UUS_folkcoll0058.xml Guide to the Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection 2015 Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection Finding aid/Register created by Heidi Williams Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives © 2015
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-07-21. Finding aid encoded in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition) 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection Fife Folklore Archives UUS_FOLK COLL 58 16 interviews 41.4 gb 2015 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, release forms, and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school. Material in English

Processed in April of 2015

Materials were provided by the Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation.

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

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 collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

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

Following Citations:USU_Folk Coll 58, USUSCA.

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.

This collection contains the physical recordings and associated materials of the Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection. 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.

The materials are divided into three series: Digital Collections, Interview CDs, and Associated Materials.

Omeka digital exhibits are also available: Burmese Muslim Refugees in Cache Valley, Utah

Eritrean Refugees in Cache Valley, Utah

Karen Refugees in Cache Valley, Utah

There is a digital collection with an Omeka digital exhibit.

As all materials were born digital, the most robust portion of this collection is housed in the digital collection.

Release forms are kept in Folk Coll 58: Collection File.

 United States--Office of Refugee Resettlement JBS Swift & Company Mae La (Refugee camp) Karen State (Burma) Eritrea Anthropology City and Town Life Folklore and Folklife Home and Family Language and Languages Military Multiculturalism Social Classes Utah Cache Valley Logan Oral Histories Photographs Refugees|zCache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Refugees|zBurma|zKaren State Refugees|zEritrea Refugees, Karen|zCache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Refugees, Eritrean|zCache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Refugees, Rohingya|zCache Valley (Utah and Idaho) Refugee camps|zThailand African Americans Religion Sound Recordings Burmese Muslim Refugees Series I Har Be Bar Har Be Bar wearing traditional Burmese shoes Item 1 2015 May 17 Har Be Bar displays traditional Burmese shoe Item 2 2015 May 17 Har Be Bar and Maung Maung putting on make up Item 3 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar demonstrating the use of thanaka Item 4 2015-05-18 Har Be Bar's little brother, Maung Maung with recordist (1 of 2) Item 5 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar and Maung Maung with thanaka Item 6 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar watches Maung Maung apply thanaka to fieldworker Item 7 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar's house and colorful poster of flowers and fruit from Burma Item 8 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar's shoe rack Item 9 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar's painting, 'The Lonely Rose' Item 10 2015 May 182015-05-18 Har Be Bar's little brother, Maung Maung with recordist (2 of 2) Item 11 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar portrait Item 12 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar interview audio Item 13 2015 May 18 Har Be Bar interview transcript Item 14 2015 May 18 Ka Mar Ka Mar's family with Har Be Bar taking notes Item 15 2015 May 15 Ka Mar with his wife Sa Da De and daughter Ma Se Ma (1 of 3) Item 16 2015 May 15 Ka Mar holds his daughter Ma Se Ma as he poses with an award certificate Item 17 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's mother, Kin Mar Cho's Burmese clothing patterns Item 18 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's framed award certificate Item 19 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's photograph of his grandparents Item 20 2015 May 15 Ka Mar with his wife Sa Da De and daughter Ma Se Ma (2 of 3) Item 21 2015 May 15 Ka Mar with his wife Sa Da De and daughter Ma Se Ma (3 of 3) Item 22 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's daughter Ma Se Ma poses in front of her parents Item 23 2015 May 15 Ka Mar and field workers during interview Item 24 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's front room and a religious poster Item 25 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's poster of Mecca Item 26 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's front room with framed momentos (1 of 2) Item 27 2015 May 15 Ka Mar's front room with framed momentos (2 of 2) Item 28 2015 May 15 Ka Mar interview audio Item 29 2015 May 15 Ka Mar interview transcript Item 30 2015 May 15 Ka Sin Ka Sin during his interview Item 31 2015 May 17 Ka Sin and his children with the interviewers Item 32 2015 May 17 Ka Sin's profile Item 33 2015 May 17 Ka Sin's portrait (1 of 2) Item 34 2015 May 17 Ka Sin portrait (2 of 2) Item 35 2015 May 17 Ka Sin's interviewers packing away the equipment (1 of 2) Item 36 2015 May 17 Ka Sin's interviewers packing away the equipment (2 of 2) Item 37 2015 May 17 Ka Sin's front room Item 38 2015 May 17 Ka Sin interview audio Item 39 2015 May 17 Ka Sin interview transcript Item 40 2015 May 17 Kuang Lay Kaung Lay in his home (1 of 2) Item 41 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay in his home (2 of 2) Item 42 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay and his family Item 43 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay with his wife and granddaughter Item 44 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's son Sean and Har Be Bar Item 45 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's wife Khin Mar Cho holding a yellow dress Item 46 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's wife Khin Mar Cho holding a black and white dress Item 47 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's wife Khin Mar Cho holding a skirt she embroidered Item 48 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's wife Khin Mar Cho holding a pink and white blouse she sewed Item 49 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's wife Khin Mar Cho holding a black and white skirt Item 50 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's wife Khin Mar Cho holding a black and white blouse Item 51 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's photograph of his parents in Burma Item 52 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay holding a picture of himself receiving an employee of the month certificate from JBS Miller meat processing employee Item 53 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's employee of the month certificate Item 54 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay's house, poster of dress patterns which Khin Mar Cho sews Item 55 2015 May 17 Kaung Lay interview audio Item 56 2015 May 16 Kaung Lay interview transcript Item 57 2015 May 16 Sa Jan No photographs available per Interviewees request Sa Jan interview audio Item 58 2015 May 16 Sa Jan interview transcript Item 59 2015 May 16 Ya He Ma Ya He Ma's dish stacking Item 60 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma's poster wall (1 of 2) Item 61 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma's wall poster (2 of 2) Item 62 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma's family shoe rack Item 63 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma's son Maung Maung's portrait (1 of 2) Item 64 2015 May 18 Ye He Ma's son Maung Maung's portrait (2 of 2) Item 65 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma's family portrait Item 66 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma and Har Be Bar filling out paperwork Item 67 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma interview audio Item 68 2015 May 18 Ya He Ma interview transcript Item 69 2015 May 18 Eritrean Refugees Series II Afeworki Woldemichael Afeworki Woldemichael with field workers Item 70 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael and Berhane Debesai Abraha (translator) Item 71 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael looking over the letter of information Item 72 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael listening to Berhane Debesai Abraha explain the letter of information Item 73 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael's portrait Item 74 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael signing the release form Item 75 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael signing the release form with Berhane Debesai Abraha Item 76 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael interview audio Item 77 2015 May 17 Afeworki Woldemichael interview transcript Item 78 2015 May 17 Berhane Debasai Abraha Berhane Debesai Abraha holding the microphone while speaking during his interview (1 of 2) Item 79 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha holding the microphone while speaking during his interview (2 of 2) Item 80 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha signing the interview release form Item 81 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha with his interview group Hilary Warner Evans (right) and Magen Olsen (middle) Item 82 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha's interviewer Hilary Warner-Evens (1 of 2) Item 83 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha's interviewer Hilary Warner-Evens (2 of 2) Item 84 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha laughing during his interview Item 85 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha during his interview (1 of 2) Item 86 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha during his interview (2 of 2) Item 87 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha speaking during interview Item 88 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha and Magen Olsen at his interview Item 89 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha at his interview Item 90 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai interview audio Item 91 2015 May 17 Berhane Debesai Abraha interview transcript Item 92 2015 May 17 Kathasay Berhe Gebremedhim Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin's portrait (1 of 2) Item 93 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin's portrait (2 of 2) Item 94 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin and Berhane Debesai Abraha during the interview (1 of 2) Item 95 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin and Berhane Debesai Abraha during the interview (2 of 2) Item 96 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin listens to translator Berhane Debesai Abraha Item 97 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin giving an interview Item 98 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin with interviewer and translator Item 99 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin with fieldworkers and translator Item 100 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin with interview group Item 101 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin and Berhane Debesai Abraha with interviewer Item 102 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin signing the release form (1 of 2) Item 103 2015 May 23 Kahsay Berhe Gebremedhin signing the release form (2 of 2) Item 104 2015 May 23 Kahsay Gebremedhin interview audio Item 105 2015 May 23 Kahsay Gebremedhin interview transcript Item 106 2015 May 23 Seltene Gebreselaise Gebretinsa Seltene Gebretinsa and Berhane Abraha reading interview forms Item 107 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa and Hilary Warner-Evans preparing for interview Item 108 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa listens to Berhane Abraha as he explains forms Item 109 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa listens as Berhane Abraha translates Item 110 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa listening for Hilary Warner-Evans' questions Item 111 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa answering interview questions Item 112 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa and Berhane Abraha listening to interviewer's question Item 113 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa thinking about interviewer's question Item 114 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa's portrait (1 of 2) Item 115 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa's portrait (2 of 2) Item 116 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa signing forms Item 117 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa signs as Berhane Abraha explains forms Item 118 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa's interviewer Hilary Warner-Evans signs forms Item 119 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa and Berhane Abraha reading Item 120 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa interview audio Item 121 2015 May 16 Seltene Gebretinsa interview transcript Item 122 2015 May 16 Karen Refugees Series III Aye Win Aye Win with interviewers in her home Item 123 2015 May 18 Aye Win and Chit Moe (1 of 2) Item 124 2015 May 18 Aye Win and Chit Moe (2 of 2) Item 125 2015 May 18 Aye Win with interviewers and translator Item 126 2015 May 18 Aye Win after the interview Item 127 2015 May 18 Aye Win with interviewers after the interview Item 128 2015 May 18 Aye Win's living room wall with decorations Item 129 2015 May 18 Aye Win (1 of 2) Item 130 2015 May 18 Aye Win (2 of 2) Item 131 2015 May 18 Aye Win's thanaka Item 132 2015 May 18 Aye Win explaining thanaka Item 133 2015 May 18 Aye Win's thanaka stone plate Item 134 2015 May 18 Aye Win and thanaka Item 135 2015 May 18 Aye Win interview audio Item 136 2015 May 19 Aye Win interview transcript Item 137 2015 May 19 Eh Htoo Eh Htoo's response to interviewer's questions Item 138 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo guestures while answering interviewer's questions Item 139 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo and Chit Moe wait for the next interview question Item 140 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo speaks while Wes Van der Water takes notes Item 141 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo's Karen state flag at his home in Hyrum, Utah Item 142 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo with Kyaw Eh's nephew and niece Item 143 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo's portrait Item 144 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo's dinner preparations at Kyaw Eh's house Item 145 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo's household dinner schedule written in Burmese and Karen Item 146 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo with dinner schedule written in Burmese Item 147 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo stands near his flag of Karen State Item 148 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo interview audio Item 149 2015 May 16 Eh Htoo interview transcript Item 150 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh Kyaw Eh's photograph of his uncle Item 151 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh's interview side shot Item 152 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh's portrait Item 153 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh's Karen state flag and pictures on the wall Item 154 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh in front of his living room wall (1 of 2) Item 155 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh in front of living room wall (2 of 2) Item 156 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh with fieldworkers Item 157 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh interview audio Item 158 2015 May 16 Kyaw Eh interview transcript Item 159 2015 May 16 Pyo New Pyo Nwe's portrait (1 of 2) Item 160 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe's portrait (2 of 2) Item 161 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe during interview (1 of 2) Item 162 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe during interview (2 of 2) Item 163 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe, her baby Justin, and Chit Moe Item 164 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe and her baby Justin during interview (1 of 3) Item 165 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe and her baby Justin during interview (2 of 3) Item 166 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe and her baby Justin during interview (3 of 3) Item 167 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe and fieldworkers Item 168 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe, her baby Justin, Chit Moe and interviewer during interview Item 169 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe interview audio Item 170 2015 May 18 Pyo Nwe interview transcript Item 171 2015 May 18 Snay Tun Snay Tun reviews papers with Wes Van der Water while Meagan Gill sets up audio equipment Item 172 2015 May 19 Snay Tun's Burmese mat (close-up) Item 173 2015 May 19 Snay Tun's Karen calendar with English translation Item 174 2015 May 19 Snay Tun preparing for the interview Item 175 2015 May 19 Snay Tun responds to questions from interviewers Item 176 2015 May 19 Snay Tun waits for the next interview question Item 177 2015 May 19 Snay Tun photograph of him at Bear Lake when he was about fifteen years old Item 178 2015 May 19 Snay Tun's Burmese mat (closeup of flower) Item 179 2015 May 19 Snay Tun's Karen state flag Item 180 2015 May 19 Snay Tun shows Wes Van de Water a video of Sepak takraw Item 181 2015 May 19 Snay Tun holding his Sepak takraw ball Item 182 2015 May 19 Snay Tun holds a Sepak takraw ball Item 183 2015 May 19 Snay Tun posing with Sepak takraw ball Item 184 2015 May 19 Snay Tun's portrait Item 185 2015 May 19 Snay Tun interview audio Item 186 2015 May 19 Snay Tun interview transcript Item 187 2015 May 19 Tun Lay Tun Lay in a framed photo (1 of 2) Item 188 2015 May 16 Tun Lay in a framed photo (2 of 2) Item 189 2015 May 16 Tun Lay portrait (1 of 2) Item 190 2015 May 16 Tun Lay portrait (2 of 2) Item 191 2015 May 16 Tun Lay's food cover Item 192 2015 May 16 Tun Lay with his guitar (1 of 2) Item 193 2015 May 16 Tun Lay with his guitar (2 of 2) Item 194 2015 May 16 Tun Lay's guitar Item 195 2015 May 16 Tun Lay's floor rugs Item 196 2015 May 16 Tun Lay and fieldworkers Item 197 2015 May 16 Tun Lay and Chit Moe (1 of 2) Item 198 2015 May 16 Tun Lay and Chit Moe (2 of 2) Item 199 2015 May 16 Tun Lay's Karen state flag Item 200 2015 May 16 Tun Lay interview audio Item 201 2015 May 16 Tun Lay interview transcript Item 202 2015 May 16 Physical Materials 2015 Field School Forms 2015 1 1 Project/Event Flyers 2015 1 2 /Publications 2015 1 3