Collection consists primarily of audiotapes of the oral histories. Interview topics include life in China, emigration and settlement in the United States, family life, education, work, ethnic identity, assimilation and acculturation, and continuing ties to China.

Presents poetry readings and interviews with 15 major Asian-Pacific American women poets who speak of personal experiences of immigration and how these events have shaped their writing. This documentary serves as a virtual anthology and a testimony about gender, ethnicity, aesthetics, and creative choice, reflecting the individual voice and diversity within the Asian-American women's community.

The Cambodian-American Women Oral History Project was initiated in 1986 by Richard F. Mollica, M.D., in conjunction with the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College. Mollica had worked with patients at the Indochinese Psychiatry Clinic in Brighton, Massachusetts, and became aware of the importance of recording Cambodian women refugees’ experiences. With the support of the Ford Foundation and with the assistance from Svang Tor, who served as the project’s co-director and interpreter, Mollica interviewed ten Cambodian women and later groups of Cambodian-American youth. Each of the first 10 interviews explores the "trauma" story, beginning in Cambodia and continuing through immigration to the United States

Indelible Lalita tells the story of a beautiful woman whose resilient spirit survives her body’s transformation by cancer, heart failure, and a dramatic loss of skin pigment. Meditatively flowing between surface and interior, the film follows Lalita as she migrates from Bombay to Paris to Montréal, and becomes completely White along the way. Lalita learns to let go of her body as the sign of her ethnicity and femininity – and ultimately realizes that her body is just a temporary vessel for her spirit.

June Namias interviewed eight women and one man regarding immigrating to the United States and their experiences adjusting to their new country. Namias included excerpts from interviews in her book, First Generation: In the Words of Twentieth Century American Immigrants.

Most Asian women experience particular cultural and social pressure to strive for extremely high standards of achievement and flawlessness. Among ethnic patients, the number of Asian-Americans seeking plastic and cosmetic surgery has risen 55% from 2004 to 2006. Traversing historical and contemporary notions of beauty, stereotypes and iconography within Asian and popular cultures, this film incorporates a rich selection of archival footage and commentary from numerous voices which ignites lively debate on the phenomena as they pertain to race and gender identity.

In 1965, Asian American Patsy Takemoto Mink became the first woman of color in the United States Congress. Seven years later, she ran for the US presidency and was the driving force behind Title IX, the landmark legislation that transformed women's opportunities in higher education and athletics. Seldom spotlighted in history books, Mink fought racism and sexism, and dared to remain "ahead of the majority" as her beliefs enabled groundbreaking changes for the rights of the disenfranchised. A woman of the people as well as a pioneer, a patriot and an outcast, Patsy Mink's intriguing story embodies the history, ideals, and spirit of America.

The Radcliffe Asian American Women's Group (formerly known as the Radcliffe Asian Women's Group) was formed in 1978 to address issues facing Asian women and to develop leadership and organizational skills of its members. It formed part of the Harvard/Radcliffe Asian American Association. The group was disbanded in 1988. The collection includes the sideshow (Images of Asian American Women, 1850-1980s)presented during the Radcliffe College Centennial Celebration in 1978, including 4 folders of color slides, a transcript, notes, and 1 accompanying audiotape. The sildeshow depicts the history of Asian American women and the experience of Asian women at Harvard and Radcliffe.

Tea & Justice chronicles the experiences of three women who joined the New York Police Department during the 1980s--the first Asian women to become members of a force that was largely white and predominantly male. In this award-winning documentary, Officer Trish Ormsby and Detectives Agnes Chan and Christine Leung share their fascinating stories about careers and personal lives, as well as satisfactions and risks on the job, the stereotypes they defied, and how they persevered.

Jamie Frederic Metzl was a student at Brown University and a teacher at a Thai refugee camp in the summer of 1988. Bound transcript of interviews with eight Hmong men and women in Providence, R.I., done as an independent study project, Brown University, 1988.