Last Updated on October 16, 2021
Celebrate the history and diverse cultures of Asian Pacific Americans through the foci of primary source images, documents, oral histories, and more. You’ll also find related lesson plans, stories, interactives, and streaming webcasts–come explore!
Primary Source Learning: Asian Pacific American History & Culture
PSN Asian Pacific source sets
- Cherry Blossoms
- Japanese-American Internment
- Korean War
- Rock Springs Massacre
- Duke Kahanamoku & Surfing & Swimming
- Patsy Mink
- Hawaii
- Burma/Myanmar
- Cambodia
- China
- India
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Thailand (Siam)
- Vietnam
Library collections
- After the Day of Infamy: Man-on-the-Street Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Ansel Adams Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
- Chinese in California 1850-1925 Bancroft Library
- Behind Barbed Wire internment story map
- Genthe Collection: San Francisco’s Chinatown, 1896-1942
Online exhibitions
Veterans History Project
Primary Source Sets
- Asian American
- Asian American image set
- Chinese American
- Chinese-American image set
- Chinese-American oral history set
- Filipino American
- Filippino Woman’s club images
- Japanese-American image set
- Japanese-American oral history set
- Modern U.S. legislation related to Japanese Americans
- Korean American
- Korean-American image set
- Korean-American oral history set
- Pacific Islander American
- Vietnamese American
- Vietnamese American image set
- Vietnamese-American oral history set
Asian American and Pacific Islander Materials: A Resource Guide
Spotlights, Features & Special Presentations
- Asian and Pacific Island American Heritage Calendar
- Chinese in America
- Chinese and Westward Expansion
- Chinese Immigration to the United States, 1851-1900
- Immigration: Chinese & Japanese
- The Filipino Migrant Experience: Part I & Part II streaming webcast
- Shades of L.A.: The Filipino American Experience Los Angeles Public Library
Music, Dance & Literature event recordings
- 2017 Asian American Literary Festival
- Asian-American Literature Today
- Asian-American Poetry Today 2011
- Asian-American Poetry Today 2012
- Asian Multicultural Program Philippine & Burmese dance, martial arts
- Roya Bahrami: Classical Music of Persia
- Cambodian-American Heritage Dancers with Chum Ngek Ensemble
- Children’s/Young People’s Author Janet Wong
- Graphic Novelist & Comic Book Author & Artist Gene Luen Yang
- Lao Natasinh Dance Troupe of Iowa
- Chang-rae Lee: 2010 National Book Festival
- Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes
- Suzy Lee: 2013 National Book Festival
- Novelist & Short Story Writer Jen Gish
- Poet & Children’s Author Linda Sue Park
- Poet & Memoirist Li-Young Lee
- Poet, Novelist & Critic Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
- Poet Suji Kwock Kim
- Poet Amy Uyematsu
- The South Asian Literary Recordings Project MP3 audio files
Library of Congress blog posts
- Aloha, Hawaii! Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Month April 12, 2012
- Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month May 12, 2011
- Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month: Highlights from the Veterans History Project May 13, 2014
- Before Brown v. Board of Education, There was Tape v. Hurley May 5, 2021
- Baseball Americana: Playing Behind Barbed Wire May 17, 2018
- Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Primary Sources April 29, 2021
- Chinese Americans and the Gold Rush January 28, 2021
- Defiant Loyalty: Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers May 9, 2017
- East Asian American Traditions May 27, 2015
- “Her Name is Shizuko”—A Mother’s Influence May 5, 2021
- Honoring Asian Americans: A Cornerstone of American Business May 12, 2021
- Inquiring Minds: Chinese Opera in North America August 1, 2017
- Japanese-America’s Pastime: Baseball May 25, 2018
- Native Hawaiian Law May 10, 2021
- Photos Document Japanese-American Wartime Internment May 2, 2014
- Poet Arthur Sze at the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival August 1, 2019
- Poet Jennifer Chang at the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival August 2, 2019
- Poet Kimiko Hahn at the Asian American Literature Festival July 27, 2017
- Recognizing the Service of Asian-Pacific-American Veterans May 16, 2017
Teach Asian American and Pacific Islander History California History Social Science Project blog May 13, 2021
Current Context Issue: Anti-Asian Racism in US History California History Social Science Project May 2021
11 Moments From Asian American History That You Should Know Time April 30, 2021
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