| 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 88 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901448 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s6:89 7Ndlltj fm"t,tfk-,3 ' iNS<£, J YM A1he wheat crop is e~ around 20-30 bushels, some t imes/(+0 bushels. The~eld. But gearedup to this high $6 wheat andshe comes 1~i: down to- half, they';'~ut of business. They j.l:lst tumble like flies. LK So when you look at thefuture, ten yeaas from now, what do you z see. 3M Farmers willbe thepeasnats. The money man willhave all the farms. LK IJ)a/ 5,._9o"f} lo /wm 1£ .d_ jl;;emi '"-oiL;~"- L 3M It will be still here. But different owners. LK LK The owners, the people that own the groundJth~will be the money man. .z WHo'll befarming. Doctors, lawyers. WEll, the~'re going tohave people hired to do that. The farmer that -failed - you get a guy that's 55 or 50 years old and1 hey)fhere ar.e,)t .for k ~ qel #!.J.. k-.>i 1'~ ,tc> too nany job opportunitie~.And so they're going . to~manage it. The best foreman to manage itC.+kfn~ms]. __... 1/.-to/osf,;J- -1 ti>.j(O . .J ] f~f20T!il/l himself. iAta}i(.f1 lost [h;.s 7 ~r-m ~ "-fhe guywK.oio.J-b~t they're going to get _the best guy guy out of h d h h f h f ers . k d that bunc an t ent e rest o t e arm~ are go~ng t o wor un er him. And you're going to ~e food prices sky rocket. Becuase they're going to control it. ~J- g./IJ- tl-f)I_/J /) /)/(~~ q4 So you'reseeing~the small farmersAgoing to go out. 17Nav~ bJ / t1 is gdng to come in here and buy up alot of Farms. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901448 |
