Stockton's Little Manila community was once home to 15,000 people and was the largest Filipino community outside the Philippines. Starting in the late 1960s the neighborhood was largely torn down to make way for the Crosstown Freeway. Residents scattered to the Bay Area and Sacramento, and by 1978, the Filipino-American population in Stockton dropped to just 5,000.
The 2017-2018 Pacific's Digital Delta Project engaged select students from history, graphic arts, and computer science collaborated to bring the lost landscape of Stockton’s Little Manila to life through digital mapping and 3D model reconstruction. These students worked with local Filipino community institutions, like the Little Manila Foundation and the Filipino American National Historical Society, and interviewed community members to tell the story of this community in a gaming environment.
In addition to the resources in this collection, researchers can visit: • An exhibit about Stockton’s Little Manila and the creation of project. • An an online digital collection of materials used for the project. • A collection of publicity surrounding the project. • The software program that was created for the project.
