Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community collection
Scope and Contents
This collection aims to document the experiences of Vietnamese Americans living in the Portland, Oregon Metro Area. Collection consists of oral history interviews, documents, photographs, and ephemera. The bulk of the material is digital.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-2025
- Creation: Majority of material found in 2017-2025
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
The Vietnamese community comprises 2% of the population of Portland, one of the largest among major U.S. cities. Yet its history is mostly undocumented. The experiences of this community in Portland offer an important corrective to the traditional picture of Oregon’s past. This project seeks to contribute to a more rounded history of Portland by documenting the stories of Vietnamese Portlanders and collecting oral histories, documents, photographs, and ephemera from members of the community.
Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community is a multi-year archival project at Lewis & Clark College that seeks to document a more representative, thorough history of the city of Portland by preserving the history and contributions of the Vietnamese community to the city. The collection includes individual and institutional oral history interviews, documents, photographs, and ephemera.
Extent
76 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Community-centered collection compiled by Lewis & Clark College Special Collections and Archives documenting the experiences of Vietnamese Americans living in the Portland, Oregon Metro Area. Collection consists of oral history interviews, documents, photographs, and ephemera. The bulk of the material is digital.
- Title
- Guide to Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Zoë Maughan
- Date
- July 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository