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1. Interview with Abdisalam Adam

Creator:
Adam, Abdisalam
Date Created:
2004-06-24
Description:
Abdisalam Adam grew up in Somalia, went to school in Nigeria, and came to the United States on a student visa. Adam worked for a magazine in Madison, Wisconsin, before coming to Minnesota. He has been married and raised a family since moving to Minnesota, and he currently works as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. Subjects discussed include: Growing up in Somalia; attending school in Nigeria; living in Saudi Arabia; moving to the United States on a student visa; first impression of the United States; working for a magazine in Madison, Wisconsin; Somali communities in Minnesota; religious awareness of Minnesotans; Somali weddings; recently visiting Somalia and returning in the future; important aspects of Somali culture; maintaining Islamic and Somali culture in the United States; the role of families in Somali culture; influence of television; opportunities for Somali teens; working as an ESL teacher.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

2. Interview with Abdi Sheikh

Creator:
Sheikh, Abdi
Date Created:
2004-06-04
Description:
Abdi Sheikh is from Somalia and came to Minneapolis in 2001. He attended Abraham Lincoln High School and transferred to Wellstone International High School. After high school graduation he plans on attending Normandale Community College. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Attending Koraning School in Kenya; moving to Nairobi from Somalia; troubles with the police in Kenya; learning English and Swahili; thoughts on America pre-immigration; leaving friends in Kenya; immigrating to the United States; struggling in high school; transferring to Wellstone International High School; being interested in religious history; high school graduation; plans to attend Normandale Community College; recreational activities in the city.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

3. Interview with Anoop Mathur

Creator:
Mathur, Anoop
Date Created:
2001-10-07
Description:
Anoop Mathur was born in India and immigrated to the U.S. as an adult. He has served as a teacher, administrator and board member of SILC. He developed the SILC Achievement Project class. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal background; positions at SILC; SILC Achievement Project; curriculum development; language fluency; school board meetings; Festival of Nations; SILC Day; India Day; volunteer participation; changes over time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

4. Interview with Bo Thao

Creator:
Thao, Bo
Date Created:
2000-01-17
Description:
Bo Thao is the daughter of Mai Vang Thao and the granddaughter of Mao Thao Yang. She was born in Luang Phrabang, Laos in 1974. She is a Stripe Hmong. Her family immigrated to the United States in December 1979. She has a bachelor's degree in family social science. At the time of the interview, she worked for the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry and was working on her master's degree. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women, cultural clashes. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was conducted predominantly in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

5. Interview with Chitra Subrahmanian

Creator:
Subrahmanian, Chitra
Date Created:
2001-11-11
Description:
Chitra Subrahmanian was born in India and immigrated with her parents to the U.S. She attended SILC as an older student and now serves as the principal of SILC. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal background; participation in SILC; carpooling; experiences as a student; social connections; SILC Achievement Project; SILC Day; Festival of Nations; visits to India; benefits of attendance; experiences as an administrator; comparing and contrasting professional and volunteer administration; focus groups; facilitating knowledge transfer; school board; committee work; preschool program; outreach to adopted children; vision for future.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

6. Interview with Dr. Vasant Sukhatme

Creator:
Sukhatme, Dr. Vasant
Date Created:
2004-10-11
Description:
Dr. Vasant Sukhatme was born in India and came to Minnesota in 1978 after finishing his PhD in economics. He became president of the India Association of Minnesota [IAM] in 1996. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Childhood - education - coming to Minnesota - marriage - finding a teaching job at a college - meeting members of the Indian community in the late 1970s - early involvement in IAM - volunteering for the Festival of Nations - reasons for joining the IAM board - activities involved in while serving on the IAM board - the fiftieth anniversary celebration of India's independence - serving as president of IAM - involvement in the Trustee Advisory Council - future vision of IAM - outsourcing - membership of IAM - involvement in the School of India for Languages and Culture [SILC] - second generation Indian-Americans - challenges faced by IAM - politics - service projects, fundraising and volunteer efforts - and future aspirations for projects IAM might take on.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

7. Interview with Godan Nambudiripad

Creator:
Nambudiripad, Godan
Date Created:
2003-07-06
Description:
Godan Nambudiripad came to Minnesota in 1981 with his family and became acquainted with the Indian community. He became president of the India Association of Minnesota [IAM] in 1990. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Moving to the United States - education - finding a job - becoming acquainted with members of the Indian community in Minnesota - involvement in the School of India for Languages and Culture [SILC] and the Hindu Mandir - early involvement in IAM - India Day activities and community involvement - participation in Festival of Nations volunteering activities - serving on the board of IAM, and eventually as president - meeting the Ambassador of India to the United States - community outreach and service programs - involvement in the IAM-sponsored speaker's bureau and experience speaking at various schools - community dance dramas - host family program for Indian international students - the Share and Care program - Literacy As a Movement for People [LAMP] movement and fundraising - IAM newsletter - the Children's Home Society - early history projects and lasting legacies - role of the internet - the Numbudiri caste - IAM membership - and maintaining Indian culture.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

8. Interview with Godan Nambudiripad

Creator:
Nambudiripad, Godan; Ramsey
Date Created:
2000-05-17
Description:
Godan Nambudiripad was born in India and emigrated to the U.S. as an adult. He served as a teacher, administrator and board member and participated as an adult student at SILC. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal background; participation in SILC; experiences as a teacher, president, and board member; volunteer recruitment; personal benefits; teaching methods; curriculum development; challenges and rewards of teaching; social connections; enrollment increases; organizational changes; location changes; experiences as a student; parental perspective; secularity; favorite moments; Festivals of India; Festival of Nations; outreach to adopted children; imparting culture.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

9. Interview with Gummadi J. Franklin

Creator:
Franklin, Gummadi
Date Created:
2004-07-31
Description:
Gummadi Franklin graduated from pharmacy school in India before immigrating to Minnesota in 1969. He became president of the India Association of Minnesota [IAM] in 1998. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Childhood - growing up in India - family - education - getting married - moving to Minnesota and finding a job - involvement with the Trustee Advisory Committee of the IAM - creation of the School of India for Languages and Culture [SILC] - various demographical branches of the IAM - importance of community - membership in the association - involvement in the Festival of Nations - serving as president of the association - fiftieth anniversary of India's independence celebration - involvement in relief projects - commercialization of the organization - future of the association.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

10. Interview with Hared Mah

Creator:
Mah, Hared
Date Created:
2004-06-03
Description:
Hared Mah grew up in Somalia and lived in Kenya before moving to the United States in 2001. He attended Wellstone International High School and was accepted at the University of Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Problems with the police in Kenya; growing up in a chaotic environment in Somalia; coming to the United States; going through New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis; the importance of learning English; family in the United States; first impressions of the United States; differences in public transportation; getting lost in the Mall of America; studying American history; adopting American culture.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

11. Interview with Harry Chin

Creator:
Gee, Chin Hong
Date Created:
2002-08-20
Description:
Harry Chin was born in China in the early 1920s. He immigrated to Minnesota in 1940 as a paper son. During the war he worked as a riveter, and then he worked at a variety of Chinese owned businesses, primarily restaurants. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His family - father's immigration to the United States - his own immigration to the United States - wartime work - other employers - Yep Laundry, Canton CafT, Kee's Chow Mein, Port Arthur CafT, House of Ming, Nankin - his marriage in United States - his marriage in China - winning Chinese lottery - homes he owned - resolving the paper son issue - helping family members immigrate.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

12. Interview with Jagadish Desai

Creator:
Desai, Jagadish
Date Created:
2003-07-15
Description:
Jagadish Desai was born in India and came to the United States in 1959 to study chemical engineering. He came to Minnesota in 1962. He was one of the founders of the India Association of Minnesota [IAM], formerly known as the India Club. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Coming to the United States to study chemical engineering - initial difficulty finding a job - meeting and marrying his wife - moving to Minnesota - first job with Gould-National Batteries - housing and job discrimination - meeting other Indians through the University of Minnesota's Indo-American club - involvement with the International Institute, and subsequently the Festival of Nations - involvement in the foundation of the India Club - process of inviting speakers, musicians, artists, and others from India to speak and give performances in Minnesota - involvement in Bicentennial activities - meeting people of various ethnic backgrounds in Minnesota - becoming a United States citizen and involvement in politics - obtaining his law degree - and retirement.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

13. Interview with James Tveekrem (1933- ), Schroeder Area Historical Society Oral History Collection, Schroeder, Minnesota

Creator:
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2000-03-31
Description:
The oral history of James Tveekrem describes his Norwegian grandparents settling in the Thomasville section of Schroeder, Minnesota, living in the saloon of a lumber camp, death of father and uncle on Lake Superior, Schroeder, Minnesota,daily life of a kid, Rural Electrification Association, trapping, school on the North Shore of Lake Superior, Cook County, Minnesota, Minnesota college in Duluth, Minnesota, and bird banding in Schroeder, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Schroeder Area Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

14. Interview with Jane Wilson

Creator:
Wilson, Lucia Jane
Date Created:
2002-10-11
Description:
Jane Wilson came to Minnesota in the early 1940s. She taught English to Chinese immigrants at the Westminster Presbyterian Church for about twenty years starting in mid-1940s as a function of the Chinese Sunday School program. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Chinese Sunday School held by Westminster Presbyterian church in Minneapolis as a vehicle to teach English and other skills, her role as teacher, and other ways she helped the Chinese and Asian community - various celebrations she has attended.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

15. Interview with Ketan Gada

Creator:
Gada, Ketan
Date Created:
2000-05-23
Description:
Ketan Gada grew up in Minnesota. His parents emigrated from India. His mother was one of the founding members of SILC. As a child, he attended SILC for about 10 years. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal background; involvement with SILC; experiences as a student; memories; significant things learned; socializing; classes; subjects: General Knowledge, language classes, cooking, dance, yoga, music, SILC Achievement Project; motivation; how studies at SILC affected later life; volunteer teachers; milk and cookie break; maintaining connections; Festival of Nations; benefits of SILC; SILC experience and trips to India.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

16. Interview with Manas Menon

Creator:
Menon, Manas
Date Created:
2001-12-28
Description:
Manas Menon was born in the U.S. His parents emigrated from India. As a child, he attended SILC for about ten years. More recently, he has served as a teacher. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal background; participation in SILC; experiences as a student; language fluency; General Knowledge; Indian classical music; social connections; experiences as a teacher; student-teacher relations; Festival of Nations; Indian culture; volunteers; trips to India; future plans.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

17. Interview with Manual Ruder (1914 - ), St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Ruder, Manual, (1914 - )
Date Created:
2002-09-12
Description:
In this interview, Manual (Mandy) Ruder (1914 - ) gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan. Special attention is afforded to his family background, including information about his Romanian and Zionist parents farming in Palestine, their settlement in North Dakota, and eventually settling with his mother in Minneapolis after the tragic death of his father. The focus moves to Ruder's childhood in a Romanian Orthodox community near downtown Minneapolis, roughly during the period of 1910 - 1920, to his education at the University of Minnesota in the 1930s, Navy career, career in American National Bank, and copious family details. This interview was conducted by Dr. Linda Mack Schloff, former director of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, in effort to document the stories of Jewish immigration to and community leaders in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

18. Interview with Mao Song Lyfoung Vang

Creator:
Vang, Mao Song Lyfoung
Date Created:
2000-01-27
Description:
Song Lyfoung Vang is the aunt of Pacyinz Lyfoung. Her maiden clan was the Ly clan and she married into the Vang clan. She is eighty years old. She has twelve children, six are still living. One lives in Laos, three live in France, and two live in the U.S. She never attended school. She has been widowed since 1992. She was born in July 1919. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was conducted predominantly in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

19. Interview with Maryan Del

Creator:
Del, Maryan
Date Created:
2004-06-21
Description:
Maryan Del came to the United States from Somalia in 1992. Del lived in Virginia before moving to Minnesota and currently works for the Confederation for the Somali Community. She is head of the Somali Girls Power program. Subjects discussed include: Growing up in Somalia; first impressions of the United States; expectations when moving to Minnesota; Somali communities in Minnesota; being separated from her family; attending college; exposure to different cultures; adopting part of American culture; important aspects of Somali culture; maintaining Somali/Islamic culture; ways Somalis are losing their culture; opportunities for Somali teens; hardships facing Somali teens; negative aspects of American culture; working with Somali teens.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

20. Interview with MayKao Hang

Creator:
Hang, MayKao
Date Created:
2000-01-17
Description:
MayKao Hang is the daughter of Sua Vu Yang and the granddaughter of See Lee. She is 27 years old. She is from the Yang clan and married into the Hang clan. She has been married four years and has one son. She has a master's degree in Public Affairs. She is the Director of Resident Services for St. Paul Housing. Her family immigrated to the U.S. in 1976. She was born in Sayaboury, NangHia, Laos. She is a White Hmong. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was conducted predominantly in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

21. Interview with Maykeu V. Lyfoung

Creator:
Lyfoung, Maykeu Vang
Date Created:
2000-01-27
Description:
Maykeu V. Lyfoung is the mother of Pacyinz Lyfoung. Born into the Vang clan, Maykeu is forty-nine years old. She has five children-two boys and three girls, and has completed two years of college. She has been married since she was seventeen and lives with her husband in Fresno, California. She was born in Xieng Khouang province, Laos, emigrated first to France and then came to the U.S. fifteen years ago. She is a White Hmong. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was conducted predominantly in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

22. Interview with May Y. Hang

Creator:
Hang, May Yang
Date Created:
2000-01-17
Description:
May Hang is the daughter of You Vang Yang and is the granddaughter of Nhia Vang. She is twenty-six years old, married and has two children. She is a registered nurse. Her family immigrated to the U.S. in 1977, when she was four. She was born in Pha Khe, Laos. She is both Blue and White Hmong. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Biographical information and religious affiliation. Childhood-school attendance, duties at home, community service, skills taught, social activities as a child, aspirations as a child. Hmong women's roles-decision making inside and outside of home and clan, women in leadership roles and how they are seen in the community, what women do to support their families, family planning, when women feel respected or disrespected. The war and living in refugee camps-memories of fleeing Laos, of refugee camps, difference in treatment of men and women in the camps. Adjustments since coming to the U.S.-skills needed to adjust, learning English, skills from Laos and Thailand that are adaptable or useable in the U.S., citizenship, leadership roles for women in the U.S. versus Laos, public contributions by Hmong women. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: The interview was conducted predominantly in Hmong. The Hmong transcript and an English translation are bound together for this interview.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

23. Interview with Mohamed Jama

Creator:
Jama, Mohammed M.
Date Created:
2004-06-21
Description:
Mohamed Jama was born in Nairobi, Kenya but grew up in Somalia. Jama moved to Minnesota in 1992 with his immediate family and currently works as a teen outreach worker for the Street Works program. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in Somalia; traveling conditions when coming to the United States; first impressions of the United States; cultural differences; hearing stories about the United States from his father; expectations of Minnesota; life in Minnesota; the language barrier; lack of resettlement support networks in the early 1990s; gang issues in Minneapolis; positives of moving to the United States; working with AmeriCorps; the importance of the Brian Coyle Community Center; advice for future Somali immigrants; preserving Somali and Islamic culture; cultural importance of women; losing culture; negative aspects of the hip-hop" culture; evolution of Somali music; obstacles and opportunities for Somali teens; Somali involvement in politics.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

24. Interview with Nancy Gunderson Lindquist (December 30, 1933- ), Schroeder Area Historical Society Oral History Collection, Schroeder, Minnesota

Creator:
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2000-09-20
Description:
The oral history of Nancy Gunderson Lindquist describes the emigration from Sweden of her grandparents, home birth with doctor and midwife, favorite foods, bachelor fishermen, The Cross River Coffee Shop, Girl Scouts, religious life and music.
Contributing Institution:
Schroeder Area Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

25. Interview with Nayana Ramakrishnan

Creator:
Ramakrishnan, Nayana
Date Created:
2001-04-03
Description:
Nayana Ramakrishnan was born in India. She immigrated to the United States with her parents in the early 1960s, and attended school and college in Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life - parents - journey to the U.S. - adjustments - education - food - dress - language - traveling to India - discrimination - home ownership - socializing with Indian community - comparing and contrasting Indian and Western culture and values - marriage - family values - School of India for Languages and Culture - participation in Indian associations.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories
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