, Syed Rizwan Nasar, Jamal Rahman, Rao Ramala, and Prasana Samarawickrama. This series documents the experience of South Asians who came to work in the technology sectors of the Pacific Northwest, as well as others who came to work in various regional industries. Narrators range from social justice advocates, research scientists, interfaith ministers, to early Microsoft employees.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. See below and/or contact Repository for details.
Source: Amy Bhatt and Deepa Bannerjee, 2008
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3/1 | Oral history interview with Dr. Akhtar Badshah:
transcript Dr. Badshah came to the United States around 1981 and earned a
doctoral degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was the CEO of
Digital Partners Foundation before becoming the Directory of Community Affairs
at Microsoft.
Interview took place in Redmond, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 February 13 |
Oral history interview with Dr. Lakshmi Gaur Dr. Gaur was born in Jeypore, Orissa, and grew up in Hyderabad.
She completed bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees before coming to the
United States on a Fulbright fellowship. She works with Puget Sound Blood Bank
in Seattle and is also an Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of
Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Interview took place in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers is
restricted.
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2008 April 10 | |
Box/Folder | ||
3/2 | Edited transcript |
2008 |
4/5 | Original transcript Access restricted: for terms of access contact repository.
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2008 |
Box/Folder | ||
3/3 | Oral history interview with Dr. Nirmala Gnanapragasam:
transcript Dr. Gnanapragasam came to the United States from Sri Lanka
around 1986 and pursued master's and doctoral degrees at Northwestern
University. In 1993, she joined the faculty of Seattle University, where she
teaches geotechnical engineering.
Interview took place in Shoreline, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 September 4 |
3/4 | Oral history interview with Dr. Mohammad Zahid Hossain:
transcript Dr. Hossain grew up in Khulna, Bangladesh, then pursued his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Dhaka University in
biochemistry. He moved to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to work toward a
doctorate in biochemistry in 1984. Dr. Hossain later came to Seattle to work
with the Pacific North West Research Institute, and eventually the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Interview took place in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 October 2 |
3/5 | Oral history interview with Pramila Jayapal:
transcript Jayapal was born in Chennai, India and grew up between
Indonesia, Singapore, and India. She earned a master's degree in business
administration from Northwestern University and received a bachelor's from
Georgetown University. She is now an activist and writer, founder of Hate Free
Zone Campaign of Washington and author of
Pilgrimage to India: A Woman Revisits Her Homeland.
Interview took place in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 July 21 |
3/6 | Oral history interview with Bharti Kirchner:
transcript Kirchner spent her early life in the town of Kalimpong, near the
Himalayas.She first came to the United States in 1962, but after leaving and
returning a few times, settled in the Pacific Northwest in 1984. Kirchner
earned her master's degree in mathematics while in India, and held held various
positions in computer programming as well as teaching. She has also authored
four novels and four cookbooks.
Interview took place in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 March 7 |
3/7 | Oral history interview with Alok Mathur:
transcript Mathur was born and raised in New Delhi, India. In 1977, he came
to the United States; first to Washington D.C., then to Seattle for a job with
Boeing. In 1987, Mathur earned a master of business administration degree from
City College in Seattle.
Interview took place in Federal Way, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 April 17 |
3/8 | Oral history interview with Syed Rizwan Nasar:
transcript Rizwan Nasar was born in 1966 in Karachi, Pakistan. He came to
the U.S. in 1985 and completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at Michigan
State University. He moved to Seattle in 1989 to work in advertising for a
newspaper, after which he returned to Pakistan and worked on contracts for
several years. He came back to Chicago for another four years, and finally
returned to Seattle around 1997. Nasar has alternately run his own businesses
and worked in advertising for Microsoft, producing commercials and films when
he has time.
Interview took place in Sammamish, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 May 21 |
3/9 | Oral history interview with Jamal Rahman:
transcript Rahman was born in 1950 in Bangladesh. He moved many times in
childhood with his family as his father was a diplomat. He studied law in
London after high school, then came to the University of Oregon in 1970 to
finish a bachelor's degree. He also earned a master's degree from the
University of California at Berkeley before beginning to study Sufism with his
parents in Canada and Egypt. Rahman became a Canadian citizen around 1980 and
eventually came to Seattle around 1990 when he began teaching spiritual
courses. Eventually, he co-founded the Interfaith Community Church in Ballard.
Interview took place in Seattle, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 July 28 |
3/10 | Oral history interview with Rao Remala:
transcript Remala grew up in Andhra Pradesh, India. He completed a master's
degree in computer science while still in India, and worked for the company
that built India's first microcomputer in 1978. He moved to Seattle to begin a
Ph.D. program at the University of Washignton, but then began working for
Microsoft in 1981 as one of the first fifty employees. Remala was the first
Indian at Microsoft and wrote the first line of code in the original Windows
platform. He retired from Microsoft in 2004.
Interview took place in Bellevue, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 March 20 |
3/11 | Oral history interview with Prasanna Samarawickrama:
transcript Samarawickrama was born in 1964 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and spent
most of his childhood in that region. He received a bachelor's degree in
physics. Having spent a year of high school in Oregon, he saved money to return
to the U.S. around 1985, attended Southern Oregon State University, and
eventually began a Ph.D. program in nuclear physics at Oregon State University.
Samarawickrama moved to Seattle to work for Microsoft around 1990.
Interview took place in Redmond, Washington.
Open to all users.
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2008 September 23 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Bangladeshi Americans--Northwest, Pacific
- Bangladeshi Americans--Washington (State)
- Bangladeshis--Northwest, Pacific
- Bangladeshis--Washington (State)
- East Indian Americans--Northwest, Pacific
- East Indian Americans--Washington (State)
- East Indians-- Northwest, Pacific
- East Indians--Washington (State)
- Immigrants--Washington (State)--Interviews
- Pakistani Americans--Northwest, Pacific
- Pakistani Americans--Washington (State)
- Pakistanis--Northwest, Pacific
- Pakistanis--Washington (State)
- South Asian Americans--Northwest, Pacific--Interviews
- South Asian Americans--Washington (State)--Interviews
- South Asian Americans--Washington (State)--Social conditions
- South Asian diaspora--Social aspects
- South Asians-- Northwest, Pacific--Interviews
- South Asians--Migrations
- South Asians--Washington (State)--Interviews
- South Asians--Washington (State)--Social conditions
- Sri Lankan Americans--Northwest, Pacific
- Sri Lankan Americans--Washington (State)
- Sri Lankans--Northwest, Pacific
- Sri Lankans--Washington (State)
Personal Names
- Bannerjee, Deepa
- Bhatt, Amy
- Joshi, Irene M
- Kumar, Prem
- Mathur, Alok
- Rahman, Jamal
- Rizvi, Najma
Corporate Names
- South Asian Oral History Project--Interviews
Geographical Names
- Northwest, Pacific--Emigration and immigration--20th century
- Northwest, Pacific--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
- United States--Emigration and immigration--20th century
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
- Washington (State)--Emigration and immigration--20th century
- Washington (State)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects
Form or Genre Terms
- Oral histories
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Jayapal, Pramila, 1965- (creator)
- Joshi, Raj (interviewee)
- Kerssen, Julie L (interviewee)
- Kirchner, Bharti (creator)
- Sokkappa, Balraj Gnana (interviewee)
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. Libraries (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)