James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
Ang buhay sa nayon -- Life in the valley oral history project
Moses, Hannah
de Tablan, Luz M.
SC 0026
/repositories/4/resources/597
0.64 cubic feet
2 boxes
6.35 Gigabytes
191 digital files
2007-2015
Ang Buhay sa Nayon - Life in the Valley Oral History Project, 2007-2015, is comprised of video recordings, transcripts, photographs and a scrapbook documenting twenty-three oral history interviews from seventeen Filipino Americans from the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia.
English
Access Restrictions
Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
Access to the Oral Histories is governed by agreements with the interviewees. The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Ang Buhay sa Nayon, Life in the Valley Oral History Project, 2007-2015, SC 0026, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Acquisition Information
The oral history interviews in this collection were recorded in 2014 by Hannah Moses and Luz M. de Tablan. Interviews were donated to JMU Special Collections in the Spring of 2015.
Processing Information
The video interviews were transcribed by Hannah Moses and edited by Annie Swain. Additional edits of the transcripts by the authors are reflected in the online versions. The author-edited and original-edited versions are available in the JMU Special Collections Reading Room. In two instances, accompanying biographical information by the author is included online and on-site. In one instance, access to the video interview is only available on-site.
Bio/Historical Note
Ang Buhay sa Nayon - Life in the Valley Oral History Project, 2007-2015 is an oral history project partnership between James Madison University and the Filipino American Community of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. This project is also Hannah Moses' thesis project for her Master's in Local, Public, Regional History from JMU. The website for her digital thesis project can be found here: http://sites.jmu.edu/lifeinthevalley/
Moses began recruiting interviewees at the Harrisonburg, Virginia International Festival on September 27, 2014 and the interviews were completed in the Fall of 2014. For this project, fifteen Philippine-born Filipino Americans and two US-born Filipino Americans shared their life stories in a total of twenty-three interviews. Luz M. de Tablan, the founder of the Filipino American Community in the Shenandoah Valley, worked with Moses to interview Filipino individuals for the oral history project.
As of 2015, there are 1,110 Filipino Americans living in the Shenandoah Valley with the majority residing in the northern counties. Those who volunteered for the project live primarily in the southern portion of the Shenandoah Valley. This collection contains the stories of those who came to the United States between 1963 and 2010 and sheds light on the rural immigrant experience. The collection was officially opened to the public at a reception honoring the interviewees on April 25, 2015.
Scope and Content
Ang Buhay sa Nayon - Life in the Valley Oral History Project, 2007-2015, is comprised of video recordings, transcripts, photographs and a scrapbook documenting twenty-three oral history interviews from seventeen Filipino Americans from the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. The interviews were conducted during 2014 and edited and transcribed in 2015.
The project employed a life narrative approach where interviewees were asked to tell their life story and were then asked follow-up questions. Transcribing, editing, and reviewing took place in the Spring of 2015.
All interviews were conducted by Hannah Moses, and some interviews also included Luz M. de Tablan as an active interviewer. In some cases, interviewees wanted to conduct a second interview. Please see the transcripts for details about the interviews including length and date of interview as well as information about each interviewee including age, place of birth, and the date each individual arrived in the Shenandoah Valley.
Please note that video recordings and transcripts for each interview are available for use in the JMU Special Collections Reading Room.
Arrangement
Interviews are listed alphabetically by interviewee's last name.
Related Materials
Moses, Hannah. "Ang Buhay Sa Nayon - Life in the Shenandoah Valley" Masters Thesis Project. http://sites.jmu.edu/lifeinthevalley/
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
Scrapbooks
oral histories (literary works)
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 20th century
Immigrants -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Filipino Americans -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Elmer Bonga interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-1/repositories/4/archival_objects/18447October 24, 2014Elmer Bonga Transcripts and Supplemental Documents/repositories/4/archival_objects/18448October 24, 201411Elmer Bonga Photographs/repositories/4/archival_objects/18449SC0026-SET-001Lynn Buchanan interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-2/repositories/4/archival_objects/184502014 October 282014 December 11Lynn Buchanan Transcripts and Supplemental Documents/repositories/4/archival_objects/184512014 October 282014 December 1112Lynn Buchanan Photographs/repositories/4/archival_objects/18452SC0026-SET-001Tess Cortes interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-3/repositories/4/archival_objects/184532014 October 222014 December 10Tess Cortes Lynn Transcripts and Supplemental Documents/repositories/4/archival_objects/18454October 22, 20142014 December 1013Tess Cortes Photographs/repositories/4/archival_objects/18455SC0026-SET-001Diony de Tablan interviewed by Hannah Moses and Luz de TablanSC0026-4/repositories/4/archival_objects/184562014 October 2414Luz M. de Tablan interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-5/repositories/4/archival_objects/184572014 October 162014 December 815Pamela Aquino Flavell interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-6/repositories/4/archival_objects/184582014 October 2716Manny Jose interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-7/repositories/4/archival_objects/184592014 November 2217Elery Kadile interviewed by Hannah Moses and Luz de TablanSC0026-8/repositories/4/archival_objects/184602014 November 2318Jinky T. Knox interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-9/repositories/4/archival_objects/184612014 November 2119Gemma C. Myers interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-10/repositories/4/archival_objects/184622014 November 21110Hannah Myers interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-11/repositories/4/archival_objects/184632014 November 25111Michelle S. Ott interviewed by Hannah Moses and Luz de TablanSC0026-12/repositories/4/archival_objects/184642014 November 26112Gina Roy interviewed by Hannah Moses and Luz de TablanSC0026-13/repositories/4/archival_objects/184652014 October 262014 November 23113Eva Tran interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-14/repositories/4/archival_objects/184662014 November 24Eva Tran Transcripts and Supplemental Documents/repositories/4/archival_objects/184672014 November 24114Eva Tran Photographs/repositories/4/archival_objects/18468SC0026-SET-001Andrew Zapanta interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-15/repositories/4/archival_objects/184692014 December 7115Lita Zapanta interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-16/repositories/4/archival_objects/184702014 October 302014 November 20116Conrad Zapanta interviewed by Hannah MosesSC0026-17/repositories/4/archival_objects/184712014 October 302014 November 20Conrad Zapanta Transcripts and Supplemental Documents/repositories/4/archival_objects/184722014 October 302014 November 20117Conrad Zapanta Video recordings/repositories/4/archival_objects/184732014 October 302014 November 20SC0026-SET-001Ang Buhay sa Nayon Reception Headshots/repositories/4/archival_objects/18474SC0026-SET-001Pictorial History of the Filino American Community of the Shenandoah Valley Scrapbook/repositories/4/archival_objects/184752007-2015OV 1Ang Buhay sa Nayon Reception Photographs/repositories/4/archival_objects/184762015 April 25SC0026-SET-001Ang Buhay sa Nayon Reception Documents/repositories/4/archival_objects/184772015 April 25118