Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Phiengtavanh Savatdy

Titles: Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Phiengtavanh Savatdy (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Phiengtavanh Savatdy was born in 1981 in Vientiane, Laos. She enlisted in the Army National Guard, and attended St. Cloud College. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in Laos; nicknames given to her as a child; coming to the United States; coming to Minnesota and going to public schools in Minneapolis; being different and wanting to fit in; educational achievements; becoming a citizen and enlisting in the National Guard; coming home from Iraq and going to college; being active in extracurricular groups in college; not being active in the local Lao community; personal, and career goals and goals for the Lao community.

Dates

• 01/14/2012 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Savatdy, Phiengtavanh
• interviewer: Vongsay, Saymoukda

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 144
• Accession Number: AV2012.5.7

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Asians in Greater Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 144>

Quantity: 1 hour compact disc 60 pages transcripts

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:02:39 running time

Subjects

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