| Title |
George Shimamoto, New York City, New York, tape no. 3: an interview by Sandra Taylor, October 5, 1987 |
| Creator |
Shimamoto, George |
| Contributor |
Taylor, Sandra C. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1987-10-05 |
| Date Digital |
2014-03-25 |
| 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. |
| Temporal Coverage |
October 5, 1987 |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5391959/ ; Topaz Camp, Millard County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5548582/ ; New York City, New York, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5128581/ |
| Subject |
Japanese Americans--New York--New York--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Central Utah Relocation Center |
| Description |
Typescript (30 pages), the transcript of an interview by Sandra C. Taylor with George Shimamoto, a Japanese-American living in New York City. Interview took place on October 5, 1987, on behalf of the American West Center at the University of Utah |
| Collection Number and Name |
1002; Topaz Oral Histories |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv97265 |
| 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/s6ff58dm |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945); Central Utah Relocation Center |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_toh |
| ID |
1042764 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff58dm |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_toh |
| ID |
1042754 |
| OCR Text |
Show GEO GE SHIMAMOTO right kind of a spirit, n spite of the prejudice, they re willing to serve the cause of the country. M ny a time I have been thrown a rotten egg, and the wife has been threatened, but I told wife I have principle. She was very good with understanding this and two daughters beginning to understand how I feel about it. We believe we raised about two hundred young volunteers. At that time I-- (END OF SIDE ONE] GS: She went out and came back about fifteen minutes later and she said, "Dad, would a Ph.D. satisfy you?" Then she said, "Dad, I will get you a Ph.D." And she did it from Harvard. ST: Wonderful. GS: You know when Radcliffe became Harvard, that was the time. And that's the way our little family operate, work close together, and live together, and when she got Phi Beta Kappa from Bernard College, she said, "Dad, I want you to keep it because you made me earn this." ST: Wonderful. That's neat. I have in a few minutes to go out in the lobby. A woman named Kazu Iijima-- GS: Iijima? ST: Yes, yes. I really need her here. I don't know whether she knows you or not. She is a friend of 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff58dm/1042754 |
