Southeast Asian Studies: Southeast Asian Archives located in Special Collections

A guide to resources and research on Southeast Asia

Archives located in Special Collections

The following collections have content relevant to Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian diaspora populations, and/or U.S. conflicts in Southeast Asia, and are housed within UW Libraries Special Collections.

Southeast Asia (multiple countries)

Albert W. Herre papers, approximately 1925-1957
Ichthyologist, and professor of fisheries, University of Washington, with a research interest in fish species, particularly those native to the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
Association for Asian American Studies records, 1973-2017
The Association for Asian American Studies was founded in 1979 for the purpose of advancing the highest standard for teaching and research in the field of Asian American Studies.
C. Krishna Gairola Indian and Asian Art and Architecture Slides, 1956-1999
The collection is a unique set of images that includes a significant representation of Indian art and architecture from the dynastic periods through the early 1960s, as well as art from Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Floyd A. Naramore photograph collection, 1948-1962
Collection of slides taken throughout the world.
James A. McGrath photograph collection, 1950-2008
Images of James McGrath teaching students at a number of overseas schools; traveling through Asia, Europe, and Africa; working at the Institute of American Indian Arts; and his involvement in acting and community projects
James W. Tollefson papers, 1967-2013
James W. Tollefson is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Washington. His primary research interests are in language policy and applied linguistics (especially language education) in multilingual contexts.
John Smail papers, approximately 1957-1967
Notes of bibliographical references, diary entries and of interviews in connection with his research on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Southeast Asian countries.
Nena and Sidney Rieb Slides of Southeast Asia, China, and Tibet, 1970-1988
A collection of slides on the textiles, people, and culture of various Southeast Asian countries.
Peter Kunstadter photograph and moving image collection, 1954-1988
Slides, photographs, and moving images of Southeast Asia.
University of Washington Asian Law Center records, 1964-2001
Course files, publications, program evaluations, research papers, reports; 1964-2001.
University of Washington Libraries, Southeast Asia Section records, 1973-2001
Correspondence, reports, conference files, minutes, budget files, newsletters; 1973-2001.

Burma (Myanmar)

Adrian Cowell film and research collection, 1960-2007
Film footage, slides, photographs and written material produced by Adrian Cowell Southeast Asia, mostly from the Shan State in Burma from 1966 to 1996. Also includes a small amount of material from films documenting the Dutch New Guinea in 1960-1961.

Cambodia

Elizabeth Becker Cambodia and Khmer Rouge Collection, 1970-1988
Publications, personal notes, photographs, recorded interviews, transcription of interview with Ieng Sary, and United Nations reports and correspondence regarding Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge compiled by journalist, Elizabeth Becker.
Elizabeth Becker Photographs and Tapes of Cambodia, 1978
Photographs and tapes from Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

Elizabeth Becker Collection- Inventory

United Nations, Transitional Authority in Cambodia records, 1992-1993
Handwritten reports from media monitors who worked for the Information/Education Division of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC); 1992-1993. Mainly written in Khmer, some in English.

Indonesia

Daniel Lev papers, 1954-2005
Daniel S. Lev was a scholar of Indonesia and a professor of political science at the University of Washington.

Philippines and its Diasporas / Philippine-American War (1899-1902)

Albert H. Van Arsdale photograph album, 1929-1946
Photograph album of a Seattle man serving in the US military at Fort Mills in the Philippines and elsewhere in the mid-1930s, and worked in Alaska in the late 1930s.
Albert W. Herre papers, approximately 1925-1957
Correspondence, research/field notes on "Philippine Fishes", India and Andaman Islands, speeches and writings of UW professor of fisheries and ichthyologist.
Aurelio Bulosan papers, 1949-1979
Papers of the brother of Filipino-American author, poet, and migrant laborer Carlos Bulosan.
B.L. Parker photograph collection, 1898-1899
1 album of 677 snapshots related to the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, 1898-1899, including views of San Francisco and adjoining military base(?), embarkation on troop ship, Honolulu, Manila and countryside, war scenes, and return of troops to home base.
Benjamin S. Ohnick family papers, 1935-1987
Benjamin Shannon was an executive with Marsman & Co., in the Philippines, from the 1920 through the World War II, and was interned with his wife, Ina, in Santo Tomas internment camp, in Manila, from 1942 to1945.
C.H. Hanford photograph collection, approximately 1898-1904
Photographs of American military forces in the Philippines and scenes of the Philippine American war, approximately 1899-1904.
Carlos Bulosan papers, 1914-1976
Papers of a Filipino-American author, poet, and migrant laborer.
Chris D. Mensalvas papers and oral history interview, 1935-1974
Between the years 1949 and 1959, Mensalvas was president of the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU) Local 37 in Seattle - the Filipino Alaska cannery workers union.
Chris Mensalvas and Silme Domingo family photograph collection, approximately 1920-1981
Photographs of Filipino-American president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union Silme Domingo, workers of the union and their families and friends.
Cindy Domingo papers, 1973-2019
Papers of a Filipino American labor activist, documenting her organizing work with the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes, Line of March, and the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), and other organizations.
Ed Tobey Spanish American War lantern slide collection, circa 1898
Glass lantern slides of the Spanish American War in the Philippines.
Filipino Pioneers of Bainbridge Island photograph album, 1974
Portraits of immigrant Filipino men who settled on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Herbert L. Collier photograph collection, 1898-1959
Herbert L. Collier was a soldier and city government official. He fought during the Spanish-American War and later the Philippine-American War.
Igorrote Village, Alaska-Yukon Exposition
Photographs of the 1909 Igorrote Village display In the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. It showed traditional dwellings, daily activities like dances, meal preparation, and weaving, and the agricultural operations of the Igorrote, a people indigenous to the Philippine Island of Luzon.
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Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP) [Union of Democratic Filipinos] records, 1966-2017
Records relating to the policital organization Katipunan Ng Mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP) [Union of Democratic Filipinos] and its members.
Libby, McNeill & Libby Company Salmon Division film collection, approximately 1935-1970
Six commercial films of the Libby, McNeill & Libby Company and eight home movie reels documenting cannery life in southeast Alaska. Home movie series includes footage of Filipino cannery workers, known as the Alaskeros, celebrating the Philippines' Independence Day.
Michael Withey papers, approximately 1974-2010
Materials related to the murders of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes and subsequent trial against Ferdinand Marcos.
Ross Werner photographs, 1938-1939
Photographs from the University of Washington Basketball All Stars' Team trip to the Far East, including China, Japan and the Philippines from December 1938 to March 1939.
S. E. Solberg papers, 1943-2000
Scholar with specialties in Korean literature and Asian-American literature, especially Korean-American and Fillipino-American literature.
Stereoview photographs of the Philippines, circa 1890s-1900s
Stereoview glass plate negatives of scenes in the Philippines from around the turn of the century probably brought back by someone in the Spanish American war.
Thomas McArthur Anderson Philippines Photograph Collection, 1898-1901
Photographs taken on the Philippine Islands, mostly on Luzon, before and during the Philippine-American war.
Trinidad Rojo papers, 1923-1994
Papers of a University of Washington student, President of International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, author, sociologist.
Velma Veloria papers, 1988-2002
An immigrant from the Philippines, Veloria was the first Filipina elected to state legislature in the continental United States, serving six terms as a Washington State Representative (11th District) from 1992-2004.
Victorio A. Velasco papers, 1920-1968
Journalist, labor organization leader, civic leader, poet. After immigrating in the 1920s, Victorio Velasco became a participant and leader in many facets of Filipino-American life over the next half century.
William Dowe Mercer papers, 1898-1899
Letters written by a soldier during his service in the Spanish-American War, and the Phillippine Insurrection, 1898-1899.

Thailand

Charles F. Keyes papers, 1890-2012
Research on Thailand by a Professor of Anthropology and International Studies.
Jane Richardson Hanks collection of anthropological research materials, 1948-2004
Papers and audiovisual materials focused on anthropologists' work with Thai communities.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hassett Chandler cabinet card, 1846
Cabinet card photograph of missionaries to Siam and Burma.

Vietnam and its Diasporas / Vietnam War and the Anti-War Movement

Anh Ba Sàm Blog archive, 2009 - 2017
Nguyen Huu Vinh, better known as Anh Ba Sam, is a Vietnamese human rights defender and blogger.
Binh Memorial Committee records, 1968-1974
Nguyen Thai Binh (1948-1972) was born in South Vietnam and attended the University of Washington from 1968-1971 under a U.S. A.I.D. scholarship. He gradually came to protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Asked to return home by A.I.D., he was shot and killed in July 1972 in an attempt to divert an airliner in Vietnam.
Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam records, 1969-1973
Historical features, organizational features, correspondence, financial records, planning files, clippings, ephemera, 1969-73.
Darlene Myers Hildebrandt photographs, 1969-1970
Photographic slides of UW campus and the Vietnam Peace Rally by Darlene Myers Hildebrandt.
Dinh Hoa Nguyen papers, circa 1949-2000
The Hanoi-born scholar has taught Vietnamese linguistics, literature and culture at several institutions of higher learning (Universities of Saigon, Hue and Dalat, Columbia University, the University of Washington (1965-1966), the University of Hawaii, San Jose State University, Mission College).
Dorothy Jean Johnson papers, 1966-1980
Papers of an activist in health care planning and delivery in King County. She was also active in the anti-Vietnam War movement.
Fred Lonidier papers, 1968-1970
Materials related to Draft Resistance-Seattle and other materials related to the Vietnam War and draft resistance.
John Spragens photographs, moving image and audio collection, 1960s-2012
John Spragens (August 8, 1944 -2013) was a staff photographer for the Mountain Retreat Association, Montreat, NC and for the Louisville, KY, Southern Patriot before going to Vietnam in 1966 with the International Voluntary Services to teach Vietnamese high school students in Tra Vinh, in the Mekong Delta.
Laurence C. Thompson papers, 1935-2014
Linguist Laurence C. Thompson (1926-) studied Salishan languages, Austroasiatic languages, and Vietnamese. He wrote and co-authored a number of texts including A Vietnamese Grammar (1965), A Vietnamese Reader (1961), and A Fresh Look at Tillamook Phonology (1966).
Richard J. Carbray papers, 1950-1994
Papers, photos, tapes and materials of a Catholic social activist related to Vietnam issues and other materials.
Robert C. Stever Papers, 1969-1982
Papers of Seattle physician who participated in medical missions to North Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1970s.
Seattle Women Act for Peace photograph collection, 1945-1998
Images document SWAP's history through local and national pacifist protests and conferences.
Student Mobilization Committee ephemera
Ephemera of the Pacific Northwest New Mobilization to end the War in Vietnam by an organization opposed to the Vietnam War.
Students for a Democratic Society records, 1964-1969
Records of a left organization opposed to the Vietnam War.
Sue Davidson papers, 1950s-2000s
Sue Davidson (March 30, 1925-September 28, 2016) was a writer, editor, and leader in the local movement opposing the Vietnam War.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Washington-Alaska Regional Office records, 1970-1986
The collection includes materials created by, or collected by, the VVAW Washington-Alaska Regional Office. Includes national VVAW and other chapter materials.
Vietnam War era ephemera collection, 1965-1980
Collection of printed ephemera including pamphlets, posters, manifestos, newsletters, booklets, and open letters created by the various Seattle-area and University of Washington manifestations of American civil rights and protest movements of the late 1960's and 1970's.
Vietnamese propaganda films, 1971-1972
Two films, The Culprit is Nixon and U.S. War Techniques and Genocide in Vietnam , produced by the Vietnam People's Army Film Studio.
World Without War Council of Greater Seattle records, approximately 1952-1986
Materials on topics including disarmament, global education, opposition to the Vietnam War, and other issues related to the World Without War Council.