American Studies

Hub of resources related to Asian American literature including primary sources, biographies, and literary criticism. "The production of Asian American literature has steadily increased since the late 1960s, when it first began to flourish as part of the political movement for minority civil rights and social justice."

Hear the story of the Japanese American incarceration experience from those who lived it, and find thousands of historic photographs, documents, newspapers, letters and other primary source materials from immigration to the WWII incarceration and its aftermath.

Know as “the dean of Chinese American studies," this digital archive provides access to articles, speeches, and other writings by renowned archivist Him Mark Lai.

Digitized collections from the Hmong Cultural Center of St. Paul, Minnesota

Collection of artifacts from Hmong people in Catawba County, NC. Includes oral history recordings and transcripts. Search by keyword, select Browse All Exhibit Items underneath search bar, or select item by format.

Collection of oral history interviews of Hmong residents of Minnesota.

Copies of U.S. War Relocation Authority documents, including publications, staff papers, reports, correspondence, memoranda, press releases, and a few photographs. Also includes material collected and/or generated by the Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement Study, University of California, Berkeley, including evacuee diaries and letters, and staff correspondence, reports, and studies.

Publications, photographs, and audio files that document the Korean American community during the period of resistance to Japanese rule in Korea and reveal the organizational and private experience of Koreans in America between 1903 and 1965.

Digital Public Library of America primary source sets filtered by subject: Asian Americans. Topics include immigration, Japanese American internment, farmworker strikes, and literature.

Focus on post-1975 refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and the communities they have developed in the United States. Browse by ethnic group or topic, or search by keyword.

Largest publicly accessible archive of South Asian American stories. Browse or keyword search in the archive or check out digital exhibits.

Focus on Japanese Americans during their confinement in World War II. Includes papers, maps, artworks, and photographs created by government agencies, advocacy groups, and personal works.