Indian Diaspora Oral History Project Collection
Scope and Content of Collection
The material in this collection documents the stories of fourteen Indian immigrants who arrived in the California Bay Area from the 1940s to the 1960s. This includes their journey to the United States, family, professional life, education, and social and cultural experiences.
Dates
- Creation: 2009-2010
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Project History
The "Indian Diaspora Oral History Project” was part of a larger project called the “Indian Diaspora Project.” It was conducted by Dr. Rajiv Khanna of the Department of History at San Jose State University as Oral History Lead with the help of Matt Bell as Oral History Coordinator. It was sponsored by the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration (SVCGII), part of SJSU Global Studies (now known as the Silcon Valley Center for Global Studies). For this research project, Dr. Rajiv Khanna interviewed fourteen Indian immigrants who arrived in the California Bay Area from the 1940s to the 1960s and videotaped these interviews. In the interviews, these immigrants speak about their journey to the United States, family, professional life, education, and social and cultural experiences.
Extent
1 Box (.21 linear feet)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of recordings of interviews on six DVDs from the Indian Diaspora Oral History Project, which was sponsored by the Silicon Valley Center for Global Innovation and Immigration (SVCGII), part of SJSU Global Studies, in 2009.
Arrangement
This collection is organized numerically by disc number in one series: Series I. Interview Videos.
Processing Information
Processing and ArchivesSpace record by Molly Freed in 2013.
Container list updated by Eilene Lueck in 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the Indian Diaspora Oral History Project Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Molly Freed and Eilene Lueck
- Date
- October 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
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San José, CA 95192-0028
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