Filipino Community Oral History Project: Interview with Belen Andrada

Titles: Filipino Community Oral History Project: Interview with Belen Andrada (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Belen Andrada was born in Butuan, in the southern Philippines. After World War II Belen finished college with a bachelor's degree in math from Santo Tomas in Manila. She came to the U.S. as a master's degree student at the University of Chicago. After marrying she moved to Minnesota and worked in area high schools. She continues to be active in the Filipino community. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Parents; growing up; World War II; Japanese occupation of the Philippines; college; immigrating; Filipino community in the 1950s in Minnesota; Filipino since the 1950’s in Minnesota; family; discrimination against Filipinos; community involvement. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: Belen Andrada was also interviewed by Susan March in 1978 for an MHS Asians in Minnesota Oral History Project.

Dates

• 12/01/2010 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Malicsi, Lita
• interviewee: Andrada, Belen S.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 126
• Accession Number: AV2011.16.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Filipino Community Oral History Project' <OH 126>

Quantity: 1.25 hours sound cassette 48 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:09:05 running time

Subjects

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