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).
ARRANGEMENT: |
Program One: First Contacts Program One: Segment One: Unsung Sailors
- Jack Tchen, Associate Professor, New York University and co-founder of the Museum of Chinese in America
- Bob Kennedy and the Crew of the Lady Washington
Program One: Segment Two: Kanaka Village
- Interview with Rick Lebus
- Larry Bell re: being a Hawaiian Descendant in the Pacific Northwest
- Cathy Roland 2
- Larry Wong (and Bruce Watson) re: John Meares, Vancouver Island
- Hudson’s Bay Company Store – Suzan Lagrove & Timothy Ball
- Jean Barman & Bruce Watson
- Doug Wilson at Fort Vancouver re: Hawaiians in the Fur Trade
- Cathy Roland
- Tom Koppel Interview
Program One: Segment Three: Manila Men
- Marina Espina
- Professor Gary Okihiro, Columbia University, re: Hawai
- Marina Espina, Lillian Mae Burtanog Faxon, Joyce Burtanog Pascual, Rhonda Richoux Fox
- Isabel Gedoria Welch
Program One: Segment Four: Bitter Strength
- Bitter Strength
- Jack Tchen, Associate Professor, New York University and co-founder of the Museum of Chinese in America
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
- Professor Wayne Maeda, Sacramento State University, Wayne Maeda Asian American Studies Archive
- Professor Isao Fujimoto, Distinguished Emeriti, University of California, Davis
- Farmer Harold Tamano
Program Three: Raising Cane – Program Three Segment One: Hard Labor
- Shigeko Miyashiro, Singer of Hole Hole Bushi Songs
- Maui Senior Center
- Gaylord Kuboto, Museum Director, Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum in HI
- John Y. Arisumi
- Fuzzy Alboro
- 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
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
- Kent Sakoda & Jeff Siegel of the University of Hawaii – authors of Pidgin Grammar
- Pidgin Grammar Interview w/ Kent Sakoda & Jeff Siegel of the U of Hawaii
- Lee Tonouchi, author and playwright and teacher at Kaplan Community College
Program Four: Exclusion and Resistance Program Four: Segment One: Angel Island
- Dale Ching, docent, Angel Island Immigration Station
- Angel Island Poetry – Charles Egan and Catherine Toy
- Angel Island Tour – Erika Gee and Casey Lee
Program Four: Segment Two: Paper Sons
Program Four: Segment Three: Defining America
- Valerie Kaur, Filmmaker and Civil Rights Lawyer/Activist
- Jaideep Singh, Scholar/Activist, Formerly of University of California, Berkeley
- Judge Brar
- Bruce LaBrack, Cultural Anthropologist and South Asian Specialist, University of the Pacific
Program Four: Segment Four: Seeds of Citizebship
- Max Lamar and Jean Lamar
- Eudosia Juanitas (interview #2) (TRANSCRIPT ONLY)
- Professor Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Assistant Professor, History, San Francisco State University
Program Four: Segment Five: Cambodian Deportation
- Porthira Chimm, John Hopkins University School of Education
- Bill Ong Hing, Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis
- Andrew Thi
- Jay Stansel, Attorney, Visiting Professor at Evergreen State College
- Singath Thi
Program Five: Brides and Children Program Five: Segment One: Military Brides
- Ji-Yeon Yuh Interview
- Kazuko Umezu Stout and Tsuchino Forrester
- Regina Lark on Japanese Brides
- Wen Kim Denham
- Maria Bartruff Song
- Maria Bartruff and Dave Bartruff
Program Five: Segment Two: The Story of Ok Cha Yang
- Rainjita – CD 9 North Korea Discussion PARTIAL AUDIO
- Rainjita – Picnic with fish, looking at photos, trip to North korea
- Rainjita – CD1 T2
- Rainjita – CD3
- Rainjita – CD 8 Track 2
- Rainjita – 2CD 10—MD picnic 2
- Rainjita – CD 12 md 2 part 2
- Rainjita & Her Mother – Digging for Crabs & Meeting Her Uncle – MD 5
- Rainjita CD#6
- Rainjits CD#2
Program Five: Segment Three: I Am
- Daniel Mori Schwinn
- Janet Stickman, Author
- Canh Oxelson
- Julie Thi Underhill, Writer and Photographer
Program Five: Segment Four: Unanswerable Question
- Debra Johnson, Author
- Katy Robinson, Author
- Thomas Park Clement, Author
- Mani Hansen, Hyunju Chappelhein, Ruben-Chappelhien
- Lowell Rojon, Musician
- Hyunju and Ruben Chappelhine
- Mark Raffield – Korean Adoptee
- Kate Hers, Korean Visual Artist
- Catherine Choy on Adoption – Part Two
Program Five: Segment Five: Baby Pictures
- Richard Silver
- Richard and Tina Silver
- Shannon Hetrick
- Jared Rehberg, Singer/Songwriter
- Canh Oxelson
- Betty Tisdale, “Angel of Saigon” Operation Babylift and Helping And Loving Orphans (HALO)
Program Five: Segment Six: Where I’m From
- Adoptees from China: Maya, Zaji, Meili, Yang, Maggie and Kam
- Ying Ying Fry and Parents Amy Klatzkin and Terry Fry
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
- Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy
- Esther Simpson (TRANSCRIPT ONLY)
- Eudosia B. Juanitas (TRANSCRIPT ONLY)
Program Six: Segment Four: The Teahouse
Program Six: Segment Five: The Paradox of the Fujianese
- Professor Bill Ong Hing
- Fujianese in New York City: William Chu, Chairman of the American Fujian Association of Commerce and Industry and Mr. Dong, Jimmy Cheng, Lana Cheung, Kai Yu Chem (TRANSCRIPT ONLY)
- NY Chinatown Tour
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
- Tien Nguyen Part 1
- Sokhom Tauch
- May Pao Cha
- Long San Tzeo
- Daran Kravan, Accordionist
- Tien Nguyen Part 2
- Tou Meksavanh
- Quy Nguyen
- Ly Cheng
- Long San Tzeo
- Lee Po Cha
- Kim Nguyen
- Khanthaly Thammavong
- Ly Chheng Tang
- Farm Yoon Lee Part 2
- Farm Yoon Lee Part 1
- Tien Nguyen and Thao Vu
- Kilong Ung
Program Seven: Segment Four: Hmong in America
Program Eight: New Waves and New Storms Program Eight: Segment One: New Movement for Civil Rights
- Helen Zia
- Reverend Norman Fong, Fxecutive Director of Chinatown Community Development Center
- Helen Zia, Author
- Professor Bill Ong Hing
- Alberta Lee and Family of Wen Ho Lee
Program Eight: Segment Two: Sai-I-Gu
- Aqueela Sherrills, Activist, Campaigner Against Gang Violence
- Sonny Kang, Screenwriter, Witness
- Angela Oh, Attorney and Korean American Spokesperson
- Larry Aubrey, Writer and Activist
- Edward Chang, Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside
Program Eight: Segment Three: Taxi Turmoil
- Rizwan Raja
- Kevin Fitzpatrick
- Biju Mathew, Activist and Co-Founder of New York Taxi Workers Alliance
- Vijay Bali
- Javaid Tariq, Co-Founder of New York Taxi Workers Alliance
- Bhairavi Desai, Founding Member of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance
Program Eight: Segment Four: H1B Blues
- Sharmala Drapa, Associate Professor in Sociology and the Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Texas, Austin
- Rajiv
Program Eight: Segment Five: Racial Profiling Then & Now
- Malik Ali and Bobby Khan
- Deepa Iyer
- Yuri Kochiyama
- Racial Profiling Then and Now Feature Piece
- Candlelight Vigil
- Racial Profiling Raw Audio Transcript
Relations:
- Sokhom Tauch
- Scott Nakagawa 10.26.16
- Lexa Machinski
- Anirvan Chatterjee
- RobinHinkly MMMworkshop
- Matthew Lim
- Jai Singh
- Dorian Smith MMMworkshop
- Carolyn Quan Lee (TRANSCRIPT ONLY)
- APANO Workshop Interviews
- Ellen Choy
- Joanne Hardesty
- Joseph Santos
- Malkia Cyril
- Scott Nakagawa
- Scott Nakagawa-Helen Ying
- Youth Rolling Tides
- Angela Oh, Attorney and Korean American Spokesperson
Music Feature: