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Interviewee
Anonymous January 15, 2002 

Call Number
02-002

Physical Description

34 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 85 minutes; index

Interviewer
Wooley, Deanna

Access Status

Restricted (tapes closed)

Scope and Content Note

This is a life history of a Burmese immigrant, born 1975, living in Indiana. The interviewee discusses childhood and education in Burma; experiences with student political organizations, the 1988 movement and 1990 elections, organizing strikes and forced flight from Burma afterwards. The interviewee discusses life in refugee camps in India; being accepted into the Burmese Refugee Scholarship Program and coming to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; and experiences as an immigrant in America. The interviewee also discusses hopes for the future, and love for music.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • All Burma Student Democratic Front
  • Burmese Refugee Scholarship Program
  • Danish Burma Council
  • Distance Education Program
  • Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • Indiana University
  • Iron Cross
  • National League for Democracy
  • Open Society Institute
• • Occupation Names
  • monk
  • rice distributor
  • student
• • Personal Names
  • Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Lay Phyu
• • Place Names
  • India
  • Indiana
  • Myanmar
  • United States
• • Subjects
  • 1988 Burmese student uprising
  • American culture
  • Buddhism
  • Buddhist monastery
  • Buddhist monk
  • Buddhist novice
  • Burmese children
  • Burmese culture
  • Burmese education
  • Burmese marriage
  • Burmese military government
  • censorship
  • Chin ethnic group
  • Christianity
  • democracy
  • ethnic groups
  • guitars
  • music
  • political activities
  • refugee camp
  • religion
  • socialism
  • student political activity
  • student political organizations
  • traditional music
  • United States education