Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Tasaku Kameda

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Title Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Tasaku Kameda
Alternative Title Tasaku Kameda: interviews on May 10, 1984; June 6, 1984; June 13, 1984; June 20, 1984; and July 11, 1984
Creator Kameda, Tasaku, 1895-1984
Contributor Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1984-05-10; 1984-06-06; 1984-06-13; 1984-06-20; 1984-07-11
Date Digital 2014-05-07
Access Rights I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah.
Spatial Coverage Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5830062/ ; Carbon County, Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5820552/ ; Japan, http://sws.geonames.org/1861060/
Subject Kameda, Tasaku, 1895-1984--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Sailors; Coal miners
Description Transcript (typescript, 29 pages) of a series of interviews with Tasaku Kameda, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1984. 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
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv45901
Scanning Technician Matt Wilkinson
Conversion Specifications Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 for CONTENTdm display
ARK ark:/87278/s6qr6dv2
Topic Japanese Americans; Sailors; Coal miners
Relation is Part of Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive
Setname uum_ijau
ID 900256
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr6dv2
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