David Tatsuno Oral History Interview

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Title David Tatsuno Oral History Interview
Creator Tatsuno, David; 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; Clothing trade; Cooperative stores; Internment camps; Japanese Americans; Race discrimination; University of California (1868-1952); World War II; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives; Millard County (Utah); San Francisco (Calif.); San Jose (Calif.); Topaz (Utah); Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah)
Description Oral History Interview by Ken Verdoia with David Tatsuno. Mr. Tatsumo ran a clothing store in San Francisco at the outbreak of the war. Relocated to Topaz, he served as the internee manager of the camp cooperative store. He also worked as a relocation expeditor at the end of the relocation period, helping japanese Americans return to the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Tatsumo operated a family import business in San Jose, CA.
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/s688yfrd
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2592535
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s688yfrd
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