| 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 30 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901390 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s2:30 2Man LK Jnian LK "JMan Ahuh.- Still we belongd to the church. Which church. The Buddhist. You guys belong to the Buddhist. Yes. The church itself, the!~contact -- there'd be contacts. 3Man Yeah, there would be contact with - fathers and -mothers, you ljMan know. Our father andmother had all of their friends comeover. And thre's always contact then. But for us kids, We would -went to regular schools. ~~ ~ ~ ~ S"cfio,~ h-7 ~ Cl'Z£1(?- ..(e.~.e,.. •·• And it was a little - maybe 50 maybe 70 kids in fuat school. And we were the mly oriental kids there. SF Sothe Fukuis then werein another school. [Yes] ~A Another school. And everybodyles in a little school [talking around this man] I/~ a-@~(1,/-/. d/Vzy v/· ~ .,, I think. There were alot of Orientals that were there - theywere in a group over there, more or less. ~/.?~~area. There'd be some there. When we got out of here,- good gads, you know, we were just more or less •••• isolated. More or less. 3Man WEll, justlike antying else. When you have people - people in -an area. You have some people that's rich o~ .prosperous. They have a tendency to look down onthe other people ~Jf~ poor. And- and they want to take advantaged it. But but here, everybody J/,4fwlfs ~,-d{ 1 was poor. I mean, there wasn't a one guy A- everybody was poor. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901390 |
