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Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_FOLK COLL 58

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the physical recordings and associated materials of the Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection. A product of the 2015 Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley” made possible by Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archive and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, and the Library of Congress.

Dates

  • 2015

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Biographical Note

In May 2015, USU’s Fife Folklore Archives and Folklore Program hosted “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley,” a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation. This three week summer field school trained students to document and deposit the important stories of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees in the Fife Folklore Archives at Utah State University’s (USU) Special Collections and Archives which resulted in this collection, Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project.

Extent

16 interviews (41.4 GB)

Abstract

Cache Valley, Utah is the home of Burmese Muslim, Karen, and Eritrean refugees. Documenting and preserving their stories is an important goal of Utah State University’s Fife Folklore Archives (FFA). In May 2015, USU’s FFA and Folklore Program, with help from the Karen community, hosted a Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation: “Voices: Refugees in Cache Valley.” Field school students worked to document Cache Valley’s recent refugee communities. This collection, Folk Coll 58: Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project, houses the physical recordings, release forms, and associated materials of the interviews which took place during this field school.

Arrangement

The materials are divided into three series: Digital Collections, Interview CDs, and Associated Materials.

Custodial History

Release forms are kept in Folk Coll 58: Collection File.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials were provided by the Library of Congress Field School for Cultural Documentation.

Existence and Location of Copies

There is a digital collection with an Omeka digital exhibit.

Separated Materials

As all materials were born digital, the most robust portion of this collection is housed in the digital collection.

Processing Information

Processed in April of 2015

Title
Guide to the Cache Valley Refugee Oral History Project collection 2015
Author
Finding aid/Register created by Heidi Williams
Date
© 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English

Revision Statements

  • 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)