| Title |
Harry Kitano, PhD Oral History Interview |
| Creator |
Kitano, Harry; Verdoia, Ken |
| Publisher |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date |
1987 |
| Access Rights |
Utah Historical Society |
| Date Digital |
2024-11-29 |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Francisco County, California, United States https://www.geonames.org/5391997/city-and-county-of-san-francisco.html Topaz War Relocation Center, Millard County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/5548582/topaz-war-relocation-center.html |
| Subject |
Central Utah Relocation Project; Doctor of philosophy degree; Executive orders--United States; Football teams; High school students; Internment camps; Japanese Americans; Race discrimination; Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah); University of California, Los Angeles; World War II; World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; Millard County (Utah); San Francisco (Calif.); Topaz (Utah); Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah) |
| Description |
Oral History Interview by Ken Verdoia with Harry Kitano, PhD. Doctor Kitano was a highschool student in San Francisco, California at the outbreak of World War II. His was one of the first families relocated from their homes after the signing of Executive Order 9066. Doctor Kitano is now a professor of sociology at UCLA, and has written extensively about the War Relocation experience. In Topaz, he was the high school class president and captain of the Topaz football team. |
| Collection Number and Name |
MSS B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary genre) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
50 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/s6q40mpb |
| Setname |
dha_uhsoh |
| ID |
2592532 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q40mpb |
