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Title: Oral History of Chau Minh Quach
Creator: Quach, Chau
Contributor: Quach, Cassandra
Date Created and/or Issued: 2015-05-18
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection: Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information: Copyright Unknown
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description: Scope/Content: An oral history with Ms. Chau Minh Quach, born on November 16, 1966 in Gia Dinh, Vietnam. She discusses her life in Vietnam and the effects of her dad being sent to a reeducation camp on the family. She also describes how her family escaped Vietnam by boat in 1980 when she was 13, arriving in Malaysia and staying at Pulau Bidong Refugee Camp for 6 months, and then going to Vancouver, Canada through a sponsorship. After moving to Southern California with her husband, she became a nail technician and esthetician. She currently works in Chino Hills and resides in Corona with her husband and 3 children.
Scope/Content: This recording is from the Vietnamese American Experience Class Oral Histories, 2015 Spring subcollection.
Scope/Content: Chau Quach at her home in Corona, CA; May 18, 2015; photographer Cassandra Quach
Type: sound
Format: 1 mp4 video file; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf time log; 1 pdf life map; 35 jpg image files
Extent: 95 minutes
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8f85m
VAOHP0239
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/14156
Language: English
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Subject: Architect | Boat People | Catholic | Children | Communism | Escape | English as a second language (ESL) | Family | Language barrier | Marriage | Nail salons | Reeducation camp | Refugee camp (Thailand) | Religion | Sponsors or sponsorship | Tradition or custom | Vietnam War | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | Orange County, California | Riverside County, California | Vietnam, Southern | Can Tho (Vietnam) | Da Lat (Vietnam) | Nha Trang (Vietnam) | Nha Trang (Vietnam) | Saigon (Vietnam)
Time Period: 1960-1969
Relation: Vietnamese American Experience Classes Oral Histories, 2015 Spring

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