In this episode of Digging to the Other Side, we interview Priscilla Wegars and Renee Campbell, who head the University of Idaho's Asian American Comparative Collection. They share their insights and experiences on the importance of preserving and showcasing the diverse history and culture of Asian Americans in the United States. From the acquiring and cataloging artifacts to the impact that this collection has on the Asian American community, this interview is a must-listen for anyone interested in the rich and complex history of Asian Americans in the United States.

Show Notes:

Asian American Comparative Collection website https://www.uidaho.edu/class/anthrolab/collections/aacc/

Priscilla Wegars pwegars@uidaho.edu

Renae Campbell rjcampbell@uidaho.edu

In this episode, we talk with Chelsea Rose about her work on the Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project. 

We talk about early Chinese contributions to the development of Oregon; how they worked, built, and settled in the state. We talk gold mining, railroads, Chinese Merchants, and of course, Buckaroo Sam the most famous Chinese Cowboy in the Old West. 

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Show Notes:

Chelsea Rose - Time Team America

http://timeteam.lunchbox.pbs.org/time-team/meet-the-team/chelsea-rose/

Chelsea Rose - Academia

https://sou.academia.edu/ChelseaRose

Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project

https://oregon-chinese-diaspora-project-sou.hub.arcgis.com/

Portland Chinatown Museum

https://www.portlandchinatownmuseum.org/

They Called Him … Buckaroo Sam: The Imagined Life of a Chinese Cowboy

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.122.4.0546

Chinese Diaspora in Oregon. Oregon Historical Quarterly Vol. 122, No. 4

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.122.issue-4

Today we talk with Laura Ng about her research on early Chinese migrants in America and their return to their homelands. We talk about what American goods they brought back with them, the homes they built in China with the money they made in America, how they changed the American cultural landscape, and the lasting impacts of Chinese immigration to the US. 

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Show Notes:

Laura Ng

https://anthropology.stanford.edu/people/laura-ng

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laura-Ng

https://twitter.com/cocalola

Chinese Diaspora Archaeology in North America (book)

https://florida.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5744/florida/9780813066356.001.0001/upso-9780813066356

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