Origination/Creator: MediaRites
Title of Collection: Crossing East Oral Histories, Interviews and Transcripts
Date of Collection: 2004 January 1-2006 February 1
Size: more than 200 hours of interviews
Format: mp3
Language: The material is in English
Repository: Crossing East, http://www.crossingeast.org/
Media Rites, Portland, OR, http://mediarites.org/
Abstract: The Crossing East Oral Histories, Interviews and Transcripts presents a view into the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans throughout United States history. The collection contains the digital interviews and transcripts collected during 2004-2006 for the Crossing East public radio series of eight original one-hour documentaries that aired on 230 public radio stations nationally from 2006-2007.
RIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS:
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Copyright: The copyright interests in this collection remain with MediaRites Productions. Collection materials are for nonprofit, educational purposes only. For broadcast and reprint uses, contact MediaRites for permission.
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY NOTE:
In 1984, MediaRites Productions was established as a nonprofit organization operating out of Portland, Oregon. They strive to promote an understanding among diverse communities through the arts, education and media projects. MediaRites Productions focuses on creating and distributing original work that tells true life stories and how those stories can, by increasing understanding across communities, ultimately improve society for us all. Their award-winning work focuses on unrepresented peoples such as recent immigrants, disabled youth, the homeless, or those with terminal illness.
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
The records of the Crossing East Asian and Pacific Islander American history series include audio and transcripts of interviews and oral histories with scholars, community experts, elders and community members. The interviews were conducted between January 1, 2004 and February 1, 2006. The records contain more than 200 hours of interviews which were used to create the Crossing East public radio series of eight original one-hour documentaries that aired on 230 public radio stations nationally from 2006-2007. The audio and transcripts for interviews is organized by radio show and segment. Also included in the collection, unaired interviews not included in the programs and the music accompaniments.
Interviews range from scholar accounts of historical events to personal stories and histories. Notable interviews include those with actor, George Takei and with scholars and experts: Judy Yung, Jeffrey Barlow, Dia Cha, Catherine Ceniza Choy, Bill Ong Hing, Franklin Odo, Gary Okihiro, Jaideep Singh, Ronald Takaki, Linda Trinh Vo, Ji-Yeon Yuh, Jack Tchen, Ah Quon McElrath, Barbara Kawakami, Bill Puette, Lee Tonouchi, Valarie Kaur, Bruce LaBrack, Professor Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Betty Tisdale, Nguyen Qui Duc, Senator Mee Moua, Alberta Lee and family of Wen Ho Lee, Helen Zia, Reverend Norman Fong, Edward Chang, Angela Oh, Aqueela Sherrills, Sharmala Rudrapa, Shavali Shah, and Yuri Kochiyama.
Musicians’ performances in the collection include: Angelo Pizarro (guitarist and composer), Wilma Pang (Professor at San Francisco City College), Ledward Kaapana (Master Slack Key Guitarist), Russel Baba and Jeannie Aiko Mercer of Shasta Taiko , Jared Rehberg (Singer/Songwriter), Jon Jang (Jazz Pianist), Daran Kravanh (Accordionist) and Aishwarya Venkataraman (Violinist).
Program One: First Contacts Program One: Segment One: Unsung Sailors
Program One: Segment Two: Kanaka Village
Program One: Segment Three: Manila Men
Program One: Segment Four: Bitter Strength
Program Two: Frontier Asians Program Two: Segment One: Ing “Doc” Hay
- Carolyn Meisenheimer, former director of the Kam Wah Chung Museuem
- John Day Residents Interview with Lois Phillips, Jane Primrose, and Merle Brown, manager of Grant County Historical Museum
- Ronald Takaki, professor, UC-Berkeley
- Jeffrey Barlow, professor, Pacific University #2
- Jeffrey Barlow, professor, Pacific University #1
- Edward Wah, grand nephew of Ing ‘Doc’ Hay
Program Two: Segment Two: Frontier Women
Program Two: Segment Three: Asians in Agriculture
Program Three: Raising Cane – Program Three Segment One: Hard Labor
Program Three Segment Two: Picture Brides
Program Three Segment Three: Strength & Resistance
Program Three Segment Four: Plantation Life
- Plantation Village in Hawaii – museum of Plantation Life
- Hawaii Village Interpreters – 4 seniors: Esperanza Gabriel Garcia, Domingo Los Banos, Moses Pataki, Amy Sekuma
- Professor Takaki, professor, UC-Berkeley, Questions about Hawaii Plantation Society
- Gaylord Kuboto, Museum Director, Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum in HI
- Franklin Odo, director of the Asian Pacific American Program at the Smithsonian Institution
- William Puette, Center for Labor Education and Research (CLEAR) at the University of Hawaii
- Barbara Kawakami re: growing up in Hawaii
Program Three Segment Five: Pidgin English
Program Four: Exclusion and Resistance Program Four: Segment One: Angel Island
Program Four: Segment Two: Paper Sons
Program Four: Segment Three: Defining America
Program Four: Segment Four: Seeds of Citizebship
Program Four: Segment Five: Cambodian Deportation
Program Five: Brides and Children Program Five: Segment One: Military Brides
Program Five: Segment Two: The Story of Ok Cha Yang
Program Five: Segment Three: I Am
Program Five: Segment Four: Unanswerable Question
Program Five: Segment Five: Baby Pictures
Program Five: Segment Six: Where I’m From
Program Six: Post ’65 Generation Program Six: Segment One: A Grocer’s Life
Program Six: Segment Two: The Family Business
Program Six: Segment Three: In Her Own Words
Program Six: Segment Four: The Teahouse
Program Six: Segment Five: The Paradox of the Fujianese
Program Seven: Refuge from War Program Seven: Segment One: Scholar Interview
Program Seven: Segment Two: Home is Always Somewhere Else
Program Seven: Segment Three: Refugee Dreams Revisited
Program Seven: Segment Four: Hmong in America
Program Eight: New Waves and New Storms Program Eight: Segment One: New Movement for Civil Rights
Program Eight: Segment Two: Sai-I-Gu
Program Eight: Segment Three: Taxi Turmoil
Program Eight: Segment Four: H1B Blues
Program Eight: Segment Five: Racial Profiling Then & Now
Relations:
Music Feature: