Box 3
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Mrs. Mitsuko Sasaki, Mr. Naoki, and Mrs. Sakae Kobayashi
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
This group of friends discuss childhood homes, Japanese Boy Scout experiences, a split in the Japanese-American community, Japanese customs, Tonomoshi, and the Refugee Act of 1956.
Dates:
1964-1969
Mitsuko Sasaki, Alice Kasai, Mr. Naoki and Mrs. Sakae Kobaysashi
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
The group talks about Japanese Mormons, housing discrimination, Japanese students in schools and athletics, insurance rates, education in American and Japan, the language barrier, interracial marriage, the Boy Scouts, Japanese Island spirit, job discrimination and personal tragedies.
Dates:
1964-1969
Toru Shimizu
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Mr. Shimizu (b. 1893) recalls his move from Japan in 1915, grammar school and farm life in Idaho, life in Los Angeles, children, his naturalization in 1955, farming in Utah, evacuation, relocation, the military service of his sons, the GI bill, housing discrimination, Japanese food, the JACL, and the Farm Association.
Dates:
1964-1969
George Chiyomatsu Shazawa
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Mr. Shizawa (b. 1888) discusses his early years in Utah, farming, white flies and sugar beets, the Alien Land Act, marriage and divorce in Japan, World War II, and retirement life.
Dates:
1964-1969
Richard Suenaga
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Mr. Suenaga (b. 1912) talks about his family background, experiences in Hawaii, study habits in school, discriminatory situations, a trip to Japan, trucking experiences, Ham Station (fishing), the Merchant Marines, Pearl Harbor, a move from California, work in Montana and Idaho, his marriage in Pocatello, and his current situation.
Dates:
1964-1969
Todanosuke "Tom" Tadehara
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Mr. Tadehara (b. 1888) reminisces about his move from Japan, the cattle business, working for the railroad, the Rio Grande Roundhouse, gambling, Japanese food, the Society of Buddhists, Japanese newspapers, and the Sunrise Fish Market. Mr. Tadehara lived in Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah.
Dates:
1964-1969
Roy Takada
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Mr. Takada recalls his emigration to America in 1917 and his life in the mining camps. Topics covered include a description of Helper and Price, Utah, between 1900 and 1925, the National Miners Union, Japanese boarding house life, Americanization schools, Japanes businesses in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, wages in Magna, and life in the Bingham mining camp.
Dates:
1964-1969
Mrs. Kuniko Terazawa and Terumasa Adachi
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Mr. Adachi (b. 1898) talks about his student days at the University of Utah, and mining. Mrs. Terazawa joins the discussion and the two talk about produce, sugar beet farms in Gunnison, the decrease in population of various Utah counties, education, labor contractors, the Utah Nippo, Mormons, discrimination, Buddhism and Christianity, marriage, and growing rice in Utah and Texas.
Dates:
1964-1969
Shigao Tokunaga
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Mr. Tokunaga discusses business in San Francisco, Japanese labor camps, stores in Salt Lake City, Ogden businesses, Japanese newspapers, picture brides, stowaways, and his seven children.
Dates:
1964-1969
Mrs. Kame Toyota
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Toyota talks about her husband's experiences in Japanese labor camps for mining and railroad companies, the immigration of Mr. Toyota in 1908, and her own journey to America in 1915. She also discusses mining camp disturbances, gambling and other vices, camp cooking, and World War II.
Dates:
1964-1969