| 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 73 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901433 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada BRothers 8-18-84 s4:74 4M Wehad the ground. See this is a new area for beets and we didn't ~ have to da<J k .~ h<19&{v.)<?v;;..J vP;c'~~~-' ~ ~~ /1/il/JI!!~ £//V ~,yro-ce.J ~v~. ~d!', -L v.~x vr ~~n;/,_./.4, ~z:h!IPI'~J~a~/,·(J Andit cost about/90 dollars an acre to be able to },1//4' )1/';nt...'k.~ ~d~a disease ..... end side four being side five 3M ~ee, iherest cf the people never lad enough ground to rotate, to plant different crops, different times, so what they did - they 0~ planted beets every yea~ for 2 y~s,Afor three years. And ben they planted something else, but then they come back in the beets maybe four out of the five years. Andso -- we had ~ough gt~ound that we could .rotate. We had 400 acresof ground that we could rotate. '2. LK - Besides the 380 you were renting. 3M No1 we had the 36 and then we bought abouther piece of about 50. :t- 50 - 55 wasn't'. Then on top of that, we probebly rented another 200 [laughter] Then we bought. ~ SF ~you wer~ in the big time all of a sudden.' 3M Oh, yeal,.\k expanded, we lad to. WE just-- kLr'r ~~tvcl'~, 4M The equipment, we had to keep it busy. All right. We -we had if/~ 1"~"~~0nceyougot Started, there 1 SilO way you could quit. fu(ou!~) uq Andbeets, it looks liket the best paying •. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901433 |
