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Visual Communications Archives

Visual Communications is the first non-profit organization in the nation dedicated to the honest and accurate portrayals of the Asian Pacific American peoples, communities and heritage through the media arts. The Visual Communications Archives is the repository for the records generated by and related to the history of Visual Communications. Its purpose is to document the history of the organization by organizing, preserving, and creating access to primary materials for staff use, as well as by scholars who are interested in Visual Communications’ role in the Asian American communities and history.

The Visual Communications Archives is recognized as one of the nation’s most comprehensive repositories of 20th Century Asian Pacific American history with unique holdings in historical still and moving images and oral histories. The holdings include over 300,000 photographic images, 1,500 titles in the Media Resource Library, 100 films and videos produced by Visual Communications, and over 1,000 hours of oral histories. The Visual Communications Archives is unique due to the diversity of its collections in pan-Asian content, a variety of formats and subjects, and the number of items that are under Visual Communications ownership.

The Visual Communications Archives' digital collection at California Revealed consists of moving images and audio recordings from the 1930s to 1990s. The collection includes oral history interviews with Asian Pacific American communities in California, as well as home movies, 1970s footage of San Francisco Chinatown, and footage of a 1971 community health day held in Los Angeles.

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California Strawberry Farming Industry Interviews

Title:

California Strawberry Farming Industry Interviews

Date Created:

199X

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Visual Communications
Performer: Visual Communications
Interviewee: Driscoll, Tom
Interviewee: Murata, Paul

Media type:

Sound

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Chinatown: Portrait of a Working Community

Title:

Chinatown: Portrait of a Working Community

Date Created:

1977

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Ohashi, Alan
Director: Ohashi, Alan

Media type:

Moving Image

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Colonel Young Oak Kim Oral History

Title:

Colonel Young Oak Kim Oral History

Date Created:

1986-02-04

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Visual Communications
Interviewer: Tsukano, John
Performer: Visual Communications
Interviewee: Kim, Colonel Young Oak

Media type:

Sound

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Downtown L.A. Community Health Day

Title:

Downtown L.A. Community Health Day

Date Created:

1971

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Unknown
Copyright holder: Visual Communications

Media type:

Moving Image

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

East West Playhouse Video Interviews

Title:

East West Playhouse Video Interviews

Date Created:

1995

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Esaki, John
Director: Esaki, John
Interviewee: Miyamoto, Nobuko, 1939-
Interviewee: Takei, George, 1937-
Interviewee: Dang, Timothy
Interviewee: Quo, Beulah, 1923-2002
Copyright holder: Visual Communications

Media type:

Moving Image

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Filipino American Home Movies

Title:

Filipino American Home Movies

Date Created:

195X

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Cayetano, George
Performer: Cayetano, George
Copyright holder: Visual Communications

Media type:

Moving Image

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Forgotten Heroes Documentary Footage

Title:

Forgotten Heroes Documentary Footage

Date Created:

[1999,2000]

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Bikichky, Andrew
Creator: Halili, Caroline
Director: Bikichky, Andrew
Director: Halili, Caroline
Interviewer: Bikichky, Andrew
Interviewer: Halili, Caroline
Performer: Bikichky, Andrew
Performer: Halili, Caroline
Copyright holder: Visual Communications

Media type:

Moving Image

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Koreatown Interviews about LA Riots

Title:

Koreatown Interviews about LA Riots

Date Created:

1992-05-02

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Visual Communications
Interviewer: Mabalot, Linda
Performer: Visual Communications

Media type:

Moving Image

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Little Tokyo 1930s Home Movie

Title:

Little Tokyo 1930s Home Movie

Date Created:

1934

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Kawasaki, Akira
Performer: Kawasaki, Akira
Copyright holder: Visual Communications

Media type:

Moving Image

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives

Military Intelligence Service Oral Histories

Title:

Military Intelligence Service Oral Histories

Date Created:

1989-03-11

Creators and Contributors:

Creator: Kanegai, George
Creator: Usui, Mits
Interviewer: Kanegai, George
Interviewer: Usui, Mits
Interviewee: Mita, Jim
Interviewee: Hayashi, Frank
Interviewee: Sankey, George
Interviewee: Miyata, Fred
Interviewee: Uratsu, Gene
Interviewee: Akune, Harry
Interviewee: Bannai, Paul
Interviewee: Sakamoto, Tom
Interviewee: Ding, Loni
Interviewee: Kihara, Hayato
Interviewee: Kihara, Hayato
Interviewee: Kimura, Rusty
Interviewee: Kubo, Harry
Interviewee: Yamashita, Nob
Interviewee: Hara, Min
Interviewee: Oka, Don
Interviewee: Furuye, Nob
Interviewee: Kuwabara, Henry
Interviewee: Gosho, Hank
Interviewee: Nomura, Sho
Interviewee: Yoneda, Karl
Interviewee: Nakao, Pete

Media type:

Sound

Source Institution:

Visual Communications Archives