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Asian American Oral History Site - (dead link)
" It features multimedia oral histories, topics related to Asian-American families, and creative works, all cross-listed under various indices, including a clickable graphic view of the entire oral history database."
Compiled by the Students of Asian American Studies 150, University of California, Berkeley

Asian American Women's History - Chronology - (dead link)
By Teresa Huang

Asian-Nation
The Landscape of Asian America
"...your one-stop information source on the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural elements and issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community. You can almost think of Asian-Nation as an online version of 'Asian Americans 101.'"
Sections include: Culture ; History ; Immigration ; Issues ; Links ; Viet Nam

Chinese American History Timeline - (dead link)
From Interactive Chinese American History - (dead link) - A Project of Asian American Studies 121, University of California, Berkeley

Chinese Immigrations - (dead link)
Case Files for Early Immigrants to San Francisco and Hawaii
"Hundreds of thousands of people passed through the immigration stations in San Francisco and Honolulu between 1882 and 1955...including immigration investigation case files of people who tried to immigrate--some successfully, some not--during the period of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, 1882-1943...This website can help you find out what cases are available at the NARA archives...You won't find the actual, physical case files on this website..."
A collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Business and Economic Research and the National Archives and Records Administration

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
"...illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California from 1850 to 1925 through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter."
- American Memory, Library of Congress

Chronology of Asian American History
Source: Sucheng Chan, Asian Americans, an Interpretive History, ©1991, Twayne Publishers, Boston.
From the MIT Asian American Studies Homepage by Emma Teng

Densho: The Japanese-American Legacy Project
"The Densho Project is a non-profit educational endeavor, preserving the history of Japanese Americans and bringing it into classrooms and libraries around the world...The Project digitally videotapes individuals describing their lives, and telling the stories of their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. Preserved are descriptions on everything from their families' immigration, to the incarceration of the Japanese American community during World War II, to discussions of what it means to be 'an American.' ... Moreover, in addition to this videotape archive, the Densho Project has digitally scanned over a thousand photographic images, rare documents, and private memorabilia."

Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California - (dead link)
Sections include: American Indians ; Black Americans ; Chinese Americans ; Japanese Americans ; Mexican Americans.
- Office of Historic Preservation, California Dept. of Parks and Recreation

Internet Resources on Asian Americans
From East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
Sections include: Multiculturalism ; The Wen Ho Lee Case ; Communities ; Culture & the Arts ; Japanese Internment ; Immigration & Asylum ; General Information ; Political & Social Issues ; Media ; History.

Japanese American History Archives (San Francisco)
"...is an extensive, growing collection of books, periodicals, documents, maps, photographs, art and film relating to the Japanese experience in the United States from the mid-1800s, when the first Japanese pioneers set foot on American soil, to the present."

Japanese American National Museum

The Japanese American Network - History
Sections include: References ; Japanese American Internment Websites ; War Veteran Websites ; Japanese Americans in Hawaii ; Other Japanese American History Websites ; Education Resources.

The Japanese American World War II Experience - (dead link)
"The Japanese-American World War II Experience electronic library is devoted to the collection and display of documentation one of our Nation's most Constitutionally challenged periods."

Korean American Historical Society

Korean American Museum

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the Constitution - (dead link)
Smithsonian travelling exhibit

Museum of Chinese in the Americas - (dead link)
"...is the only professionally-staffed museum in the United States dedicated to preserving Chinese American history.

National Japanese American Historical Society

Nikkei Home Page - (dead link)
By R. Russell Nakatsu

PBS - Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (March-April 2003)
A Bill Moyers Special
Programs Titles: Gold Mountain Dreams ; Between Two Worlds ; No Turning Back ; Personal Journeys.
Sections include: Portraits ; The Chinese Experience ; Eyewitness Accounts ; Timeline ; Resources ; Educational Guide.

A Short Chronology of Japanese American History
Adapted from Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1748 to the Present. Edited by Brian Niiya (New York: Facts-on-File, 1993).

University of Hawai'i at Manoa - Digital Archive Collection

• Hawaii War Records Depository (HWRD) - (dead link)
  "...was created in 1943 to document the impact of the war upon Hawai'i and its populace. HWRD showcases approximately 1,325 photographs of which 300 are clearly identified from Hawaii's two major English newspapers and have been scanned with permission."
  • AJA (Americans of Japanese Ancestry) Veterans - (dead link)

University of Southern California - Korean Heritage Library - (dead link)

• Koreans in America Bibliography - (dead link)

Wing Luke Asian Museum (Seattle)
"A pan-Asian Pacific American Museum devoted to the collection, preservation and display of Asian Pacific American culture, history and art, our programs are inspired and created by the combined efforts of museum professionals and grassroots community members."

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