SARAH R. MASON:
An Inventory of Her Research Papers on Chinese in Minnesota at the Minnesota Historical Society
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Mason, Sarah R. (Sarah Refo), compiler. | |
| Title: | Research papers on Chinese in Minnesota. | |
| Dates: | 1879-1999 (bulk 1978-1995). | |
| Language: | Collection is predominantly in English; materials in Chinese, Hmong, and Khmer are indicated at the file level. | |
| Abstract: | Research papers on Chinese, Hmong, and other Asians in Minnesota of Sarah R. Mason, an independent scholar who taught American history in Minnesota and at Zhung Shan University in south China, where she spent her childhood. | |
| Quantity: | 3.0 cubic feet (3 boxes), 25 master audio files: WAV (9.1 GB), and 25 user audio files: MP3 (1.1 GB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mason spent her childhood in China. She taught American history in Minnesota and at Zhung Shan University in China. Her publications include "Family Structure and Acculturation in the Chinese Community in Minnesota " in Asian and Pacific American Experiences: Women's Perspectives (1982), and "Social Christianity, American Feminism and Chinese Prostitutes: The History of the Presbyterian Mission Home, San Francisco, 1874-1935" in Women and Chinese Patriarchy: Submission, Servitude, and Escape (1994).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
The restricted audio recordings in this collection are not available online, but can be accessed upon request for use in the Gale Family Library reading room. Please consult reference staff for more information.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Mason, Sarah R. Research papers on Chinese in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,147
Location of Master Files:
Digital masters of the audiocassettes are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original audiocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into wav files.
Processing Information:
Digitization and encoding by April Rodriguez, November 29, 2023.
Digital audio transferred from the master audiocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (November 2023).
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Digitization was made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on November 4, 2008.
Catalog ID number: 990072981610104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 123.F.6.9B | Asians in Minnesota, 1954-1988. 17 folders. | ||||||||||
| Cambodians in Minnesota, 1981-1988. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| Chinese in Minnesota, 1879-1995. 71 folders. | |||||||||||
| Ethnic studies, general, 1979-1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Filipinos in Minnesota, undated and 1947, 1977-1983. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| 123.F.6.10F | Hmong in Minnesota: | ||||||||||
| Hmong organizations, 1980-1990. 16 folders. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous files, undated and 1980-1999. 19 folders. | |||||||||||
| Reports, surveys and conferences, 1980-1988. 11 folders. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Sarah Mason research files: | |||||||||||
| 1981-1984. 14 folders and 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| 123.F.7.1B | Undated and 1983-1995. 14 folders. | ||||||||||
| Photographs, 1980-1988. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Indians in Minnesota, 1980. | |||||||||||
| Japanese in Minnesota, undated and 1979-1980. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Koreans in Minnesota, 1979-1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Refugees and resettlement, 1980-1986. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Southeast Asians in Minnesota, 1979-1995. 12 folders. | |||||||||||
| Taiwanese in Minnesota, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Vietnamese in Minnesota, undated and 1977-1984. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Internet | Audio recordings: | ||||||||||
| Restricted. | |||||||||||
| Dr. Yang Dao party, undated. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 8 minutes): WAV (345 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (42.3 MB). | |||||||||||
| Hmong students, November 28, 1978. 1 master audio file (45 minutes, 45 seconds): WAV (230 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (29 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Marvel Hum Chong, June 8, 1979. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 32 minutes): WAV (464 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (60.1 MB). | |||||||||||
| Container note: Minneapolis, MN. | |||||||||||
| Stanley V. Chong, June 28, 1979. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 12 minutes): WAV (366 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (46.7 MB). | |||||||||||
| Hmong students, Cambodian students, November 21, 1979. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 25 minutes): WAV (429 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (54.3 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Interview with Cambodian family, December 24, 1979. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 26 minutes): WAV (436 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (55.1 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Khmer. | |||||||||||
| Harold Kee interview, February 8, 1980. 1 master audio file (47 minutes, 39 seconds): WAV (240 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (30.3 MB). | |||||||||||
| Container note: St. Paul. | |||||||||||
| Kawm Ntawv Hmoob (learning Hmong letters), August 1980. 1 master audio file (14 minutes, 14 seconds): WAV (71.8 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (9 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Chong Toua Vang and Chu Xiong interview, November 12, 1980. 1 master audio file (50 minutes, 29 seconds): WAV (254 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (32.5 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Hmong New Year, Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, December 27, 1980. 1 master audio file (2 hours, 25 minutes): WAV (734 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (96.1 MB). | |||||||||||
| Howard Woo interview, October 9, 1981. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 34 minutes): WAV (476 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (59.6 MB). | |||||||||||
| Margaret Woo Chinn interview, May 27, 1982. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 41 minutes): WAV (511 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (63.6 MB). | |||||||||||
| Hmong women's group meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 12, 1983. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 5 minutes): WAV (331 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (40.8 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Wahl women's group, childbirth, March 30, 1984. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 43 minutes): WAV (520 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (65.3 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Howard Woo and Roger Woo interview, January 19, 1985. 1 master audio file (47 minutes, 36 seconds): WAV (240 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (31.3 MB). | |||||||||||
| Container note: "The Chinese Sunday School and Community" Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Interview by Helen Kramer. | |||||||||||
| Youa Vu Vang, songs at Wilder Forest, April 1985. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 2 minutes): WAV (313 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (38.8 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Yua Vu, singing and music interview, July 30, 1985. 1 master audio file (2 hours, 32 minutes): WAV (771 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (100 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Elderly Hmong women at Wilder Forest, October 10, 1985. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 36 minutes): WAV (484 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (60.5 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Elderly Hmong women's songs, New Year, December 7, 1985. 1 master audio file (43 minutes, 55 seconds): WAV (221 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (27.8 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Hmong. | |||||||||||
| Container note: Mt. Airy | |||||||||||
| Roger Lun Woo, memorial service, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN, June 23, 1986. 1 master audio file (51 minutes, 50 seconds): WAV (261 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (33.3 MB). | |||||||||||
| Jane Wilson interview, May 6, 1991. 1 master audio file (39 minutes, 49 seconds): WAV (201 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (37.5 MB). | |||||||||||
| Note: interview ends abruptly. The microphone is hit intermittently throughout the interview. | |||||||||||
| Howard Woo interview, May 20, 1991. 1 master audio file (58 minutes, 21 seconds): WAV (294 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (37.2 MB). | |||||||||||
| Container note: Minneapolis, MN. | |||||||||||
| Note: contains intermittent feedback from microphone. | |||||||||||
| Lolita Young Woo interview, October 30, 1991. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 3 minutes): WAV (318 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (40.1 MB). | |||||||||||
| Note: in Minneapolis. | |||||||||||
| Marvel Hum Chong interview, November 4, 1991. 1 master audio file (58 minutes, 37 seconds): WAV (295 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (31.1 MB). | |||||||||||
| Audio recording in Chinese. | |||||||||||
| Stanley Chong, Minneapolis, November 4, 1991. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 12 minutes): WAV (366 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (46.7 MB). | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Asian Americans -- Minnesota.
- Chinese Americans -- Minnesota.
- Hmong Americans -- Minnesota.
- Vietnamese Americans -- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Audio recordings.
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Photographs.
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