Chino-Latino Oral History Project

Collection

Identifier: 2015.007

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 33 audiocassette tapes of oral histories conducted from 1997-1998 and 2003. Most of the interviews are compiled on two cassettes, although not all. All of the interviews have been digitized.

Dates

Creation: 1997-1998 and 2003

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

For reference use only; not for reproduction, distribution, or deposit in another collection. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Director of Collections. If publishing, cite: Chino-Latino Oral Histories Collection, Museum of Chinese in America.

Biographical / Historical

From December 12, 1998-February 27, 1999, the Museum of Chinese in America (then known as the Museum of Chinese in the Americas) cosponsored an exhibit with the Bronx Museum of the Arts entitled, "Mi Familia, Mi Communidad: Family Pictures from Cuba, Peru and Guatemala." As part of the project, oral histories were conducted with people of Chinese ancestry whose countries of origins included Puerto Rico, Peru, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, and Trinidad. These oral histories comprise this collection.