UC Irvine

This collection consists of the organizational files of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), a national organization created to further the development of nonprofit organizations led by and for Southeast Asians, and to aid in the adjustment of Southeast Asian refugees to American society. Documents related to organizations that have collaborated with SEARAC are also included. The collection includes correspondence among the organizations and from refugees, meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, and conference materials.

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive

SEAAdoc is an educational resource of the Southeast Asian Archive at the UC Irvine Libraries focusing on post-1975 refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and the communities they have developed in the United States. It contains 1,500 visual images and 4,000 pages of searchable text selected from the Archive to represent a cross section of our holdings. SEAAdoc documents the exodus of Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants from their homelands, their experiences in Asian refugee camps, and subsequent resettlement in the United States. Other materials reveal cultural, economic, educational, political, and social aspects of the new Southeast Asian …

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive

The vertical file is an eclectic accumulation of thousands of miscellaneous items that document the life of Southeast Asian American communities. Here can be found information on a wide range of topics such as cultural events, pertinent issues of the day, organizations and businesses, student activities, local politics, health concerns, and family relations. Types of material include newspaper clippings, magazine and journal articles, unpublished student and conference papers, ephemeral items such as brochures, posters, flyers, event programs, and periodicals in English and Southeast Asian languages. California sources are best represented in the clippings file, but newspaper articles from other parts …

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive

This collection comprises records produced by the Southeast Asian Genetics Program (SEAGEP), including correspondence and manuscripts, grant applications, research data regarding birth defects and genetic blood disorders, literature on Southeast Asian and Cham communities, SEAGEP publications, and video productions by SEAGEP and other health organizations. SEAGEP publications and video productions include multilingual versions. Literature concerning the Cham (a Muslim ethnic group from Vietnam and Cambodia) relates to an article published by Dr. Kenneth Dumars and Chantan S. Chea, "The Cham: A Population Isolate."

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive

Spectre was the second student newspaper at the University of California, Irvine. One issue. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 26, 1966).

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives

The first UCI student newspaper. One volume; 11 issues.

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives

This collection comprises oral history interviews conducted by professor emeritus Spencer Olin with seven key administrators and faculty from the University of California, Irvine.

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives

This collection contains memories, anecdotes, and experiences written by current and former staff, faculty, students, and community members for the Submit Your Story website during the UCI 50th anniversary (June 2014-June 2016). The collection contains over 60 submissions documenting a variety of UCI experiences and perspectives. Stories include meeting life long partners and building friendships, participating in campus events and student organizations, classroom and teaching experiences, and reminiscences of notable UCI individuals and programs. In addition, there are 20 digitized photographs of people and the campus.

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives

This collection comprises notes, correspondence, interviews, photographs, slides, audio and video recordings, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, books, catalogues, printed ephemera, and artifacts collected and created during the life and career of artist, critic, and educator Christine Tamblyn. Files include extensive documentation of two of Tamblyn's CD-ROM works, She Loves It, She Loves It Not: Women and Technology (1993) and Mistaken Identities (1995). Videos represented here were created using screencast software as a means for providing access to Macintosh formatted CD-ROMs.

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Special Collections

The third UCI student newspaper. One volume; 5 issues.

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, University Archives