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Title
Oral History of Nghi Moc Chau
Creator
Chau, Nghi Moc
Contributor
Chau, Eric
Date Created and/or Issued
2014-06-01
Contributing Institution
UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection
Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information
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This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description
Scope/Content: An oral history with Mr. Nghi Moc Chau, who was born in May 17, 1956. He grew up in a farming village in Bac Lieu province and is of Chinese heritage. He left Vietnam in 1979 as a boat refugee to Malaysia. He spent two years in refugee camp before being sponsored to America in 1981 where he settled in Long Beach. He discusses keeping Vietnamese traditions, the differences in generations, and his appreciation for America. He has a wife and three children and still resides in Long Beach, California.
Scope/Content: This recording is from the Vietnamese American Experience Class Oral Histories, 2014 Spring subcollection.
Scope/Content: Narrator and wife in San Diego, Photographer daughter, 2013
Type
sound
Format
1 mp3 audio file; 1 pdf transcript English; 1 pdf transcription Vietnamese; 1 pdf time log English; 3 jpg image files
Extent
00:49:26
Identifier
ark:/81235/d84z8v
VAOHP0183
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/11944
Language
Vietnamese
vi
Subject
Business | China | Citizenship | Communism | Education | Employment | Family | High school | Politics | Reeducation camp | Refugee camp | Refugee camp (Malaysia) | Tet Festival | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | Bac Lieu (Vietnam)
Time Period
1950-1959
Relation
Vietnamese American Experience Classes Oral Histories, 2014 Spring

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