Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Jeanne Konishi

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Title Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Jeanne Konishi
Alternative Title Jeanne Konishi: interviews on June 16, 1984, June 30, 1984
Creator Konishi, Jeanne, 1920-
Contributor Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1984-06-16; 1984-06-30
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 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Tintic Junction, Juab County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5548519/ ; Eureka, Juab County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5538969/
Subject Konishi, Jeanne, 1920- --Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941--Influence; Utah--Ethnic relations; Railroads--Employees--Utah; Buddhism--Utah
Description Transcript (typescript, 88 pages) of two interviews with Jeanne Konishi, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1984. Mrs. Konishi (b. 1920) was born in Salt Lake City, but spent most of her childhood in the mining town of Tintic. She talks about her parents, schooling, the ethnic makeup of the neighborhood, encountering discrimination in California, and her brother being in a shooting accident. Other topics covered include Scarlet Fever, working for the department of public welfare, Pearl Harbor and its aftermath, the Buddhist temple, and the lives of her children
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/s6tj04fz
Topic Japanese Americans; Railroads--Employees; Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941); Japanese Americans--Religion
Is Part of Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive
Relation is Part of Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive
Setname uum_ijau
ID 899689
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tj04fz
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