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LDS Asian American Oral History Project

 Organization

administrative history

Citation:
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies website, March 8, 2012 (LDS Asian American Oral HIstory Project; conducted by BYU students; 108 interviewees; Asian and Asian American members interviewed about Church experiences)

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

LDS Asian American Oral History Project case files, 1991-2008

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 31 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the LDS Asian American Oral History Project, 1991-2008.

Dates: 1991-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / LDS Asian American Oral History Project transcripts and case files

LDS Asian American Oral History Project transcripts, 1991-2008

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 31 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the LDS Asian American Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1991-2008.

Dates: 1991-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / LDS Asian American Oral History Project transcripts and case files

LDS Asian American Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1991-2008

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 31
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the LDS Asian American Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1991-2008.

Dates: 1991-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7752, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Somphone Nonnarath interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326107]
Identifier: MSS SC 2742
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and bound transcript of an interview conducted by Robert G. Larson for the LDS Asian-American Oral History Project of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University on 7, 9, 19 October 1992 and 29 July 1993. Nonnarath tells about growing up in Laos, his military career in that country, his incarceration following the takeover by the communists, his conversion to the Mormon religion, and his life in Oakland, California.

Dates: 1992-1993; 1992-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Somphone Nonnarath interview

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Archival Object 3
Collection 1
 
Subject
Asian American Latter Day Saints 3
Asians -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History 3
Asians -- Utah -- History 3
Latter Day Saints -- West (U.S.) -- History 3
Utah -- History 3
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West (U.S.) -- History 3
Oral histories 2
Transcripts 2
Audiotapes 1
Case files 1
City and Town Life 1
Laos -- History -- Sources 1
Laotian Americans -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews 1
Latter Day Saints -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews 1
Social Life and Customs 1
Sound recordings 1
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