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Digital Library
ADE Bulletin - (dead link)
Association of Departments of English

  • Asian American Literature and the Importance of Social Context - (dead link)
    By Elaine H. Kim, 080 (Spring 1985) pp. 34-41.

Asian America - (dead link)
"The only American TV program on Asian issues broadcast in English on PBS"

Asian American Film & Video Database - (dead link)
From Asian American Film.com

AsianWeek.com
"The Voice of Asian America"

AsiaSource - Asia Today

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

IndUS Business Journal
"...is the only newspaper that focuses on the business and cultural interests of the Indo- American community."

Japanese American National Museum

  • "Dear Miss Breed- Letters from Camp"
    "This digital exhibit highlights the Museum's collection of
    letters written to San Diego librarian Clara Breed by
    Japanese Americans interned in World War II concentration camps."
  • "The Life and Work of George Hoshida- A Japanese American's Journey"
    "This Web site honors the spirit and talent of George Hoshida (1907-1985), an incarcerated artist who documented camp life with pencil and brushwork in a series of notebooks he kept between 1942 and 1945."
  • "Finding Family Stories Gallery"
    "This electronic gallery features artists previously involved in Finding Family Stories. Working with the Korean American Museum, The Watts Towers Arts Center and Plaza de la Raza has enabled the Japanese American National Museum to initiate an ongoing dialogue about the "purity" of ethnic communities by examining the historic and contemporary crossovers and exchanges between the Japanese American, African American and Latino communities in Los Angeles."

KoreAm Journal - (dead link)
"...was launched in April 1990 as an English-language Korean American publication serving the greater Los Angeles area. KoreAm's intent then and today is to provide quality coverage on issues impacting the community and to report on the achievements of Korean descendants in America.

Korean American Digital Archive - (dead link)
"The Korean American Digital Archive includes materials that document the record of the Korean American community during the period of resistance to Japanese rule in Korea. Over 11,000 pages of documents, over 1,800 photographs, and several oral history sound recordings reveal the organizational and private experience of Koreans in America between 1903 and 1965."
From Libraries @ USC [University of Southern California]

Little Saigon Online

The Philippine Reporter

Selected Laws and Governmental Policies Affecting  Asian-Pacific Americans
From the Race and Racism in American Law page
University of Dayton School of Law

Southeast Asian Archive - (dead link)
Sections include: General ; Cambodian ; Hmong ; Lao ; Vietnamese
University of California, Irvine Libraries

  • Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience - (dead link)
    Sections include: The Past ; Exodus ; Refugee Camps ; Resettlement ; Vietnamese Americans ; Laotian Americans ; Hmong Americans ; Cambodian Americans.

U.S. Census Bureau

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

  • Koreans in America Bibliography - (dead link)

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