| 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 89 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901449 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s6:90 !.fM LK _3-M LK LK Wt.!ll JR~tf Look at this Wasatch Electricftbought thfs?two farms. 1. The two you'vebeen talkingabout the --grain and the dairy. Two dairjs· This Wasatch Electric put these poles all along-~~ high tension poles. /j I I /) J ror), & J..,ie715/ "Vn. 1 Wnl-t'Nt-,,;1~)-J( /-'/Yl<i. Cf"", They put all these steel po es up •.• f/.nd he was looking at the gound and Ae. 1/ f:~ys, say, is IJ If 1/1/ this ground for sale? Andhe says, Yeah. I think I'll • ,, 1/,!s.lo-'f.f..J Buy it.}I made enough money to ,, come come across this thing for tax purposes. A tax write off. Do'jotl me,-..t J,ro~ Z. AJust conducting that wireAthere ••. Reset up all the poles for the high tension wires, see. 7k-v.kc"/f,r'';.;-;. U'fJrJ ----- I see. And there was enough money comingout of that to buy up the z land. HE m~that much money, He's 87 years old. Jj ,'f And I said, why w(}l he want to buyj\-- well, it's tax purpose. He m~ 50 mu. _~ money1 pushing it thrw~h. So he bought two dairys. All right. ~e hires these guys. He promises them a thousand dollars a month1 plus livingput of that. Andhe Stz.;'"S / ~ ~~ke J.nfiW~/IN!· And the other guy, the dder guy,he gives him $2000. Af~/~ ?~I II /.that's agooddeal. All right, they g:> to work and and sell the farm /I to him.Pll right.Andhe says, allright, Ithink I'll sell the thing~d these guys are out of a job~\laughs] Andthere they sit with no job. z LK That really happened. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901449 |
