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TitleAsian American Pacific Islander CollectionTypeMixed MaterialCollectionNotelanguage: Collection material in English. Also includes some material in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and other Pacific Islander, South Asian, and Southeast Asian languages.SummaryThe AAPI Collection consists of papers and collections from individuals and organizations such as sociologist and historian Betty Lee Sung, author Jade Snow Wong, social worker Royal Morales, author and analyst Juanita Tamayo Lott, historian E. San Juan Jr., graphic artist James N. Miho, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, playwright Velina Hasu Houston, and Mu Performing Arts. Also includes original mimeographed 1944 series of newsletters entitled Gung Ho! published by and for the 407th Service Squadron during World War IIThe collections relate chiefly to Asian American assimilation, communities, demography, education, exclusion laws, health, history, identity, immigration, labor, performing arts, and World War II internmentThese collections include correspondence, speeches, literary manuscripts, theater scripts, diaries, oral history interviews, transcripts, research papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, conference papers, symposium papers, community newsletters, organizational records, unpublished master theses, and yearbooksSubjects include Amerasians, Asian adoptees, Asian American studies, Asian Americans and urban life, Boat People, cannery work, Chinatowns, communities, cultural outreach, elderly care, equal rights, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, families, history, identity, immigration, intermarriage, labor practices, legal issues, race, performing arts and theater, refugee experience, stereotypes, student activism and organizations, war, and war bridesOrigin Date(s)1860-2013 Authorized Access PointAsian American Pacific Islander Collection