Transnational Adoptee Oral History Project
Content Description
The Transnational Adoptee Oral History Project documents the experiences of transnationally and transracially adopted students at Smith College. The project consists of eight oral histories (video recordings and transcripts) conducted during October 2017 by Rebecca York and Leigh Johnston, both members of Smith Class of 2018.
These interviews are the first step in building a community of transnational, transracial adoptees at Smith. The interviews represent a chance to push back on the single-story surrounding traditional narratives of transnational and transracial adoptions, and begin to complicate the themes of “family” and “belonging” that many transnational/transracial adoptees have heard so much growing up. These interviews document a wealth of experience and knowledge that has gone undocumented thus far.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: October 2017
Creator
- York, Rebecca (Interviewer, Person)
- Johnston, Leigh (Interviewer, Person)
- Ing, Julia, 1996- (Interviewee, Person)
- Pearl, Lily, 1996- (Interviewee, Person)
- York, Rebecca (Interviewee, Person)
- Johnston, Leigh (Interviewee, Person)
- Van Riper, Annina (Interviewee, Person)
- Maurer, Kathryn (Interviewee, Person)
- Price, Sarah (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Some of the oral histories in this collection have restrictions on access. Please see the notes attached to an individual interview for information about restrictions that apply to it.
Conditions Governing Use
Several of the narrators or interviewers have retained copyright to their interview. Please see the notes attached to the individual interview for specific information about use.
Extent
792 Gigabytes (36 digital files)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection contains materials received from the donor in digital form that are not currently available online. Please consult with Special Collections staff to request access to this digital content.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Transnational Adoptee Oral History Project was donated by Rebecca York and Leigh Johnston in 2017. The donation was facilitated by Kelly Anderson.
Processing Information
The digital files in this collections were transferred from portable hard drives to networked storage for preservation and access.
Source
- York, Rebecca (Donor, Person)
- Johnston, Leigh (Donor, Person)
- Anderson, Kelly (Collaborator, Person)
Subject
- Ing, Julia, 1996- (Interviewee, Person)
- Johnston, Leigh (Interviewee, Person)
- Maurer, Kathryn (Interviewee, Person)
- Pearl, Lily, 1996- (Interviewee, Person)
- Price, Sarah (Interviewee, Person)
- Van Riper, Annina (Interviewee, Person)
- York, Rebecca (Interviewee, Person)
- Ali (psedonym) (Narrator, Person)
- Smith College -- Students (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Transnational Adoptee Oral History Project
- Status
- Minimum Finding Aid (Completed)
- Author
- Margaret Jessup
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Smith College Archives Repository
