Guides and Collections

Collections Pertaining to Asian American People and Culture in Oregon

Contents:

Manuscript, Photograph, and Oral History Collections

Oregon Chinese Disinterment Documents – Documents pertaining to the 1948-1949 disinterment of hundreds of Chinese immigrants’ remains from cemeteries throughout Oregon.

IRCO's Asian Family Center – Oral history interviews of staff and board members at Portland's IRCO AFC, an organization that provides culturally specific programing for Portland’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The collection's finding aid is available online Asian Family Center Oral History Collection Finding Aid

Japanese American Association of Lane County, Oregon, Oral History Digital Collection – Oral history interviews of Japanese Americans living in Eugene, Oregon and the vicinity. Several include accounts of life in the WWII internment camps. Online Collection Guide

Te May Ching Papers - Personal papers of OSU crop scientist Ching. The collection covers the years 1944–1988. Dr. Ching is a native of China. The collection includes correspondence, research project records, manuscripts of publications, proposals, papers reviewed, graduate teaching and advising materials, professional organization records, reference cards, and materials pertaining to women faculty at OSU, international education and the Chinese Student Organization.

Ava Milam Clark Papers – Personal papers of OSU dean of home economics Ava Milam (1917–1950). Collection includes letters, photographs and other materials pertaining to international students from Japan, China, and other Pacific rim countires, as well as records of Milam's work in China and Japan.

Extension Bulletin Illustrations (P 20)

Extension and Experiment Station Communications (P 120)

OSU's Asian American Community

Minorities in the Barometer Digital Collection, 1960-1979 - Articles from The Daily Barometer pertaining to multicultural issues and minorities on campus. All articles are organized in chronological order in full text searchable PDFs. The PDFs are organized by year; each PDF file begins with a Table of Contents listing the article titles and dates for the year.

Asian & Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) Records, 1987-2011 (RG 245) The APCC was established at OSU in 1991 to educate the campus and local community about Asian and Pacific Islander cultures.

Oregon State University APCC oral history interviews - Five 2014 interviews with APCC student staff members. Be sure to also see the Oregon State University Cultural Centers Oral History Collection, 2013-2015

OSU's Japanese American Students During WWII - a blog post with links to various articles and documents pertaining to the effects of the WWII internment policies and the honorary degrees awarded to students in 2008.

Asia University America Program (P 209) - Photographs document the programs, activities, and participants of the Asia University America Program (AUAP) at OSU. The AUAP albums have been digitized: AUAP Albums

Asian and Pacific Islander Student Groups Digital Display - Images and information regarding the clubs on campus that honor and celebrate Asian Pacific Islander cultures.

Oregon State University Collegiate 4-H Club Records, 1929–1985 – Includes records of the LABO – 4-H Exchange, an exchange program with Japanese students, 1972–1982.

Student Affairs (RG 102)

Accession 90:32 – Student organizations (pre-1987)
          Chinese Christian Fellowship
          Friends of Japan
          Hui-O-Hawaii
          Indonesian Student Organization
          Japanese Student Organization
          Vietnamese Student Association

Accession 93:074 – Subject files
          Cultural Programming Fund, 1990
          Minority recruiting, 1985–1989

Accession 95:009 – records of the Minority Students Affairs Advisory Council, 1987–88 (includes report on creation of and funding for cultural centers at OSU.)

An oral history interview of Dr. Richard Morita is part of the Voices of Oregon State University Oral History Collection (OH 9).

“Report on the Japanese Situation in Oregon, Investigated for Governor Ben W. Olcott,” August 1920. Valley JV6888 .O7 D2. Also available online from the Oregon State Library.

OSU Historical Collection (P 25)

Gwil Evans (P 82)

President's Office (P 92)

John Garman (P 95)

Harriet's Collection
2510 – Student Organizations – Hawaiian Club (Hui O Hawaii)

Memorabilia Collection Files

Alumni – contains clippings about Ariko Iso ('93), the first female athletic trainer in the National Football League.

Asian Americans in Oregon – newspaper clippings and article drafts on Japanese-American students at Oregon State College in WWII, their removal from campus, and the 2008 honorary degree ceremony.

Asian Pacific Island American Association (APIAA) of OSU – leaflet from the early 1990s describing this student organization.

Chinese Students and Scholars Association – newspaper clippings and brochures pertaining to this OSU student organization.

Morita, Richard Y. – Extensive biography and vita of Dr. Morita, a long-time Microbiology faculty member at OSU. Dr. Morita is Nisei, and spent time in the Gila Relocation Center during World War II.

World War II - This file includes a copy of an article from the October 1995 Oregon Stater on Japanese-American students at Oregon State College that were sent to internment camps during the war.

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