Kokila Bahadur Guiana Midwife's Certificate
Kokila Bahadur was working as a midwife on a sugar plantation in Guiana when she saw an ad from the Jersey City Medical Center seeking nurse trainees. This is her Guianese midwife's certificate.
Kokila Bahadur Guianese Nursing Certificate
Kokila Bahadur came as a nurse trainee at the Jersey City Medical Center in 1966, the year of Guyana's independence. The first in the Bahadur family to immigrate, Kokila Bahadur sponsored her husband, children and many dozens of other relatives through provisions of the 1965 Hart-Cellar Act, the immigration law that profoundly changed the demographics of the United States.
Dalip Singh Saund on Black Voting Rights
Dalip Singh Saund (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served the 29th District of California from 1957 to 1963. He was the first Sikh American, Asian American and Indian American elected as a voting member of the United States Congress.
Poem, "Ramu" Manuscript
This is the original manuscript for Ramu, composed while Moses Bhagwan was imprisoned by the British for his role as an anti-colonial leader, in the youth wing of the Guiana's People's Progressive Party.
Update from Kamala Cornelius Printed in the Fall 1954 Alumnae Recorder
This update on the Class of 1918 includes a quote from Kamala (Cornelius) Asirvatham describing her oldest daughter's husband's acting career.
The second page includes information provided by Kamala describing the education of her daughters, her husband's lecture tour in the United States, and her home life in Nagpur.
Class Update with Letter from Kamala (Cornelius) Asirvatham
This update on the Class of 1918 includes a letter from Kamala (Cornelius) Asirvatham describing her plans to travel to the United States with her husband as he begins a teaching position in Chicago. The letter also describes Ms. Asirvatham's plans to visit with her daughters and with friends from college.
Birth Certificate From Uganda
Uganda refugees were not permitted to take much out of the country, so most of the materials that tell their stories are official documents, such as this birth certificate.
Ronikali Merali's certificate of Naturalization to the US
The process of gaining citizenship for Ugandan parolees in the US was long because they were not technically refugees, but were parolees, which did not grant them the same path to citizenship as refugees. This is Ronikali's certificate of naturalization to the US, and feature of a photo of him in 1984 at the age of 34.