AGENCY: Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program

SERIES: 31066
TITLE: Hmong Project files
DATES: 1980-1990.
ARRANGEMENT: By format, thereunder by assigned project number.

DESCRIPTION: This project began in response to the relocation in Utah of a large number of Hmong and Lahu or Koui (Laotian hill tribe) refugees after the 1975 Vietnamese Peace Fire. Attention was focused on textiles including pa'ndao (flower cloth) embroidery, story cloths, batik, clothing and accessories, basketry and some performance arts. Items were purchased for the State Folk Arts Collection and exhibited at the Salt Lake City Arts Council and in a traveling show called "Flower Cloths & Baskets: The Art of Utah's Indochinese Refugees." For several years, craft sales were held at Christmas time at the Glendinning Gallery allowing artists to sell their work (and that of relatives in refugee camps) to the public. There is also documentation of the Southeast Asian workers at mushroom farms in Fillmore, Millard County.

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Slides: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Photographs: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Compact disc: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These records are being appraised as permanent and historic because they record important cultural heritage history in Utah, and may be the only source of information for some cultural communities and history in the state.

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