Asian Americans
Santa Clara Valley

The Basics

• Definitions and Terminology
• Background Reading
• Local Publications
  • Homebase : a chinatown called Heinlenville [video]
    
  • NikkeiWest : a biweekly publication for the Nisei, Sansei, and Yonsei of Northern California
  • Local Radio and newspapers

  History [General, Familial, and Immigration Histories]

  • General
    
  • Chinese Americans
    
    • Bayside Cannery (Thomas Foon Chew, Businessman)
      
    • Chinese Historical and Cultural Project
      
    • Heinlenville, San Jose, Calif.
      
  • Filipino Americans
    
  • Japanese Americans
    
    • Japanese American Internment (Santa Clara Valley)
    • Japanese American Internment Memorial
    • Tule Lake Pilgrimage
    • The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
    • Japanese American Art in the Interment Camp
    • The Return [of Japanese Americans] to the Santa Clara Valley
    • War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
    • The San Jose Asahi (Japanese American Baseball Team)
      
  • Korean Americans
    
    • Pacific Islanders
      
    • South Asian Americans
      
    • South East Asian Americans
      

  Organizations and Local Resources

  • General
    
    • San Jose Minority Artists Guild
      
    • Asian Television, Radio, and Newspapers in the Santa Clara Valley
      
    • Asian Americans for Community Involvement
      
    • Asian Business League of the Silicon Valley
      
    • Asian Law Alliance
      
    • Asian Pacific Family Resource Center
      
    • Asian Americans for Community Outreach
      
    • Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. (AARS)
      
    • Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
      
    • Chinese Americans
      
      • Chinese American Cultural Center
        
      • Crosscultural Community Services Center
        
      • San Jose Chinese Alliance Church
        
      • Chinese Students Association (San Jose State University)
        
    • Filipino Americans
      
      • Filipino Chamber of Commerce
    • Japanese Americans
      
      • San Jose Japanese Chamber of Commerce
        
      • Japan Society of Northern California
        
      • Japanese American Resource Center
        
      • Japanese American Citizens League (San Jose Chapter)
        
      • History of the Japanese American Citizens League
        West Valley Japanese American Citizens League
        
        • Next Generation
          
        • West Valley Senior Center
          
      • Japantown Business Association
        
      • Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
        
      • San Jose Buddhist Temple Betsuin
        
        • Lotus Preschool
          
        • Bon Odori Festival
          
      • South Bay Japanese Community Network
      • Wesley United Methodist Church
        
      • Yu-Ai Kai
        
    • Korean Americans
      
      • Korean-American Community Services, Inc.
        
    • Pacific Islanders
      
    • South Asian Americans
      
      • Indo-American Community Service Center
        
      • Silicon Valley Indian Professionals Association
        
      • The Indus Enterpreneur (TIE)
        
      • Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Northern California
        
    • South East Asian Americans
      
      • Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce
        
      • Vietnamese American Community Center
        

      Demographics

      • Animated Census Maps by Ethnic Group, 1940-1990
      • Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research (select San Jose, CA or San Francisco, CA)
      • Multiracial Patterns in the 50 States

      Culture [Literature, Food, Dances, Special Events, etc.]

      • General
        
        Local Calendar of Events
        
      • Chinese Americans
        
        • The Chinese Summer Festival (San Jose, CA)
          
        • Chinatown, San Jose U.S.A.
          
        • Overfelt Chinese Cultural Gardens and Chinese Moon Festival
          
        • Japanese Americans
          
          • Hakone Gardens (Saratoga, Calif.)
            
            • Hakone Gardens (SCU student impressions #1)
              
            • Hakone Gardens (SCU student impressions #2)
              
            • Hakone Gardens (SCU student impressions #3)
              
          • Cherry Blossom Festival (Cupertino, Calif.)
            
          • San Jose Taiko
            
          • Calendar of events (San Jose and Greater Bay Area)
            
          • Aki Matsuri
            
          • Japantown (San Jose, CA)
            
            • Map of Japantown (San Jose, Calif.)
              
            • Santa Clara University Students in Japantown
              
            • San Jose Japantown Winter Boutique
              
            Japantown (San Jose, CA)
            
          • Japantown (San Francisco, Calif.)
            
          • Japanese Friendship Gardens
            
          • Nikkei Matsuri Committee and Festival
            
          • Statue of St. Shinran
            
          • Daruma Festival
            
          • Dragon Dancers
            
        • Korean Americans
          
        • Pacific Islanders
          
        • South Asian Americans
          
        • South East Asian Americans
          
          • Tet Festival
            
          • Vietnamese American Cultural and Social Council (VACSO)
            
          • Songkran (Tai) Holiday
            

          Famous Local People

          • Thomas Foon Chew: SEE History--Bayside Cannery
            
          • Norm Mineta
            
          • Helen Mineta
            
          • Guy Nakatani
            
          • Dave Tatsuno
            
          • Yosh Uchida
            

          Local Restaurants

          • Chinese
            
          • Filipino
            
          • Indian
            
          • Indonesian
            
          • Japanese
            
          • Korean
            
          • Mongolian
            
          • Vietnamese
            
          • Pacific Islanders
            
          • Thai
            

          Sister Cities

          • Okayama, Japan (San Jose Sister City)
            
          • Toyokawa, Japan (Cupertino Sister City)
            
          • Izumo, Japan (Santa Clara Sister City)
            
          • Muko, Japan (Saratoga Sister City)
            
          • Kukizaki, Japan (Milpitas Sister City)
            
          • Keelung, Taiwan (Campbell Sister City)
            
          • Liaoyang, China (Los Gatos Sister City)
            
          • Tainan, Taiwan (San Jose Sister City)
            

          SCU and the Asian American Community

          • SCU and Diversity
            
          • SCU Asian American Students and Faculty
            • Prism : a diversity initiative
            • Emerging Leaders Poem
            • MCC Global Village Celebration
            • MCC Week
              
          • SCU Famous Alumni

          Education

          • Santa Clara Valley School Districts
            
            • Heritage Education Link Program
              
          • The Golden Legacy (a curriculum devoted to Chinese Americans)
          • Statistics on Education for the County of Santa Clara
          • Statistics on Education for the City of Santa Clara

          Beyond the Santa Clara Valley

          Send suggestions or comments to: aalgier@mailer.scu.edu