Asian American History - US History - 10th Grade Spring Research Paper, Dr. Johnson - Spence School Library at The Spence School

Chinese Americans

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF)
Provides access to the history of the station and to oral histories.
Anti-Chinese Legislation and Court Cases Timeline
Historical timeline with primary source embedded in.
The Boston Chinatown Atlas
The project documents and explores Chinatown’s growth and change through time using primary sources.
Chinatown Remembered Project
The story of a generation of Chinese Americans who came of age in Los Angeles during the 1930s and 1940s.
The Chinese-American Experience: Harper's Weekly
Primary Source articles, cartoons, and images from Harper's Weekly published during the late 19th century.
Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion Primary Source Set
Primary sources organized in a pamphlet produced by the New-York Historical Society.
Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion Website from New-York Historical Society
"Chronicles the complex history of the Chinese in America—the challenges of immigration, citizenship, and belonging that shaped both the Chinese American experience."
The Chinese Experience: Eyewitness
A series of quotes from Chinese Americans organized in a timeline.
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
Library of Congress. "Nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials."
Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project
"Seeks to give a voice to the Chinese migrants whose labor on the Transcontinental Railroad helped to shape the physical and social landscape of the American West." - Stanford University
Civil Rights Suite: Exploring the History of the Chinese American Fight for Equity
Primary sources organized in three different themes: The Chinese of California, Remembering 1882, Our American Citizenship.

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Chinese Historical Society of America
Guide to the Chinese in California Virtual Collection
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials.

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To view primary source use the right hand outline to find a subject and click the institutional titles. Once inside the collection there will be an option to view image.
Him Mark Lai Digital Archive Project
Him Mark Lai (November 1, 1925–May 21, 2009) was internationally known as “the dean of Chinese American studies”. Provides access to his publications.
Houston Asian American Archives oral histories
The collection includes interview recordings with Asian Americans of Houston and Texas, in many cases also including transcripts and photographs.
Immigration to the US, 1789-1930: Exclusion Act (1882)
Archival books about Chinese Immigration digitized by the Harvard Library.
Minnesota Immigrant Oral Histories: Chinese
Oral histories with Chinese immigrants. Other immigrant categories are Korean, Tibetan, and
Vietnamese
The Museum of Chinese in America
Go to their collections tab to see their digital libraries. The museum is located in New York, 215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013.
Museum of Chinese in America Collections Database
MOCA’s collection has grown to document the changing profile of Chinese America—from its humble beginnings in the 19th century to its dynamic presence today.
Rediscovered: An Eloquent Chinese Voice Against Exclusion
A written letter by a Chinese American arguing against the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Japanese American

Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
Library of Congress.
Asian America
Michigan State University. Documents related to Internment and WWII.
Calisphere: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive
University of California
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
"Densho’s mission is to preserve the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished."
Immigrant Voices: Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
"A growing archive of personal stories of immigrants to the Pacific Coast from Angel Island Immigration Station detainees to those arriving today"
Inside-Out: Japanese Americans during World War II
Washington State University
Interrupted Lives: Japanese American Students at the University of Washington, 1941-1942
University of Washington
Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942 to 1946
"Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at assembly centers and relocation centers around the country during World War II." - Library of Congress
The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Digital Archive
UC Berkeley Library
Japanese American Exhibit & Access Project
University of Washington
Japanese American National Museum, Movie Collections
"The daily lives of Japanese Americans from the 1920s through the 1960s including poignant footage from America’s World War II concentration camps. "
Japanese American National Museum, online research collections
Collections encompass a variety of topics and formats including Japanese American Internment during WWII and Japanese American Artists.
Japanese American Relocation
Newsletters and other documents from relocation Camps - Occidental College
Japanese American Relocation and Internment During World War II
Government information from the National Archives
Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA)
The Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA) contains thousands of primary sources documenting Japanese American internment.
Japanese Relocation During World War II
Primary source documents from the National Archives.
Manzanar War Relocation Center records, 1942-1946
Online Archive of California
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the US Constitution
Focusing on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in detention camps during World War II, this exhibit is a case study in decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution.
Nisei in the War Against Japan
Book published by the Dept. of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, 1945. Contains reproduction of newspaper clippings from World War II.
The War Relocation Authority
Truman Library

Korean American

Korean American Digital Archive
Brings more than 13,000 pages of documents, over 1,900 photographs, and about 180 sound files together. Coverage between 1903 and 1965.

Vietnamese American

Vietnamese American Oral History Project (VAOHP)
University of California, Irvine. The project "actively assembles, preserves, and disseminates the life stories of Vietnamese Americans in Southern California."

Asian Pacific Americans

Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Library of Congress. List of online resources about Asian and Pacific American history available from the Library of the Congress and other partner agencies.
Asian Pacific American: Experiencing War
"Seven stories are from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, with special emphasis on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the “Go for Broke” outfit of Japanese-Americans who fought valiantly in Europe during World War II."
Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Center
"We are a national resource for discovering the consequence and complexity of the Asian Pacific American experience through collaboration, exhibitions, programs, and digital experiences."
Pacific Citizen
Published by JACL. "Pacific Citizen is an award-winning Asian Pacific American semi-monthly national newspaper."
Immigrant Stories: 40 Years Of Southeast Asian Stories
"In 2013, the Immigration History Research Center launched Immigrant Stories in order to collect and preserve the experiences of the United States’ newest immigrants and refugees. We collaborate with schools and community organizations and teach participants to make their own digital stories."
Asian American and Pacific Islander Collections
"The collections relate chiefly to Asian American assimilation, communities, demography, education, exclusion laws, health, history, identity, immigration, labor, performing arts, and World War II internment."

South Asian

South Asian American Digital Archive
Primary sources centered on those in the U.S. who trace their heritage to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the many South Asian diaspora communities across the globe.
Documenting the Southeast Asian American Experience
SEAAdoc is an educational resource of the Southeast Asian Archive at the UC Irvine Libraries focusing on post-1975 refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and the communities they have developed in the United States.
Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive
A New Resource Documenting the History of the South Asian Pioneers in California, 1899 - Present.

Asian American History Timeline

Asian American History Timeline
"This timeline is primarily adapted from Sucheng Chan's book Asian Americans: An Interpretive History. Links are included to the text of selected historical documents."

Immigration statistics, the census, polls.

The Asian American Population: 2010
U.S. Census Bureau
National Asian American Survey
"NAAS is a scientific and nonpartisan effort to poll the opinions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders."
Pew Research Asian Americans Survey
Pew Research Center.
Data on U.S. Immigration Trends - Migration Policy Institute
"These interactive charts help track changing immigration patterns and characteristics of the immigrant population through time."
When Words Fail: Careful Framing Needed in Research on Asian Americans
Article by Karthick Ramakrishnan published in Hyphen Magazine about the Pew Study.

Institutions

REgenerations Oral History Project:

Rebuilding Japanese American Families, Communities, and Civil Rights in the Resettlement Era

Project Sponsors: The Japanese American Resource Center/Museum (JARC/M), the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), and the University of California.

Interview from the Chicago Region
Interview from the Los Angeles Region
Interview from the San Diego Region
Interview from the San Jose Region
Interview from the Terminal Island Life History Project

UCLA Center for EthnoCommunications
"Founded in 1996 as a national institution to create innovative linkages between communities and universities to document, preserve and highlight unique ethnic cultures and experiences through the use of emerging media and communications technologies."
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
"A non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media."

Organizations

Asian Americans Advancing Justice
"The mission is to promote a fair and equitable society for all by working for civil and human rights and empowering Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other underserved communities."
Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA): A Timeline of the Chin Case
Article about Vincent Chin killing entitled "Asian Americans in the United States: An Overview of a Difficult History"
Asia Society
"The leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States."

Writing & Art

Asian American Writers' Workshop
"AAWW is a national not-for-profit arts organization devoted to the creating, publishing, developing and disseminating of creative writing by Asian Americans." Includes access to two magazines about immigration issues: The Margins and Open City (focuses on New York City).
Hyphen
"Hyphen is a nonprofit news and culture magazine that tells the stories of Asian America."
Diasporic Asian Art Network
"Diasporic Asian Art Network (DAAN) is a network of scholars, artists, curators, arts writers, and graduate students interested in Asian American art and art history."

US History - 10th Grade Spring Research Paper, Dr. Johnson: Asian American History