| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Kenzo Fujikawa |
| Alternative Title |
Kenzo Fujikawa: interviews on May 18 and July 10, 1984 |
| Creator |
Fujikawa, Kenzo, 1889-1990 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1984-05-18; 1984-07-10 |
| 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 |
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206/ ; Honeyville, Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5776087/ ; San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5391959/ |
| Subject |
Fujikawa, Kenzo, 1889-1990--Interviews; Fujikawa, Kenji, 1922- ; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese American farmers--Utah; Railroads--Employees |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 26 pages) of two interview with Kenzo Fujikawa, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1984. Mr. Fujikawa (b. 1889) talks about his childhood in Japan and coming to America, arriving in San Francisco on 18 April 1906, just after the earthquake when the city was still in flames. He stayed one night in Oakland and was recruited to work on the railroad and sent to Ogden, Utah. He recalls working for the railroad, thinning sugar beets in Honeyville, Utah, and buying a farm. Mr. Fujikawa's son, Kenji, joins the interview and the conversation turns to returning to Japan to get a wife, family life in rural Utah, the closing of the U and I Sugar factory |
| 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/s6h71zjq |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Japanese American farmers; Railroads--Employees |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
898086 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h71zjq |
