| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Grace Oshita |
| Alternative Title |
Grace Oshita: interviews on February 20, 21 and 26, 1985, and May 22 and 30, 1985 |
| Creator |
Oshita, Grace Fujimoto, 1925- |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1985-02-20; 1985-02-21; 1985-02-26; 1985-05-22; 1985-05-30 |
| Date Digital |
2014-05-07 |
| Access Rights |
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| 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/ |
| Subject |
Oshita, Grace Fujimoto, 1925- --Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Central Utah Relocation Center |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 174 pages) of a series of interviews with Grace Oshita, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1985. Mrs. Oshita (b. 1925) speaks of her early life in San Francisco, her father's business ventures, and the Japanese relocations of World War II. Her family was interned at the Topaz, Utah, relocation center |
| 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/s6j4099m |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945); Central Utah Relocation Center |
| Is Part of |
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
897992 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j4099m |
| Title |
Page 142 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
897964 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Grace Oshita 5-30-85 s2:19 LK Yourfather's letters came- consisted of •• GO a long list of requests. Of things to take to camp. See, being treated as prisoners of war, they were not allowed to work in any way, so they were idle. Their time was idle. Sothey made little golf courses and people were requesitng golf clubs to practice golf. Of course, personal items. In Bismark, North Dakota, the first thing they did, the businessmen from San Francisco Bay area got together and formed a canteen co-op immediately - and they had the an enterprising store going on in a little restaurant for instance. They used to serve breakfast and people would love to go to the canteen to have their breakfst, you know, of ham and eggs. LK In Bismark. GO Yes. LK That's incredible. GO Andhe said, after all, all thebusiness talent was up there so they . . [laughsl , k knew how to carry on a veryporf~table bus~enss. ~o I don t now how or what kind of contacts they made. But they sa a breakfast. I don't think it was 3 fullmeals. ithink it was j ---- just breakfast. LK Did your mother shop for the GO No, they took care of that. It was just p:rsonal use. LK She just shooopeed for like private items. GO Yes. LK Sawhat did she say about your Dad, when ~e came back, what was that news she gaveyou. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j4099m/897964 |
