Name
Li, Jianglin, 1956- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Markham Lobsang Sherap, 2010
Abstract
Oral history interview with Markham Lobsang Sherap (Tib. Mar khams Blo bzang shes rab), born circa 1923 in Markham, son of the Radza (Tib. Ra-rdza?) family; describes his village of 32 families, traditional life and conditions in eastern Tibet (Kham, Khams), travel to Lhasa when 17 years old, and subsequent Chushi Gangdruk (Tib. Chu bzhi sgang drug) resistance activity in Tibet in the late 1950s; a lso discusses his work as a Khampa trader between Gangtok and Yunnan, events in Lhasa in 1959, and his excape to India.
Collection Name
Jianglin Li Interviews with Tibetan Exiles
Subjects
History; Uprising of 1959 (Tibet Autonomous Region, China); Social conditions; Commerce; Refugees, Tibetan; Changdu Diqu (China); Lhasa (China); India; Mdo-khams Chu-bźi Sgaṅ-drug Bstan-sruṅ Daṅ-blaṅs-dmag (Organization) no2001019301
Format
video recordings; oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
October 20, 2010
Physical Description
1 video file (59 minutes)
Note
Interviewed by Jianglin Li at Dhondruling Tibetan Refugee Settlement, Dehradun , India on October 20, 2010.
Note (Language)
Interview conducted in Tibetan through an interpreter, with Chinese summary translations for the interviewer.
Note (Funding)
Digitized with funding by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Language
Tibetan; Chinese
Library Location
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
8672337
Also In
Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-6cqs-y438