Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, 2015  PDF

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Fife Folklore Archives
Title
Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project
Dates
2015 (inclusive)
Quantity
16 interviews , (41.4 GB)
Collection Number
UUS_FOLK COLL 58
Summary
Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, houses the physical recordings and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections and Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 435-797-2663
Fax: 435-797-2880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English

Table of Contents

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

In May 2015, USU’s Fife Folklore Archives and Folklore Program hosted “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley,” a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation. This three week summer field school trained students to document and deposit the important stories of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees in the Fife Folklore Archives at Utah State University’s (USU) Special Collections and Archives which resulted in this collection, Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains the physical recordings and associated materials of the Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project. A product of the 2015 Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley” made possible by Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archive and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, and the Library of Congress.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project must be obtained from theCurator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project; Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_Folk Coll 58, USUSCA.

Alternative Forms Available

There is a digital collection with an Omeka digital exhibit.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  Burmese Muslim RefugeesReturn to Top

Description Dates
Har Be Bar
Item 1:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Item 2:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Item 3:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 4:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 5:  Click to access
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Item 6:  Click to access
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Item 7:  Click to access
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Item 8:  Click to access
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Item 9:  Click to access
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Item 10:  Click to access
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Item 11:  Click to access
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Item 12:  Click to access
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Item 13:  Click to access
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Item 14:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Ka Mar
Item 15:  Click to access
 2015-05-15
Item 16:  Click to access
 2015-05-15
Item 17:  Click to access
 2015-05-15
Item 18:  Click to access
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Item 19:  Click to access
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Item 20:  Click to access
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Item 28:  Click to access
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Item 29:  Click to access
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Item 30:  Click to access
 2015-05-15
Ka Sin
Item 31:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Item 32:  Click to access
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Item 33:  Click to access
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Item 34:  Click to access
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Item 39:  Click to access
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Item 40:  Click to access
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Kuang Lay
Item 41:  Click to access
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Item 42:  Click to access
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Item 43:  Click to access
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Item 44:  Click to access
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Item 53:  Click to access
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Item 54:  Click to access
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Item 55:  Click to access
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Item 56:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 57:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Sa Jan
No photographs available per Interviewees request
Item 58:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 59:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Ya He Ma
Item 60:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 61:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 62:  Click to access
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Item 63:  Click to access
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Item 64:  Click to access
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Item 67:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 68:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 69:  Click to access
 2015-05-18

Series II:  Eritrean Refugees Return to Top

Description Dates
Afeworki Woldemichael
Item 70:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Item 71:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Item 72:  Click to access
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Item 73:  Click to access
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Item 74:  Click to access
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Item 75:  Click to access
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Item 76:  Click to access
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Item 77:  Click to access
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Item 78:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Berhane Debasai Abraha
Item 79:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Item 80:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Item 81:  Click to access
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Item 82:  Click to access
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Item 90:  Click to access
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Item 91:  Click to access
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Item 92:  Click to access
 2015-05-17
Kathasay Berhe Gebremedhim
Item 93:  Click to access
 2015-05-23
Item 94:  Click to access
 2015-05-23
Item 95:  Click to access
 2015-05-23
Item 96:  Click to access
 2015-05-23
Item 97:  Click to access
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Item 98:  Click to access
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Item 105:  Click to access
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Item 106:  Click to access
 2015-05-23
Seltene Gebreselaise Gebretinsa
Item 107:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 108:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 109:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 110:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 111:  Click to access
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Item 121:  Click to access
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Item 122:  Click to access
 2015-05-16

Series III:  Karen RefugeesReturn to Top

Description Dates
Aye Win
Item 123:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 124:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 125:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 126:  Click to access
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Item 134:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 135:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 136:  Click to access
 2015-05-19
Item 137:  Click to access
 2015-05-19
Eh Htoo
Item 138:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 139:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 140:  Click to access
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Item 141:  Click to access
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Item 142:  Click to access
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Item 150:  Click to access
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Kyaw Eh
Item 151:  Click to access
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Item 152:  Click to access
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Item 153:  Click to access
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Item 158:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 159:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Pyo New
Item 160:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 161:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 162:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Item 163:  Click to access
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Item 171:  Click to access
 2015-05-18
Snay Tun
Item 172:  Click to access
 2015-05-19
Item 173:  Click to access
 2015-05-19
Item 174:  Click to access
 2015-05-19
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Item 186:  Click to access
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Item 187:  Click to access
 2015-05-19
Tun Lay
Item 188:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 189:  Click to access
 2015-05-16
Item 190:  Click to access
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 2015-05-16

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Finding aid/Register created by Heidi Williams
2015