| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Okada brothers |
| Alternative Title |
Toru and Jim Okada: interview of August 18, 1984 |
| Creator |
Okada, Toru, 1919- ; Okada, Tetsu, 1926-2010; Okada, Kenge; Okada, Junior, 1929-1994 |
| Contributor |
Fuller, Sandra T., 1945- ; Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1984-08-18 |
| Date Digital |
2014-05-07 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Honeyville, Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5776087/ ; Deweyville, Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5773850/ ; Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5783768/ ; Hawaii, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5855797/ ; California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5332921/ |
| Subject |
Okada, Toru, 1919- --Interviews; Okada, Tetsu, 1926-2010--Interviews; Okada, Kenge, 1922- --Interviews;; Okada, Junior, 1929-1994--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese American farmers; Utah--Ethnic relations; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American; Buddhists--Utah; Arranged marriages |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 118 pages) of an interview by Sandra Fuller and Leslie Kelen with brothers Toru ("Beb"), Tetsu, Kenge and "Junior" Okada, Japanese-Americans living in Utah in 1984. In the transcript, Toru is called "1man," Kenge is "2Man," Junior is "3Man," and Tetsu is "4man." An unidentified woman, probably a wife, joined the conversation.The Okado brothers (b. 1919 to 1929) talk about the families of their mother and father in Japan, relocation to Hawaii, coming to Utah and raising sugar beets, and land ownership policies in the U. S. Other topics covered include picture brides, the Depression, civilian life during World War II, farming, and Japanese American organizations |
| 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/s6x93v1x |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Japanese American farmers |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901478 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x |
| Title |
Page 16 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901376 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-85 s:t:16 LK And when their kids grew up, you know, the1- of course, the p:irtnership. I see when the kids dissolved ,·t 1 3Man Becuase - becuase they all wanted tobe thebosses and -- [Everybody laughs] Andthen~he frictionstarted. And so, they divided. E~rything divided. Andithink alot 1 people whenthey~t married,they divided. Like our -our Dad and --whenthey got marr~d, the wives come in and then the friction started and so they -eJ,·..,.,·~~ ... ~Man Well, moreor less the depression 3Man The depression on top~ that.Youknow how it goes. Th\e's LK ltMan LK wmn LK ~Man LK :{Man LK. Wmn ~Man two ways you divide --you make alot of money, you divide; when you're way down on thebottom, you divide. But if you stay in the middle, you're all right. Sothe depression and wives. Yeah .•. ~ c&fJf'U?'J ~iM h'-fr:i rh& vrn;·t 0 7 ~//.. . No, just joking, ju~ joking. [everybody laughs] You better be ~ 0 king!!! I couldn't resist that one. Now, ok. So - what - couldyou give me - what is the year you were 1926. Andyouwere born. 22. /t!'fd.you ~)orA/;:., 2 29. He's goingtobe famous, he says ••• He was born in a hospital. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901376 |
