| 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 33 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901393 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s2:33 He had justbought a ~ew car a~d everything. They were doingpretty good. LK Sothey~re doing pretty good up til that-- !J//JJN,; YEah, up to there. ~Man WEll, the crash U::/nt~ •• • l_/)/pt/ Thenthe crash come and they lost everything. After the ·war, it was- the- the good years. 1921 22-- Wmn We're on WWI. LK OK. I'm sorry. 2M 22 was all right. But- 23-24-25 and - in between that was bad. L K Thenit pickedup again. 1MA-N No, then the stock market crashed,. 1-J I!JRr~ -r.Jvn h, .26 ~ ~fuJ ;ljn d. -'; Ae eo. -,hat was all Dad done, was 3Man )1-Man LK l:j."'-an LK LK rented ground. He rented that and he went to Cropley and rented that and then hecome out here. And rented. He rented the 3round j,j Jc. died rut here. t2. And thenwhat was it -37, 38, the ~i ~tJ.S came. 37 or somewhere aroundfuere. And it was still rough. When was it that he lost everything. What year~ It musthave been in 22-23-somewhere around there. Oh. Sothat's when- so then, boy, we're talking about a much different depression in the farming community. Oh, yeah .. yeah. About ten years earlier, or more. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901393 |
