Thomas Joel Wilson files on Vietnamese refugees, 1987-1989

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Thomas Joel Wilson files on Vietnamese refugees, 1987-1989

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This collection contains Vietnamese refugees' stories written or collected by Thomas Joel Wilson, and letters from Wilson, as founder of Project Ngoc and chairman of Project Deliverance, related to the refugee camps in Southeast Asia.

0.2 linear feet; (1 box)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6652207

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

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Project Ngoc

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Online Archive of California

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Project Deliverance

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Wilson, Thomas Joel

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Biography Thomas Joel Wilson graduated in mathematics from the University of California, Irvine (UCI). In the spring of 1987, he initiated a new class, designed to let students earn college credit while becoming political activists on behalf of Vietnamese refugees. The class was inspired by the Santa Ana-based Project Deliverance and the San Diego-based Boat People SOS Committee, two groups seeking to help people who fled the Communist regim...