| 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 60 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901420 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s3:61 /ells s--u_/ ~crl w ~ ; ~ /'1-'tt?- .It/ -:?. -----When the war broke rut, that YRS the first time we. ~ d,~ d.est. • _j remember we were down there when the war broke out [they talk aout this] .. ~ dlyi?HP-.; ~0.; V.~/U/,.z!". -rhat year, we quit, see. WE use to have the Axle Place; they used to cal~the Nelson's place. R.em-t :~ • And we used toA We took everyting, we lost eveyrthing. So we moved off · ~£ /'h-1/r;L this 36 acres. [//n.P ln'f,l;J,;.__ fi>~.R/77 In 1940. LK You guys realy had a lot of ups and down . [everybody agrees and laughs] d M No ups -- alot of downs. [laughs] LK Soyou were renting like 36 acres. ~ Yeah, thenthe war broke out, so we stayed there and we farmed and LK LK worked til we got drafted. And - Thesetwo guys .•• fv'lf/t·'&9L:( ~· /) . ;J ~Then, on his birthday, w-.'f.IY?w-13~ ,;jfr,IJ on June 14, had the tomaoes all growing. And~ had what, about 8 acres of 36 acres -- tomatoes. We were big time then. How come you ~~ z som~my tomaotes. it. 8 out of the , 3M Well, we used to sell them to the cannery - up here,tnTremonton. And we had alittletruck and we'd haul them.And I remember the 14th of January,7'June- he- unhooked the horses. And IDme home Ahl . . and left the cultivator there. A It ~o..re.. so hard. ~Re i--,.ff.S Q'>'1j one plant #-e- [laughs].) t:lrnc:f /·f ~.s ~,e ~ ~/-/ i-~~ • It froze justA'June 14. J c;rNsh'l/ .£.:~U ~PrJ~· |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901420 |
