| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Raymond Uno |
| Alternative Title |
Raymond Uno: interviews on September 27 and October 17, 1987 |
| Creator |
Uno, Raymond, 1930- |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1987-09-27; 1987-10-17 |
| 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 |
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206/ ; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Park County, Wyoming, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5834587/ ; El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5345743/ |
| Subject |
Uno, Raymond, 1930- --Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.); United States--Armed Forces--Japanese Americans; Japanese American soldiers; Judges--Utah; Utah--Ethnic relations |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 134 pages) of an interview with Raymond Uno, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1987. Judge Uno (b. 1930) reminisces about his childhood in Ogden, Utah, the family's move to California in the mid-1930s, and subsequent experiences during the Japanese relocations of World War II. The Uno family was sent to the Hart Mountain relocation center in Wyoming. In 1948 Uno enlisted in the United States Army and served in post-war Japan. He also relates his experiences in the Utah judicial system |
| 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/s603089w |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Japanese American soldiers; Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945); Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.); Judges--U.S. states |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
900074 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s603089w |
| Title |
Page 33 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
899971 |
| OCR Text |
Show LK RU LK RU there all Mexicans and Asians there and then two or three years later I go to a school where it's sort of mixed with whites in there too. Because before going into a higher class it didn't occur to me that there was a segregated atmosphere there but as I look back and look at what was happening then at that time I realize now that it was racial discrimination that caused that kind of thing to happen. That's what occurred? In the, for instance, the assembly center, did you know, did you hear people talk about your father and suspect him? I never heard anything, you know, derogatory. I remember talking with some of the older people and they were always very complimentary in terms of he's bilingual and he's a great help for them and a lot of people even now that had knowing him coming from that area say, you know, your dad really helped me out. He did this for me and he did that for me. So, I'm not hearing you saying that your father was suspected or was under some kind of pressure at that time? No. The only thing that was awkward was because he was, as I look back now, he was an American citizen and he fought for the American forces and he was very active in the American Legion and then being put into the camp which, you know, was ironic because here, you know, was a person who served in the American 32 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s603089w/899971 |
