James Ridgeway files on Southeast Asian refugees 1959-1996

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James Ridgeway files on Southeast Asian refugees 1959-1996

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This collection is comprised of materials collected by James Ridgeway that document refugee social services and educational organizations. The materials focus on organizations in Texas, the second most populous state after California for Southeast Asian refugees. An extensive list of evacuees from Southeast Asia is also included, which contains information on gender, age and occupation of refugees who arrived in 1975 at Camp Pendleton, California, a United States processing center for refugees. James Ridgeway served as a missionary and United Press International reporter in Vietnam from 1966 to the fall of Vietnam in 1975.

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University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650500

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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Historical Background James Ridgeway served as a missionary and United Press International reporter in Vietnam from 1966 to the fall of Vietnam in 1975. Ridgeway is the president of the Silver Dragons Corporation. From the guide to the James Ridgeway files on Southeast Asian refugees, 1959-1996, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.) ...