The Indochina Archive was established at Berkeley in l983 by Mr. Douglas Pike, formerly with the U.S. Deparment of State in Vietnam. All new publications in French and English relating to the Indochina area have been acquired by the archive since its inception. The Archive publishes the quarterly Indochina Chronology, a comprehensive update on events in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam which appears four times a year. The archive is available to U.C. students and faculty undertaking research on Southeast Asia. The main library houses one of the top three collections on Southeast Asia in the United States.
Collections relating to the Philippines, to Indonesia, and to Vietnam are particularly strong.
The Center has just published a comprehensive bibliography on elusive Philippine materials, most of which are now housed on micro-film in the library. Additional vernacular language materials as well as all publications in English on Southeast Asia are acquired by the library to be shelved in the main stacks. Professor Judith Mitoma, Chair of the World Arts and Culture Program, is an expert on Southeast Asian dance traditions. At U.C. Riverside Professor Sally Ness has conducted studies on Philippine dance traditions and recently has also extended her work to Indonesia. Dr. Kathy Foley has worked intensively for the past 20 years on West Javanese dance traditions.