The Vietnamese Resettlement Collection and History Project contains a great many manuscripts, including meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and surveys from MICRO, MCIRR and MCRR, but also published surveys and reports from the UN and elsewhere. These record the early years of resettlement, 1975-1981, onward, and give specific information on Grand Rapids and West Michigan in the Vietnamese refugee resettlement process. Broad information on worldwide refugee problems from 1975 to 1993 is also included.

The books and videos help to furnish more clearly focused background information concerning Vietnamese and other refugees. Newsletters provide a look into the community of the newly settled Vietnamese refugees, and photographs supply a visual frame of reference to the collection.

Further, the VHP audio interviews and transcripts offer a personal view into the lives of Vietnamese refugees, and the volunteers and officials who made it possible for refugees to be resettled in the U.S.

Arranged by type. Consists of items donated by Gordon Olson, Director, for the Vietnamese History Project. These items include mostly the documentation of the project in both manuscripts and audio cassettes. Also included are video cassettes and books.