Donald Nakahata Oral History Interview

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Title Donald Nakahata Oral History Interview
Creator Nakahata, Donald; 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; Children; Internment camps; Elementary schools; Family; Japanese Americans; Race discrimination; Students; World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives; Delta (Utah); Millard County (Utah); Topaz (Utah); Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah)
Description Oral History Interview by Ken Verdoia with Donald Nakahata. Doctor Nakahata was a ten year old boy living in San Francisco with his family at the time of the relocation. Relocated to Topaz, he spent the war years as a elementary school student. He left the camp with family members for temporary settlement in the east, returning to California to attend college.
Collection Number and Name MSS B 125 KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Interviews
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary genre)
Format application/pdf
Extent 12 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/s6jprjp7
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2592539
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jprjp7
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