Asian American Pacific Islander Oral History Project (AAPIOHP)

Collection

Identifier: MS-2024-001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

When the first interviews were being conducted in 2016, the collection was originally entitled the Chinese American Oral History Project. In 2023, the collection changed to its’ current title, Asian American Pacific Islander Oral History Project to be more inclusive towards interviewers who are not Chinese. In 2018, the project was sponsored by the Chinese American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California Scholarship Foundation, and interviewed members of the organization, as well as some of their spouses. In 2019, the interviews returned to focusing on community members who identify as AAPI.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found in 2016-2019

Biographical / Historical

Our collaboration with Cal State LA's Asian/Asian American studies department began in the Fall of 2016. When Dr. Juily Phun’s class began recording its oral histories, Special Collections and Archives worked in the background preparing to collect these stories and preserve them for future generations. As the project has grown, so has our involvement in it; each class attends a workshop held by Special Collections and Archives faculty and staff to learn about the transcription and indexing process. By leveraging the power of students' perspectives and commitment to the project, we are working together towards the goal of ensuring these stories are accessible to all.

Extent

182 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is comprised of 838 files which include digital audio recordings and their corresponding transcripts. The audio format of the interviews are MP3 files, and the transcription files are Microsoft Word Documents. This collection is comprised of two series and two sub series. The first series, Series I: Oral Histories, contains two subseries, Subseries A: Asian American Pacific Islander Oral History Project (AAPIOHP) and Subseries B: Chinese American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California Scholarship Foundation. The second series, Series II: Transcripts. The series and subseries are arranged by the Semester, and the Year they were recorded. Each record is arranged alphabetically by last name. Each record will include the name of the interviewee and the date of the interview. If the interview is split into two parts, there will be brackets indicating which part of the interview the recording and the transcript that it is attached to.