Asian-American Studies: Archives & Online Collections

Non-profit organization committed to preserving the history of Asian-American immigration in the US.

University of California-sponsored digital archive of documents and images. Includes collections on Cambodian Americans, Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Hmong Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Laotian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Vietnamese Americans

There are images spanning from the 1870s until now that may be potentially relevant for a project.

Collection from the Calisphere archive

Digital collection and archive of images and documents

Library of Congress resource guide for Chinese Exclusion Act.

Very comprehensive interactive website and archive documenting the Japanese American Internment.

Collection within the Calisphere archive

Collection from the Calisphere archive focusing on the 442nd Japanese American Combat Team in World War II.

From the American Memory project (Library of Congress)

Over 13,000 pages of documents, over 1,900 photographs, and about 180 sound files documenting the Korean American community during the period of resistance to Japanese rule in Korea and revealing the organizational and private experience of Koreans in America between 1903 and 1965

SAADA reflects the vast range of experiences of those in the United States who trace their heritage to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the many South Asian diaspora communities across the globe

Documents and digital collections from UC-Berkeley's South/Southeast Asian Library

Educational resource of the Southeast Asian Archive at the UC Irvine Libraries focusing on post-1975 refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and the communities they have developed in the United States. It contains 1,500 visual images and 4,000 pages of searchable text selected from the Archive to represent a cross section of our holdings.

Images, documents, oral histories, and other materials documenting the Vietnam War. From Texas Tech University.