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Title
Oral History of Thien Pham
Creator
Pham, Thien
Contributor
Duong, Jennifer
Date Created and/or Issued
2014-05-04
Contributing Institution
UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection
Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information
Copyrighted
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Description
Scope/Content: An oral history with Thien Si Pham, born in 1982 in Saigon, Vietnam. He came to America in 1993 at 11 years old through the Humanitarian Operation Program. He discusses his experiences readjusting to life in the United States, touching on educational differences as well as cultural differences. He also discusses social issues in the U.S. along with his religious values. Lastly, he recalls several childhood memories from Vietnam. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine and his Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Cal State Long Beach. He now works as a software developer and resides in Santa Ana, California with his parents and siblings.
Scope/Content: This recording is from the Vietnamese American Experience Class Oral Histories, 2014 Spring subcollection.
Scope/Content: Thien Pham at his home on the day of the interview, Photographer Jennifer Duong, 2014
Type
sound
Format
1 mp3 audio file; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf time log English; 3 jpg image files
Extent
01:30:52
Identifier
ark:/81235/d8155v
VAOHP0186
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/11462
Language
English
en
Subject
Activist | Ancestor | Anticommunist | Buddhist | Catholic | Children | Chinese and ethnic Chinese | College or university | Communism | Communist | Education | Engineer | English as a second language (ESL) | Ethnicity | Family | Festival | Health | High school | Immigrant | Interracial relationship | Marriage | Moon Festival | Politics | Protests | Religion | Restaurants | Soldier | Spirit | Student | Teacher | Television | Tradition or custom | Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) | Youth | Orange County, California | Santa Ana, California
Time Period
1980-1989
Relation
Vietnamese American Experience Classes Oral Histories, 2014 Spring

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