| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Yasuko K. Yasuda |
| Alternative Title |
Yasuko K. Yasuda: interviews on April 2, 9, 16 and 30, 1984 |
| Creator |
Yasuda, Yasuko K., 1894-1990 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1984-04-02; 1984-04-09; 1984-04-16; 1984-04-30 |
| Date Digital |
2014-05-07 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Orem, Utah County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779334/ ; Eureka, Juab County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5538969/ ; Japan, http://sws.geonames.org/1861060/ |
| Subject |
Yasuda, Yasuko K., 1894-1990--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese American women--Utah--Interviews; Arranged marriages |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 31 pages) of four interviews with Yasuko K. Yasuda, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1984. Mrs. Yasuda (b. 1894) recalls her childhood in Japan, her arranged marriage and subsequent move to Idaho with her husband. She also talks about the experiences of "picture brides" met on the boat from Japan and Japanese migrant workers, as well as raising her family on farms in Eureka and Orem, Utah. Included are Mrs. Yasuda's memories of living peacefully in Orem during World War II |
| 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/s66m4qkd |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Japanese American women; Arranged marriage |
| 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 |
899543 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66m4qkd |
| Title |
Page 15 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
899514 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI interview with Yasuko K. Yasuda 4/9/84 4 yy I never saw then rut I saw young girls looking at the pictures and crying. We were in a different part of the hrilding. I heard one of the girls saying, "I'm not going to marry such a man. 11 LK Do you remember at all what they said to you? yy 11 In the photograph, he looked handsane rut he's nothing like that. II Poor thing. LK What made you feel for the plight of these waren? YY They were crying so. LK Do you renernber, were they examined when entering? YY I think, instead of getting off the J::oat, they were examined :before they got on the J::oat. LK Where d.iJ. you go fran there, after landing? YY We went directly to Twin ~a11s, Idaho, by train. In those days there weren't many autanobiles. It was hard. LK Do you renernber the first impression of the eotmtry? YY At first, I renanbered my friends's uncle saying how Japanese were living in a snBll houses in the country, and I was prepared. I had hope of making money and buying a bigger house. LK How did you get fran the train to the fann? YY We went by horse and ruggy. LK HOw far away was the fann? YY Fran the station to the fann- al::out 15 to 20 minutes. LK Do you remanber how it was like to first see it, the fann you will live? YY What a small house - just like what my friend said. When I was in Japan fran al::out 14 - 15 years old, my health got better so I acccmpanied my mother on her pilgrimages to all the shrines and tanples. Through the divine protection of Buddha, even though I landed in such a small house, he will surely see that we can earn money and with his help we will be able to live in a bigger house. That wasmy~. ~ |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66m4qkd/899514 |
