INDONESIAN COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT:
An Inventory of Its Oral History Interviews at the Minnesota Historical Society
Oral History Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Indonesian Community Oral History Project, creator. | |
| Title: | Oral history interviews of the Indonesian Community Oral History Project. | |
| Dates: | 2012. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Indonesian Minnesotans speak about their experiences coming to Minnesota. The narrators discuss their personal stories of living in Indonesia and Minnesota. The interviews also touch on a wide range of topics from food, to immigration, and culture. Interviewed by Jovita Bjoraker. | |
| Quantity: | Transcripts: 4 volumes (158 pages); 28 cm. Sound recordings: 4 user sound discs. | |
| Location: | OH 146: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The Indonesian Community Oral History Project is part of the larger Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project and is a partnership between the Minnesota Historical Society and the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Indonesian Community Oral History Project, Oral history interviews of the Indonesian Community Oral History Project. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Location of Originals:
Original digital sound recordings, Minnesota Historical Society Oral History Office.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2013.6
Processing Information:
Processed by: Jennifer Huebscher, October 2013.
Catalog ID number: 007745329
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
EVELYN K. LEE, ST. PAUL, JULY 31, 2012.
Use Restrictions: None.
Biographical Information: Evelyn K. Lee was born of Chinese ancestry in Semarang, Indonesia. Lee attended Yale graduate school and teaches the piano. She was the first president of both the Indonesian American Society of Minnesota and the Minnesota Indonesia Society; she has also been active in the Indonesian Performing Arts Association of Minnesota, the State council on Asian Pacific Minnesota, Theater Mu, and the Anoka Community Concert Association.
Scope and Content: Subjects discussed include family; education; acclimating to American diet/food; community involvement; Minnesota's Asian community; Indonesian cultural retention; promoting Asian culture.
Interviewed by: Jovita Bjoraker.
| Transcript | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 1 | 34 pages. | |||||||||||
| Audio | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 1 | 1 user sound disc (59 minutes). | |||||||||||
PENI MOSS, APPLE VALLEY, AUGUST 18, 2012.
Use Restrictions: None.
Biographical Information: Peni Moss was born in 1968 in East Java, Indonesia. She immigrated to Washington, D.C., with her uncle, an Indonesian diplomat, and stayed in the United States to further her education. She is involved in the Minnesota Indonesia Society.
Scope and Content: Subjects discussed include family; retaining Indonesian culture and identity; falling in love; the struggles interracial marriage; raising biracial children in Minnesota.
Interviewed by: Jovita Bjoraker.
| Transcript | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 2 | 53 pages. | |||||||||||
| Audio | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 2 | 1 user sound disc (1 hour, 18 minutes). | |||||||||||
FERLY PUAHA, ST. CHARLES, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012.
Use Restrictions: None.
Biographical Information: Ferly Puaha was born in 1961 in Ternate, North Malaku, Indonesia. Raised a Catholic, Puaha fled Indonesia to the United States after his home was burned down in anti-non-Muslim riots. Now residing in St. Charles, Minnesota, Puaha and his wife both work for Primera Foods and call Minnesota their home.
Scope and Content: Subjects discussed include family; religion and education in Indonesia; raising children in America; food in Indonesia and America; Paul Wellstone's role in obtaining visas; the immigration process.
Interviewed by: Jovita Bjoraker.
| Transcript | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 3 | 29 pages. | |||||||||||
| Audio | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 3 | 1 user sound disc (46 minutes). | |||||||||||
JOKO AND TRI SUTRISNO, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012.
Use Restrictions: None.
Biographical Information: Joko and Tri Sutrisno were both born in Sragen, Indonesia. After marrying in college, they moved to the United States and dedicated their lives to supporting the retention of Indonesian culture in Minnesota. They founded Sumunar Indonesian Music and Dance Ensemble, a non-profit organization that promotes Indonesian culture in Minnesota.
Scope and Content: Subjects discussed include family; marriage; immigration; gamelan (Indonesian percussion ensemble); Indonesian cultural retention; acclimating to life in Minnesota.
Interviewed by: Jovita Bjoraker.
| Transcript | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 4 | 42 pages. | |||||||||||
| Audio | |||||||||||||
| OH 146 | 4 | 1 user sound disc (1 hour, 20 minutes). | |||||||||||
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.
- Asians -- Minnesota.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Immigrants -- Minnesota.
- Indonesian Americans -- Minnesota -- Social life and customs.
- Indonesian Americans -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Bjoraker, Jovita, interviewer.
- Lee, Evelyn K., interviewee.
- Moss, Peni, interviewee.
- Puaha, Ferly, interviewee.
- Sutrisno, Joko, interviewee.
- Sutrisno, Tri, interviewee.
- Document Types:
- Interviews.
- Oral histories (document genres)
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