Box 3
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Mrs. Kame Toyota and Alice Misura
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Toyota continues her reminiscences about life in a labor camp in McGill, Nevada. Topics include wages, average worker age, camp food, gambling and entertainment, World War II internment, and becoming a U. S. citizen. Mrs. Toyota's daughter, Alice Misura, recalls the Magna mining camp, the school at camp, and college at Berkeley.
Dates:
1964-1969
Mrs. Take Yamamoto Uchida
File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Uchida (b. 1890) reminisces about her early life in Japan, immigration to America in 1911, farming in California, fishing and mining, a Japanese Association in Idaho, Japanese language school, internment at Seagoville, Texas, and her feelings about the military experiences of her sons.
Dates:
1964-1969
Notaju Ushio, Toru Shimizu, and Gin Namba
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Mr. Ushio (b. 1883) discusses his birthplace in Japan, move to the United States in 1906, and his experiences as a farmer in Idaho and Utah. Mr. Namba (b. 1898) recalls the immigration of his family in 1915, family life, and radish farming. Mr. Shimizu reminisces about his family, his hometown in Japan, his trip to America in 1914, life as a farmer, and his children.
Dates:
1964-1969
Sujiro Yoritomo
File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Mr. Yoritomo (b. 1892) reminisces about his immigration in 1907 via Mexico, his experiences in the coal mines, food in the mining camps, and attending Denver University. He also discuss his army service in World War I, attending law school, and Japanese newspapers in Denver.
Dates:
1964-1969