| 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 |
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 |
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 145 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
897967 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Grace Oshita 5-30-85 s2:22 becuase of - ah, he was willing to pay for the expense of the guard that had to accompany him. LK Oh, I see. So guard came with your father frominterment camp. Andyour father paid for the cost. GO Yes. And I think he stayed about 10 days, didn't he. LK Thats the way it looks. What was that Ake. GO Well I - we ere just ~erwhelmed. I felt proud to have him. You know, everybody else had their, well,their fathers there. And I think becuase afhis being in business of that type, you know manufacturing, many people knew him. Maybenot personally but fromthelabel, for instance, the Fujimoto label was the rpoduct. And so, there·.:weren' t very many people who didn't know hi. So it was nice. LK So you hadkindof a faous father. GO Yes. [In given the contextm says L] Yes. LK Didmany peoplecome by and say hi to him there, did they come to visit. 0 Yes, especially the other internee' ~ families. LK Theycame to inquire about other people from him. GO Yes. Ahuh. LK HOw did he seem to you. Did he seem changd or the same. GO He seemed the same. Theonly difference was he had grown a mustache. We didn't know that until. Ishoul d have brought - oh I don'thave that picture-- He sent a photo of himself. Andthere must have been a photographerin Camp, you know. Ah. andit was just a regular professional Oi 5· |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j4099m/897967 |
