| Title |
Lee Suyemoto, Newton, Massachusetts, tape no. 43: an interview by Sandra Taylor, June 21, 1988 |
| Creator |
Suyemoto, Lee |
| Contributor |
Taylor, Sandra C. |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1988-06-21 |
| 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 |
June 21, 1988 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Topaz Camp, Millard County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5548582/ ; San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, http://sws.geonames.org/5391749/ |
| Subject |
Japanese Americans--Massachusetts--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Central Utah Relocation Center |
| Description |
Typescript (27 pages), the transcript of an interview by Sandra C. Taylor with Lee Suyemoto, a Japanese-American living in Newton, Massachusetts. Interview took place on June 21, 1988, 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/s6k6615s |
| 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 |
1043142 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k6615s |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_toh |
| ID |
1043123 |
| OCR Text |
Show LEE SUYEMOTO events which occurred other than the living quarters, the food situ tion and that type of thing you'll have to a k those who were older at that time. But I do remember travelling from Tanforan to Topaz on a troop train. We were placed on a troop train, standing all the way across-- ST: You stood?! LS: I remember standing. On our recent visit back to Topaz, Jane showed us where the railway station was, and I really can't even remember that. I do remember getting in a truck to be transported into camp. But I really don't remember the railway station where we all disembarked. I do remember standing on the train and it was a long, very slow, trip. The first things I remember of Topaz were the barracks, no trees and the alkali dust. If someone were to ask me, "What do you remember of Topaz?" my immediate reply would be the dust storms and being unable to see more than an arms length away. Topaz, was the first place where I saw snow. I'd never seen snow before, in California. Again, in Topaz, the important thing as far as we were concerned, was going back to school. This is being retrospective, but I think on the faculty there were two or three good teachers. Many of the faculty were probably those who couldn't get good teaching 9 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k6615s/1043123 |
