Oral history interview No. 081223A with Ichinhoroloo (b. 1956): translation
Ichinhoroloo

Ichinhorloo was born in Bayan-Ӧndӧr sum of Ӧvӧrhangai aimag in 1956. Her father, Shoovdor, was a herder and had six children.

subject: biomedicine, democracy, education, new technologies, oral history, privatization, work

Oral history interview No. 090745B with Garamhand (b. 1934): translation
Garamhand

In the second part of her interview J. Garamhand told about the people who worked at the trade organizations. In the socialist period they occasionally had the problem of being in debt.

subject: Khatanbaatar Magsarjav, keepsakes, military, oral history, railway, trade, work

Oral history interview No. 090759B with Ariunzaya (b. 1976): translation
Ariunzaya

Ariunzaya egch told how she established a congregation [tsuglaan] in Dornod aimag. Her uncle lived in Dornod, which is why she went there by car in 1996.

subject: belief, family, funerals, illness, oral history, travel

Oral history interview No. 090213B with Nadmid (b. 1936): translation
Nadmid

J. Nadmid was born in 1936. She tended livestock before she got married. She worked as a janitor and cleaner at sum and brigade centers. From 1990 she started tending livestock.

subject: childhood, democracy, environment, funerals, horse relay, oral history, travel, urban life

Oral history interview No. 090744B with Osor (b. 1955): translation
Osor

In the second part of his interview, Osor talked extensively about horses. He never imagined himself learning and becoming educated. He always thought of busying himself with horses.

subject: gender, horse races, oral history, wedding

Oral history interview No. 090744A with Osor (b. 1955): translation
Osor

A former cooperative horse herder. Now he is a race horse trainer, herder.

subject: airag, authority, belief, collectivization, drinking, gambling, oral history, privatization, repressions

Studies In Frontier History: Collected Papers, 1928-1958
Lattimore, Owen

Collection of essays on the history of Inner Asia as a “frontier” region, addressing the relationship between nomadic and sedentary peoples.

subject: Inner Asia

The Mongols of Manchuria
Lattimore, Owen

Full title: The Mongols of Manchuria: Their tribal divisions, geographical distribution, historical relations with Manchus and Chinese, and present political problems.

subject: Manchuria, colonization

Some Notes on a Visit to a ‘Mongolian’ Village in Yunnan, China
Sneath, David

Article presenting David Sneath’s reflections on the village depicted in the photographs from this collection.

Original typed captions for photographs supplied by Tsui Yen Hu
Tsui Yen Hu

List of photographs taken and submitted by Tsui Yen Hu.