| Title |
Mine Okubo Oral History Interview |
| Creator |
Okubo, Mine; Verdoia, Ken |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
1987 |
| Access Rights |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital |
2024-12-02 |
| Spatial Coverage |
City of San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788664/city-of-san-bruno.html New York County, New York, United States https://www.geonames.org/5128594/new-york-county.html Topaz War Relocation Center, Millard County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5548582/topaz-war-relocation-center.html |
| Subject |
Artists; Arts; Central Utah Relocation Project; Internment camps; Japanese Americans; Magazine illustration--20th century; Paintings; Published material; Race discrimination; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; Sketches; University of California (1868-1952); World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives; Delta (Utah); Millard County (Utah); New York City (N.Y.); Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.); Topaz (Utah); Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah) |
| Description |
Oral History Interview by Ken Verdoia with Mine Okubo. A graduate of the University of California with a master's degree in art. Ms. Okubo documented camp life in Tanforan and Topaz through numerous sketches and paintings that were published in her post-war book, Citizen 13660. Allowed to leave Topaz to accept employment as a magazine illustrator in New York, Ms. Obuko gained a national reputation as an artist in the post-war period. |
| Collection Number and Name |
MSS B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
43 leaves |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Source |
Mss B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews |
| Scanning Technician |
Michelle Gollehon |
| Metadata Cataloger |
Amy Green Larsen |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ex98dc |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2592544 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ex98dc |
