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Oral history interview of Migmar
The interviewee was born and raised in the 4th neighborhood area of Shigatse. His parents were very poor and worked as cobblers. The subject was taught this skill and did that type of work for several years. At the age of twenty-seven, he went to Social School, but was then admitted to the United Front Bureau and sent to the Party School. While there,…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
War or Conflict: Afghan War, 2001-2021; Operation Allied Force, 1999
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: Headquarters, US Army Criminal Investigation Command; 127th Military Police Company; 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion
Location of Service: Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Fort McClellan, Alabama; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Washington, DC; Kosovo; Germany; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Fort Carson, Colorado; West Point, New York
Oral history interview of Tsering
The interviewee was born to a taxpayer household in Giamda County in Kongpo. His mother died when he was around the age of fifteen so he went to live with relatives in Drigung who sent him to Tashilhunpo monastery to become a monk at the age of twenty. He discusses several aspects of his life as a monk during the old society. He explains…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Oral history interview of Dawa
The interviewee was born into a düjung family in Nyangri in Shigatse County. His family worked as servants for the ngadag Nyangri Gajang. He worked as an assistant shepherd from ages 8 to 10. From the age 10-13, he was sent to graze horses. When he was 14 years old, he worked for another household and by then could do some farming. Later on,…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Date:2003
Audio Recording
Oral history interview of Lhagchung
Born in Dongkar, the interviewee's family was a miser household that owned fields. At age 7 or 8 he started working as a corvée worker. At age 20, he went to Shigatse to join the Tibetan army just as the revolt was taking place. He discusses what it was like in the army. From age 23 to 60 he worked in the mountains doing…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Date:2003
Audio Recording
Portrait of a legend, 1951-1964
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
A comprehensive collection that takes a look at the career of one of soul's biggest icons. This collection has many of Sam Cooke's biggest hits, including You Send Me; A Change is Gonna Come; and Shake.
War or Conflict: Persian Gulf War, 1991; Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989
Branch of Service: Navy
Service Unit/Ship: Surface Warfare/Air Warfare, USS Ajax (AR 6); USS Hunley (AS 31); USS Canopus (AS 34); USS Harry Truman (CVN 75)
Location of Service: Great Lakes, Illinois; San Diego, California; Treasure Island, California; Lakeland Air Force Base,Texas; Panama; Kings Bay, Georgia; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Newport News, Virginia
personal narrativeAaron John Haag Collection
personal narrativeJeffrey Neal Collection
Audio RecordingOral history interview of Migmar The interviewee was born and raised in the 4th neighborhood area of Shigatse. His parents were very poor and worked as cobblers. The subject was taught this skill and did that type of work for several years. At the age of twenty-seven, he went to Social School, but was then admitted to the United Front Bureau and sent to the Party School. While there,…
personal narrativeAmanda R. Kean Collection
personal narrativeWilliam Dean Smock Collection