Oral history interview of Setrong Wangye
Setrong Wangye was a member of a rich shungyupa (government taxpayer family [tib. gshung rgyugs pa]) in Tülung [tib. stod lung] district. His family had large land holdings with its own miser [tib. mi ser] or bound peasants/serfs and also held the position of Gyatso gembo [Tib. rgya mtsho rgan po] for the district.
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993
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Oral history interview of Drakten
Drakten [Tib. grags bstan] was a monk official in the traditional Tibetan government who discusses in detail the political events that occurred in Lhasa in the 1950s.
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Lhalu Tsewang Dorje
Lhalu [Tib. lha klu] was a Kalön and also the Governor-General of Chamdo (the Doji) in 1950. In this interview, he discusses the implementation of Chinese political reforms in Lhasa in the 1950s. He discusses how many people thought that it would be best to implement the 17-Point Agreement only gradually, and the people's (Tib, mimmang) views of the Kashag. He describes the Chinese's…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Lobsang Phüntso
Lobsang Phüntso [Tib. blo bzang phun tshogs] was a monk in Kundeling Monastery in Lhasa. In this interview, he discusses the process of becoming a monk in the old society and the daily routine of life in Kundeling Monastery.
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1989-01-01
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Oral history interview of Alo Chöndze
Alo Chöndze [Tib. a lo chos mdzad] was a major leader of the People's Association in Tibet and India in the 1950s. In this interview, he discusses trade, monasteries and politics as a major leader of the People's Association. He briefly explains his experiences as a monk, differentiates between some types of monks and also discusses Sera Je's decision to fight the Tibetan government.…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Phu Dündül Chöying
Phu Dündül Chöying [Tib. bu bdud 'dul chos dbyings] was from an important family in the Pembar district which was part of the Shotalhosum area in Chamdo, Eastern Tibet. In this interview, he discusses the interactions between Tibetan officials and the People's Liberation Army and discusses his work in Pembar in the early 1950's. He also discusses how Andrutsang Gombo Tashi's troops arrived there…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Mrs. Surkhang
Surkhang Lhajam [Tib. zur khang lha lcam] is the wife of the famous Surkhang Sawangchemmo. In this interview, she discusses his political activities and her own role in the Women's Association in the 1950s.
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Athar (Litang) Ngawang Norbu
Ngawang Norbu [Tib. ngag dbang nor bu], also known as Litang Athar [Tib. li thang a thar], was a monk and trader in Bö. He was part of the first group of six Khambas taken from Kalimpong to Saipan in 1957 by the CIA for training. He was parachuted into Central Tibet in October 1957 to make contact for the Americans with Phala and…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Chabtsom Chime Gyebo
Chabtsom [Tib. chab tshom] was a lay aristocratic official who was a tsiba in 1950 and then was appointed a Kashag Secretary (gadrung) when the Council of Ministers (Kashag) left for Yadong in 1950. He later went back to working as a tsiba when the Kashag and Dalai Lama came back to Lhasa in 1951. He was appointed the head of the Shigatse dzong…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Chape Tseden Phüntsog
Chape [Tib. chab spel] was a Tibetan government lay official. In this interview, he discusses his work and how he received an order from the Kashag via the Garpön to recruit militia when the Chinese were on the banks of the Yangtze River in 1950, but the miser refused. He also describes how he became a school teacher in the first school set up…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Gyegyepa Tenzin Dorje
Gyegyepa [Tib. dge rgyas pa] was a lay aristocratic government official who served with Lhalu in Chamdo. After this he was sent as a staff officer in the Dalai Lama's new Bureau Office in Beijing. He returned to Lhasa in 1955 and worked in the Kashag as a gadrung. In this interview, he talks his life and work during this period.
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Radru Ngawang
Radrü Ngawang [Tib. dbra phrug ngag dbang] was a Litang (Khamba) monk who became a monastic manager/trader (Tib. Jiso) and then became one of the top military commanders in Chushigandru. In this interview, he discusses how he became the Jiso of the Litang monastery and the work he did. He also talks about the early years when the People's Liberation Army first came to…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Lhatsun Labrang Chandzö
Lhatsun Labrang Chandzö [Tib. lha btsun bla brang phyag mdzod] was a well-known and capable monk who worked as a manager/steward. In this interview, he talks about how the Chinese initially came to Tibet and about some of the early disputes over the Tibetan Army and flag. He also talks about working as the salt tax collector in Western Tibet and how he came…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Gyentsen Tempel
Gyentsen Tempel [Tib. rgyal mtshan bstan 'phel] was a monk official from the shagtsang of Jigyab Khembo Gyambumgang. He later became a tsendrön in the Dalai Lama's Secretariat. In this interview, he discusses the negotiations between Tibet and China and the Tibetan people's reactions to the idea of communism. He also discusses the traditional decision-making process, the People's Association, and the two differing views…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Amdo Samdrup
Amdo Samdrup [Tib. a mdo bsam grub] was a monk from Kumbum Monastery who came to Lhasa when he was 21 and entered Drepung's Gomang College. After a few years, he spent most of his time in Lhasa. In this interview, he discusses some of the early fighting in Amdo and the Water-Dragon YEAR People's Association that arose in 1952.
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1994-01-01
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Oral history interview of Champa Yönten
Champa Yönden [Tib. byams pa yon tan] was a monk official who had served as the district head [Tib. 'go ba] of Yangpajen [Tib. yangs pa can]. In this interview, he talks about the recruitment of monk soldiers and how the Dalai Lama was given political power, as well as about the early 1950s in Lhasa. He also discusses the first meeting of the…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Thubden Tempa
Laja Thubden Tempa [Tib. bla phyag thub bstan bstan pa] worked in the Tibetan mint at Trapchi with Tsarong Dzasa, and later became a Khenjung and one of the heads of the Laja Office. In this interview, he discusses some of the major Tibetan political figures of the 1950s, as well as government operations at that time. He briefly discusses the old society, tax…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Namgyel Wangdü
Namgyel Wangdu [Tib. rnam rgyal dbang 'dus] was a shengo in the Gyantse Regiment [Tib. nga dang dmag sgar] who was in Chamdo in 1950-51 and in Lhasa uprising in 1959. In this interview, he describes his time with the army in eastern Tibet in 1950-51 and the People's Party in Lhasa in 1952.
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Lhautara
Lhautara Tsendrön [Tib. lha'u rta ra rtse mgron] was a monk official in the Tibetan government. In this interview, he discusses his work as the head of Namru Dzong in 1950-1952 and also explains a very interesting dispute he and the local people had about transporting supplies to the Chinese Payroll Office in Nagchu, and how the Chinese had to back down. He discusses…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of Chime Gombo
Chime Gombo [Tib. 'chi med mgon po] was a clerk in the Tseja Treasury Office and then became the dzongpön of Lhapsö [Tib. lha gsol] Dzong in Dakpo. In this interview, he discusses how in 1953 he went to Chamdo as the tax collector for the Tseja Office to collect the butter taxes. He also talks about his successful trading work bringing Indian goods…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Shatra Ganden Paljor
Shatra [Tib. bshad sgra] was a well-known aristocratic official from one of the highest and wealthiest families in Tibet. In this interview, he talks about the death of the 13th Dalai Lama. He gives an excellent and detailed explanation of how the Tibetan government's Intermediate Assembly worked, as well as an important analysis regarding the conflict between Lungshar, Kumbela and Trimön over who should…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1981-01-01
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Oral history interview of Lukhang Mrs. Lukhang
Lukhang Jamjung [Tib. klu khang lcam chung] is the daughter-in-law of the famous Sitsab Lukhangwa. In this interview, she discusses her home in Marlampa, her schooling in Lhasa, and her journey to Lukhang as a bride for Lukhang's son, the gandrön. She discusses how her husband worked in the Kashag and then went to Eastern Tibet to prepare for war. She also discusses Sitsab…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Lhagyari Namgyel Wangchuk
Lhagyari Trichen [Tib. lha rgya ri khri chen] was the head of Lhagyari, one of the highest aristocratic families who claim descent from the early Tibetan Kings. In this interview, he discusses his life in 1950 as an official in Tibet. He discusses the 13th Dalai Lama and the structure of the Tibetan old society. He describes his life in Lhagyari and the arrival…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1992-01-01
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Oral history interview of (Amdo) Gyedong Tsering
(Amdo) Gyedong Tsering [Tib. (A mdo) rgyas stong tshe ring] was a trader who was originally from Amdo. He was involved in the 2nd People's Association and with Jenkhentsisum in India. In this interview, he discusses the 1st People's Association of 1952 and the detention of the leaders of the 2nd People's Association in 1956. He explains how he travelled to India carrying the…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Date:1993-01-01
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Oral history interview of Panden Trijang Labrang
Panden Trijang Labrang [Tib. dpal ldan khri byang bla brang] was a servant/attendant of the famous Trijang Rimpoche. In this interview, he first discusses his life as a student and later a servant. He talks in general about the arrival of the Chinese and the conflicts in Kham. He describes the Dalai Lama's trip to Yadong, Ngabö's work on the 17-Point Agreement, and the…
Contributor:
Goldstein, Melvyn C. - Tibet Oral History and Archive Project
Audio RecordingOral history interview of Setrong Wangye Setrong Wangye was a member of a rich shungyupa (government taxpayer family [tib. gshung rgyugs pa]) in Tülung [tib. stod lung] district. His family had large land holdings with its own miser [tib. mi ser] or bound peasants/serfs and also held the position of Gyatso gembo [Tib. rgya mtsho rgan po] for the district.