Vietnamese Community Oral History Project: Interview with Brother Simon-Hòa Phan

Titles: Vietnamese Community Oral History Project: Interview with Brother Simon-Hòa Phan (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Brother Simon-Hòa Phan was born in Saigon, Vietnam. Phan left Vietnam near the end of the war by helicopter from the U.S. embassy before the country fell to the Communist Party. Phan and his family sought refuge in Colorado and California. He later made his way to Minnesota to join the Benedictine monastery and completed college in the seminary. He then acquired a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and a Masters of Fine Arts in film. He teaches at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family background; Vietnam War; immigration; childhood memories; family business; seeking refuge from the Communists shelling the air force base; warfare and traumatic experiences; education; Asians in Vietnam and America; film and art; religion; celebrating Vietnamese culture; feeling discrimination as a minority; Vietnam Culture camp; being bilingual in Vietnamese and English; and the Vietnamese community.

Dates

• 10/22/2010 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Tran, Phuoc Thi Minh
• interviewee: Phan, Brother Simon-Hõa O.S.B.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 125
• Accession Number: AV2011.15.3

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Vietnamese Community Oral History Project' <OH 125>

Quantity: 1.25 hours sound cassette 32 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:00:26 running time

Subjects

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