Scope and Contents Mr. Aramaki (b. 1918) recounts his genealogy, and recalls his childhood in Carbon County, Utah. He was drafted into the army in the Spring of 1941. After Pearl Harbor he was demoted and transferred out of his unit, which was scheduled to be shipped to Europe. He was sent to Japanese language school at Camp Savage in Minnesota. He was sent to Japan after the war. In his twenty-two years in the army Mr. Aramki served in Japan, Korea, and various bases within the continental United States....

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Mr. Doi (b. 1917) talks about his parents, farming, the flu epidemic of 1918, and emigrant life on the West Side in Salt Lake City. He recalls the multi-cultural neighborhood of his childhood and gang activity. Other topics covered include the Athens and West Side hotels (which were owned by his family), the Buddhist Church, the Japanese Christian Church, courting his wife, the Eagle laundry, and life in Salt Lake City in the months following Pearl Harbor.

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Mr. Endo (b. 1911) recalls being sent to Japan as a child for his education, Japanese culture, surviving and earthquake, and returning to live with his parents in Oakland, California during the Depression. He and his wife talk about their courtship and discuss Japanese marriage customs. Other topics covered include Judo, moving to Utah, farming, the Buddhist Church, and being Japanese during World War II.

Scope and Contents Kenzo Fujikawa (b. 1889) talks about his childhood in Japan and coming to America, arriving in San Francisco on 18 April 1906, just after the earthquake when the city was still in flames. He stayed one night in Oakland and was recruited to work on the railroad and sent to Ogden, Utah. He recalls working for the railroad, thinning sugar beets in Honeyville, Utah, and buying a farm. Mr. Fujikawa's son, Kenji, joins the interview and the conversation turns to returning to Japan to get a wife,...

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Mr. Fukui (b. 1924) talks about his father's life in Japan and emigration to the United States, where he worked for the railroad until he could find work on a farm. He recalls his own life on the family farm and the changes which took place after Pearl Harbor. He talks about being a Buddhist and going to the Mormon Primary program and about the business of farming.

Scope and Contents Mr. Hashimoto (b. 1911) tells about his genealogy and the life of his parents and other family members in Japan. He details his father's immigrant experiences including working for the railroad, surviving an ambush by cowboys, and furnishing Japanese laborers for mining and farming companies. He reminisces about his own childhood in Salt Lake City's "Japan Town," discusses prostitution and syphllis, discrimination, getting his medical degree from Harvard, and practicing in Salt Lake City....

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Mr. Inouye (b. 1896) came to the United States to join his father. He talks about farming, working on the railroad, returning to Japan to get married in 1920, the Depression, losing his job during World War II, working on a turkey farm, and visiting Japan.

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Mr. Inouye (b. 1916) discusses the immigration experience of family members, work, Japanese business in Salt Lake City, and the family farm. He also gives his impressions of ethnic relations in northern Utah.

Scope and Contents Iwamoto, the son of a Buddhist minister, was born in Hawaii. He talks about Asian immigration to Hawaii, going to school in Japan, the political situation in Israel, the rise of militarism in Japan in the 1930s, and working as a migrant farm laborer and "houseboy" in pre-World War II California. He also describes cultural conflict between the Issei (Japanese-born), the Nisei (American-born), and the ...

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Kameda (b. 1895) recalls his childhood in Japan, traveling in Asia and the middle East looking for work, England and Canada, life as a seaman, and working in a coal mine. Other topics covered include ethnic groups working in mines and on the railroad, Japanese philosophy and religion, the Oriental Exclusion Act of 1924, union organizers, and travels around the United States.

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Kaneko (b. 1916) recalls her childhood in Salt Creek, going to school in Tremonton, the Depression, attending Keister Tailoring School in Salt Lake City, Japanese Town, her marriage, and child raising.

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Kaneko (b. 1913) recalls his childhood where he worked in the fields around Gunnison, Utah, with his father. He recalls going to Salt Lake City to the farmer's market to sell produce and buy supplies. He spent most of his life farming in Utah.

Scope and Contents Kasai (b. 1916) describes the arranged marriage of her parents in Japan, their life together in Seattle, Washington, and the decision to send Alice and her sister to Japan to be cared for by relatives. She also talks about her childhood in Japan with her grandmother, returning with her mother and younger brother to Utah, and life in mining communities. Other topics covered include going to school, her courtship and marriage to Henry Kasai, life in Salt Lake during World War II and the period...