Sam Nakaso Oral History Interview

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Title Sam Nakaso Oral History Interview
Creator Nakaso, Sam; Verdoia, Ken
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 1987
Access Rights Utah Historical Society
Date Digital 2024-11-29
Spatial Coverage San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States https://www.geonames.org/5392171/san-jose.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; College students; High school students; Race discrimination; San José State University; World War II; World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; Alameda (Calif.); Millard County (Utah); San Jose (Calif.); Topaz (Utah); Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah)
Description Oral History Interview by Ken Verdoia with Sam Nakaso. Mr. Nakaso was a freshman in high school in Alameda, California at the time of the relocation order. Relocated to Topaz, he completed high school and was allowed to leave camp to attend college, in the east. Mr. Nakaso served on the athletic faculty of San Jose City College.
Collection Number and Name MSS B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format application/pdf
Extent 35 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/s6p0p432
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2592533
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p0p432
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