Box 3
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Hiroji Okumua
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Okumua (b. 1896) recalls his childhood in Japan and traveling to San Francisco in 1917. He describes farming in Southern California, family life, internment in the Manzanar camp, a shooting at the gates of the camp, raising celery near American Fork, Utah, and post-war life.
Dates:
1984-1988
Ichiro Okumura
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Ichiro Okumura (b. 1922) describes his childhood in California, camp life at Manzanar, harvesting crops in Idaho on a work furlough, a job maintaining railroad track, and discrimination.
Dates:
1984-1988
Grace Oshita
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Oshita (b. 1925) speaks of her early life in San Francisco, her father's business ventures, and the Japanese relocations of World War II. Her family was interned at the Topaz, Utah, relocation center.
Dates:
1984-1988
Yasuo Sasaki
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Sasaki (b. 1911) recounts family stories gleaned from his father's diaries and recalls his childhood in Salt Lake City. Other topics covered include education, the University of Utah, the political climate of the 1930s, and community members.
Dates:
1984-1988
Joseph M. Sato
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Mr. Sato (b. 1900) recalls his childhood in Japan, working in Tokyo, and getting a job on an ocean liner.
Dates:
1984-1988
Sachi Seko
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Sachi Seko (b. 1927) talks about her parents and grandparents, her childhood in Southern California, and bringing up her children. Other topics include being sent to the Gila River Relocation Center, the differing experiences of the Issei and Nisei, the FBI, attending the University of Minnesota, Japanese organizations, various jobs she worked in Salt Lake City, writing, and the redress movement.
Dates:
1984-1988
Kotomi Sudoko
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Sandra Fuller interviewed Mrs. Sudoko with Grace Oshita translating. Topics covered inlude coming to America as a picture bride, her marriage in Seattle, and living on a farm near Idaho Falls with her first husband. She describes the death of her husband, returning to Japan, and coming back to America, where she met her second husband in Stockton, California. She also discusses being interned at Amache during World War II and postwar life.
Dates:
1984-1988
Tae Kasuga Sugaya
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Sugaya (b. 1929) describes her childhood in Butlerville, Utah, which is now known as Cottonwood Heights. She relates the story of her parents' marriage and emigration to America. Her father, who she talks about at length, worked on the railroad, farmed, and was a partner in a restaurant at Soldier Summit. Other topics covered include the Japanese experince in America during World War II, family life, childrearing, and taking care of her mother after the death of her father.
Dates:
1984-1988
Roy Tachiki
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Mr. Tachiki describes his family and how they came to America. He was sent to Japan to be educated when he was five years old. He later returned to California, where he was married and began a family before voluntarily evacuating to Utah in April of 1942. He describes life in Utah during and after World War II.
Dates:
1984-1988
Grace Tasake
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Grace Tasake (b. 1914) begins by describing the death of her uncle in a robbery. She talks about her parents marriage, being a Japanese Christian, and her childhood in Salt Lake City. Other topics covered include living in California and Idaho, family trips, and stories of various friends and acquaintances.
Dates:
1984-1988