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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Klancy Clark De Nevers papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2285
Abstract The Klancy Clark De Nevers papers (1960-2008) contain World War II research gathered by de Nevers in preparation for the writing or editing of three different books. De Nevers research focuses on World War II, Japanese internment, and Aberdeen, Washington (her hometown). The publications resulting from this research include; The Colonel and the Pacifist, and The Cohasset Beach Chronicles that are a compilation of newspaper...
Dates: 1900-2015
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1209
Abstract

The interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah (1984-1988) consists of transcripts of a series of interviews conducted with members of the Japanese community between 1984 and 1988. Common themes within the interviews are family life, work, religion, immigration experiences, discrimination, and relations with the Mormon establishment in Utah.

Dates: 1984-1988
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Mike M. Masaoka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0656
Abstract Mike M. Masaoka served as National Secretary (1941-1943) and Washington lobbyist (1945-1953) for the Japanese American Citizens' League. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and served as president of the Japan-America Society. He was active in issues of immigration reform and compensation for victims of wartime internment. The collection includes scrapbooks, yearbooks, correspondence, court and congressional documents, articles, oral history transcripts,...
Dates: 1931-1991
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: A0864
Abstract

The Saving the Legacy oral history audio recordings consists of interviews with World War II veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region about their experiences, early, and after war lives. The oral histories were taken by the American West Center, University of Utah. The collection was later expanded to include all war veterans.

Dates: 2000-2006
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Saving the Legacy oral history project transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2070
Abstract The American West Center, at the University of Utah, is involved in a nationwide effort to preserve the stories of men and women who witnessed the events of World War II. This oral history project, Saving the Legacy: An Oral History of Utah's World War II Veterans, has the mission of interviewing veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region. The American West Center later expanded their mission to include all war veterans....
Dates: 2001-2010
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Topaz Museum interviews

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2465
Abstract

Transcripts of interviews (2008) conducted with individuals associated with internees at the Topaz internment camp in Utah.

Dates: 2008
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Topaz oral history project collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1002
Abstract The Topaz oral history project collection interviews (1987-1993) were conducted by Sandra Taylor, of the University of Utah's Department of History. The interviews were part of her research for Jewel of the desert: Japanese American internment at Topaz (1993). Also included are correspondence, news clippings, published and unpublished articles, and research...
Dates: 1987-1993
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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