Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library and Museum Collections Description An account of the resource Please browse the more than 8000 knit- and crochet-related treasures in the CKC Collections Resource <a href="http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/collections/show/1">Museum and Library Collections</a> (drawn from <a href="https://dp.la/info/developers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Digital Public Library of America</a>). CKC is seeking new partner organizations to share their collections of knitting and crochet with visitors to this resource. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5/25/18 Title A name given to the resource Oral history interview of Nicolette To Mah Description An account of the resource In this interview, Nicole Mah recalls her experiences fleeing Vietnam in 1978. Born in Vietnam to parents of Chinese ancestry who fled communist China as teenagers, she remembers her parents and grandparents encouraging her to learn a skill. She learned to sew and describes her close-knit family and the enjoyable visits they made to her grandparents' home near the presidential palace in Ho Chi Minh City. She recalls escaping Vietnam with her aunt and five of her siblings in the middle of the night of January 1, 1978. Her parents and youngest sister could not join them because her sister was ill. They carried two changes of clothing and followed a woman who hid them in the bathroom of a home in the countryside. She describes in detail a harrowing night they spent hiding outside in a trench, listening to soldiers with guard dogs who were searching for them. She explains how they hid in the bottom of a fishing boat and watched the soldiers searching for them walk over the planks that hid them. The group joined others in a larger boat that included two young children whose father had been in the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam and faced imprisonment or death if he remained in Vietnam. She describes their journey toward Thailand; trying to bail water when the boat's pump broke; running out of food and water; and finally being rescued by a Thai fishing boat. She describes in detail the time they spent in a Thai detention center, while authorities verified their status as refugees. She describes in great detail the months they spent in an overcrowded refugee camp with no housing or electricity where they paid for the space they occupied and bartered or purchased the food and other supplies they needed by the sewing and knitting that Nicole and her sisters did. She explains the criteria used by various countries, including the United States, for accepting refugees and how they managed to get a sponsor in the United States. The family immigrated to Wichita, Kansas, through the efforts of the Catholic Church, and she remembers their experiences there, learning English and adjusting to life in this country. Her parents, sister, and grandparents later fled Vietnam by boat and were rescued by a United States Navy vessel in the South China Sea. She describes living through the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War and reflects on the war, her life, her family, her heritage, and her experiences as a refugee in the United States. boat people; trauma; displaced persons camps; ARVN; Fall of Saigon; Nicole To Mah and her family fled the communist regime in Vietnam in 1978, settling in the United States with her family. Subject The topic of the resource Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Refugee camps Immigrants--United States Tet Offensive, 1968 Catholic Church International Committee of the Red Cross Type The nature or genre of the resource moving image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hilliard, Tony (Anthony Stephen), 1944 Mah, Nicolette To, 1957 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/852 Relation A related resource thumb:001:https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do-th:geh_vhpohr_852 full:001:https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do-th:geh_vhpohr_852 linkto:001:http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/852 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digital Library of Georgia