| 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 46 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901406 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s2:47 ~M HE wasn't a member of the church. 3M Yeah. AM No, he wasn't.Notat that time. AND SO HIS AND THEN WE HAD A NEIGHBOR LK Spell that. Wmn BERCHTOLD • 3M ANdhe was he was - sinceour father died,he was about -what? How I -2 ~ d was he when dad died. He was about 35. -About 30,~~ . He •cf be about 12 years older than ... me ... :N o-.JJ I ft. He~ been about 30 years old. And - he kind <f took over. And kind of lookedout for us, you know. And1 well1 thekids - his nephews used to come every summer and we - T~u and I used to play with him-all - I mean,~ were justin and out all be time. They'd come over our place and theyd eat and we'd go over there. And we were playing with themall the time. He kindof looked out for us. And so when bey confiscated the stuff, you know. We had to take the short wave-radios and we had to give all of our guns out, over. Andso - ~M We didn't have too many guns [laughs] ~ n ~ 3M We only had two.~He said, bring them down to my place. So we'd just ,, give them to him. And he says, if youwant to use them, justlet tl me know and we'll go get them.Butthere'sa curfew too at that time; That we had to ~ay within ten miles of the areas. 20 miles. Within the radius. And so -he kind of took over - ah - looked after us. And - so - between them, they went and asked themt to sign to sell - you know, to .sign this petition. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901406 |
