Guide to the James Freeman Files
Processed by Julia Stringfellow; machine-readable finding aid created by Audrey Pearson
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
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University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92623-9557
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Descriptive Summary
Title: James Freeman files
Date: 1978-2003
Collection Number: MS-SEA033
Creator:
Freeman, James
Extent:
3.2 linear feet
(6 boxes)
Languages: The collection is in English and Vietnamese.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection is comprised of materials collected by James Freeman, a professor of anthropology at San Jose State University.
Correspondence and reports of organizations and individuals involved in refugee issues and reports from refugee camps are
included, as are handwritten notes and cassette tapes of interviews with Vietnamese Americans who settled in the United States
after the Vietnam War that were conducted for Freeman's book
Hearts of sorrow: Vietnamese-American lives.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
The collection is open for research. Interview tapes and transcripts are restricted until 2039-01-01. Restrictions are noted
at the file level.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Southeast Asian Archive Librarian.
Preferred Citation
James Freeman files. MS-SEA033. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of James Freeman, 2004.
Processing History
Processed by Julia Stringfellow, 2005. Processing was supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant.
Historical Background
James M. Freeman is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at San Jose State University in San Jose, California. He received a
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Northwestern University in 1958, a Master of Arts in Social Relations from Harvard University
in 1964, and a PhD in Social Relations from Harvard University in 1968. His area of research since 1992 has included work,
identity, and community in high-tech regions, involving in depth interviews in high-tech companies on the connections between
work, family, and cultural identity. He has also collected the life stories of people living in India, of Vietnamese refugees,
and of the people in the Silicon Valley Cultures Project over the past 25 years. Freeman hoped to capture the spirit of these
people through their narratives and to convey this to a wide reading public, such as through the publication of his book
Hearts of sorrow: Vietnamese-American lives in 1989.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection is comprised of materials collected by James Freeman, a professor of anthropology at San Jose State University.
Correspondence and reports of organizations and individuals involved in refugee issues and reports from refugee camps are
included, as are handwritten notes and cassette tapes of interviews with Vietnamese Americans who settled in the United States
after the Vietnam War that were conducted for Freeman's book
Hearts of sorrow: Vietnamese-American lives.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 2 series.
- Series 1. Topical files, 1978-2003. 1.4 linear feet
- Series 2. Interview notes and audio cassette recordings, 1983-1999. 1.8 linear feet
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Freeman, James M., 1936- -- Archives.
Refugees -- United States -- Archives.
Refugees -- Vietnam -- Archives.
Refugees -- Services for -- United States -- Archives.
Vietnamese Americans -- Archives.
Vietnamese Americans -- Interviews.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Letters -- 20th century.
Reports -- 20th century.
Sound recordings -- 20th century.
Audiocassettes -- 20th century.
Interviews -- 20th century.
Titles
Southeast Asian Archive.
Collection Contents
Series 1.
Topical files
1978-2003
Physical Description:
1.4 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
This series is comprised of items regarding Southeast Asian refugee issues. Materials include reports from refugee camps,
organizational reports and correspondence, and publications of individuals.
Arrangement
The series is arranged topically.
Box : Folder 1 : 1-2
Aid to Refugee Children Without Parents, correspondence and organizational materials
1982-1999
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box : Folder 1 : 3
Cards and invitations
1997
Box : Folder 1 : 4
Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees publications
1991-1994
Box : Folder 1 : 5
Committee for Coordination of Services to Displaced Persons in Thailand (CSDPT), Handbook, Refugee Services in Thailand
1982
Box : Folder 1 : 6
Congressional Research Service (CRS) brief, "Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy"
1993
Box : Folder 1 : 7
Dong Rek articles, sources for articles, correspondence and notes
1988-1994
Box : Folder 1 : 8-9
Freeman, James, and Nguyen, Huu Dinh, publications
1985-1998
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box : Folder 1 : 10
Friends of Hue Foundation, newsletters and organizational materials
2000-2003
Box : Folder 1 : 11
Hong Kong refugee camps, correspondence and reports
1989-1996
Box : Folder 1 : 12
Indonesia refugee camps, reports and correspondence
1991-1993
Box : Folder 1 : 13
International Conference on Indo-Chinese Refugees materials
1991-1997
Box : Folder 1 : 14
International Forum on the Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA), program materials
1989-1992
Box : Folder 1 : 15
International Social Service Hong Kong Branch, reports and newsletters
1992-1997
Box : Folder 1 : 16
Laos and Thailand refugee camps, reports
1989-1999
Box : Folder 1 : 17
Malaysia refugee camps, correspondence and reports
1991-1999
Box : Folder 1 : 18-20
Newspaper clippings
1982-2000
Physical Description: 3 folders.
Box : Folder 1 : 21
Hieu, Nguyen, correspondence
1982-1984
Box : Folder 1 : 22
Non-governmental organizations (NGO), correspondence and organizational materials
1991-1999
Box : Folder 1 : 23
Nordic Assistance to Repatriated Vietnamese (NARV), correspondence and organizational materials
1991-1994
Box : Folder 1 : 24-25
Palawan, Philippines, refugee camps, correspondence and reports
1991-1999
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box : Folder 1 : 26-27
Refugee Concern Hong Kong, correspondence and reports
1991-1996
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box : Folder 2 : 1
Strauch, Judith, "The Chinese Exodus from Vietnam: Implications for the Southeast Asian Chinese"
1980
Box : Folder 2 : 2-4
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Box : Folder 2 : 2
Convention on the Rights of the Child materials
1989-1993
Box : Folder 2 : 3-4
Reports and program materials
1985-1995
Physical Description: 2 folders.
Box : Folder 2 : 5
United States State Department materials
1991
Box : Folder 2 : 6
Vietnamese refugees, reports and publications
1978-2000
Box : Folder 2 : 7
Vietnamese refugees living in Japan, reports
1990
Box : Folder 2 : 8
Vietnamese refugees living in the United States, reports
1978-1993
Box : Folder 2 : 9
Zulfacar, Diane, "Surviving Without Parents: Indo-Chinese Refugee Minors in New South Wales (NSW)"
1984
Series 2.
Interview notes and audio cassette recordings
1983-1999
Physical Description:
1.6 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
This series is comprised of handwritten interview notes and interview transcripts from interviews James Freeman conducted
with Vietnamese refugees for his book,
Hearts of sorrow : Vietnamese-American lives. Audio cassette tapes are also included that contain the interviews.
Access Information
Access to this entire series, which contains information concerning the personal situation of Vietnamese refugees in the refugee
camps, is restricted until 2039-01-01.
