Cha Toua Her was born and raised in Laos. He joined the Secret Army in Laos in 1967, when he was thirteen, becoming part of the Special Guerilla Unit (SGU). He was trained as a field medic and a dentist and eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant. He was approved for resettlement to the United States in 1988, and he, his wife, and their seven...
Creator:
Her, Cha Toua
Contributor:
Her, Jesse (Editor)
Created:
2015-03-20 - 2015-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Chaw Sein was born in Umpiem Refugee Camp in Thailand in 2000. Her family had left Burma because of war. In 2008, her family resettled in the United States, living in Georgia for three years before moving to Minnesota.
Creator:
Sein, Chaw
Created:
2017-02-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Scratchboard depicting a rocky canyon pass, with sheer cliffs leading to a winding, fast-moving river or stream at their base. A few trees dot the cliffs, and in the right hand cliffs a railroad bridge is visible in two places.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1767-04-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.