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Burmese Immigrants in Indiana, 2001-2002


Interviewee
Anonymous July 24, 2002 

Call Number
02-007

Physical Description

40 pages, 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 100 minutes; index

Interviewer
Wooley, Deanna

Access Status

Restricted (tapes closed)

Scope and Content Note

This is the life history of a Burmese immigrant born in Yangon (Rangoon) prior to the 1988 student uprisings. The interviewee who at age five faced the death of a father for his role in the Karen revolution, shares memories of family and early childhood. With a strong Karen background and belief in human rights, the interviewee relates experiences from divinty school, work as a missionary and communication challenges for family.

  • Keywords
    • Corporation Names
    • Burma Divinity School
    • Karen National Union
    • Place Names
    • Bangkok, Thailand
    • Fort Wayne, Indiana
    • United States
    • Yangon, Myanmar
    • Occupation Names
    • missionary
    • student
    • Personal Names
    • Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
    • Saw Ba Oo Gyi
    • Subjects
    • American values
    • Buddhism
    • Burmese government
    • Christianity
    • democracy
    • ethnicity
    • Four Principles
    • Karen ethnic group
    • Karen revolution
    • refugee camp
    • sermons