| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Shake Ushio |
| Alternative Title |
Shake Ushio: interview on February 7, 1984; March 6, 14, and 26, 1984; June 7 and 21, 1984; and October 30, 1987 |
| Creator |
Ushio, Shigeki, 1914-2002 |
| Contributor |
Fuller, Sandra T., 1945- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1984-02-07; 1984-03-06; 1984-03-14; 1984-03-26; 1984-06-07; 1984-06-21; 1987-10-30 |
| Date Digital |
2014-05-07 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5781061/ |
| Subject |
Ushio, Shigeki, 1914-2002--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese American farmers; Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Japanese American Citizens' League |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 250 pages) of a series of interviews with Siigeki "Shake" Ushio, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1984 and 1987. Mr. Ushio (b. 1914) recalls his farm childhood in Sandy, Utah, and his own experiences as a farmer in northern Utah. He also speaks of the Japanese relocation during World War II and his work with the Japanese American Citizen's League, headquartered during the war in Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 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/s6qn7qkj |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945); Japanese American farmers; Japanese American Citizens' League |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
898960 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn7qkj |
| Title |
Page 213 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
898923 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Shake Ushio 10/30/87 parents and the interests of the kirl~. SF Okay. SU And so that's why we were in baseball because one man was very interested in that. SF Okay. What kind of a teenager were you? SU Well, what kind of a teenager? I would say just an ordinary, typical teenager. SF But I don't know what that means in Murray. SU Well, I was a very introverted person, and I was very quiet. Didn't get out 5 and push my way ahead in . . you know, some people are very gregarious and mix well, but I was shy and backward and so that's just the way I was and so you can't say that's typical of Japanese-American. Some are very pushy and loud and 1 get into all kinds of things. I held back more and was more studious. I was, well, more intellectually inclined than athletically or that way. SF Were you similar to your brothers and sisters? Were they different from you ... were they .... SU No, they are just about the same. Within the family, I, being the oldest and a little more aggressive, I had a little more leadership in activities as far as my brother is concerned. And my sister is 7 years younger, so we kind of put her on a pedestal and worshipped her. Yes, if your sister is near your age, ther you treat her equally,but at the same time if they are younger, you kind of take care of her. SF Oh, I see what you mean. Okay. Right. Were there certain duties you had to do as the eldest that you didn't see other kids had to do? SU Well, I wasn't aware of it. We were farming then so we would go out and farm and we do certain chores. We weren't aware of any particular duties and assignment too much. SF Can you s peak of farm in this area? Did most people farm in this area. Was t his . . . |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn7qkj/898923 |
