Title: Desi Wisconsin South Asian Immigration Oral History Project
Inclusive Dates: 2020-2021

Creator:

• Sharath Raja

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 368

Quantity: 41 digital files (2.06 GB)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

The Desi Wisconsin South Asian Immigration Oral History Project is comprised of ten audio interviews with immigrants from Southeast Asia to the Wisconsin area. Sharath Raja conducted the interviews in 2020 and 2021 on Zoom, a web meeting program, and recorded them to MP4 files before sending them to the UWM Archives. Digital scans of photographs from five of the ten interviewees were also obtained and sent to the UWM Archives to be included in this collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0368

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The Desi Wisconsin South Asian Immigration Oral History Project is comprised of ten audio interviews with immigrants from Southeast Asia. The project was created to document the experiences of early South Asian immigrants to the Milwaukee area. Sharath Raja conducted the interviews in 2020 and 2021. Digital scans of photographs from five of the ten interviewees highlight their lives in India as well as the Milwaukee area over the course of the past decades.

Narrators describe their lives before immigration, their journeys as immigrants to the United States, and their lives after settling in the Wisconsin area.

The files are organized alphabetically by subject.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Sharath Raja donated the collection in 2021.

Processing Information

Shiraz Bhathena wrote the abstract and scope and content notes for the finding aid in May 2021.

Sharath Raja wrote the text for the language of the landing page in 2020 and this was used for the biography and history note for the finding aid in May 2021.

Shiraz Bhathena wrote the finding aid in May 2021.

	Advani, Prem
Electronic Folder	Interview, 2020 November 20 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (33 min., 03 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Photographs View these images. Physical Description: 5 digital files (3.59 MB)
Electronic Folder	Gandhi, Sanath, 2020 October 02 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (35 min., 55 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Gupta, Aruna, 2021 January 29 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (31 min., 43 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Jayachandran, Jagadha, 2021 March 05 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (27 min., 05 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Khan, Iftekar, 2020 October 23 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (32 min., 10 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Patel, Amrit, 2020 October 04 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (13 min., 48 sec.)
	Raja, Sharath
Electronic Folder	Interview, 2021 March 27 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (30 min., 55 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Photographs View these images. Physical Description: 5 digital files (1.39 MB)
	Sanghavi, Dinesh
Electronic Folder	Interview, 2021 January 23 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (34 min., 08 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Photograph View these images. Physical Description: 1 digital files (2.77 MB)
	Sheth Sukhatme, Neela
Electronic Folder	Interview, 2021 February 26 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (40 min., 01 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Photographs View these images. Physical Description: 2 digital files (8.09 MB)
	Wagle, Sudhakar
Electronic Folder	Interview, 2020 October 30 Listen to this interview. Physical Description: 1 digital file (1 hr/, 11 min., 25 sec.)
Electronic Folder	Photographs View these images. Physical Description: 14 digital files (7.18 MB)