| 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 97 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901457 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s7:98 71 ,J if . _j HNti!ftr thing aboutA- you go ·inTO c~o/'s the government ' s Oc-<. .£ ~ - onions, potatoes, stuff like that. LK You go into the stuff they'rewt of so the market is •. i..jM That's supply and demand. It the supply's down you a.c/L , you don't have this bickering around. You know, what's -1/e~e l~j'tJW~.,jl!t,~ ~,({e, It isn't supply and demand. Like wheat, corn and everything else is sup-ly and demand. LK •• ~o's idea was the corporation. How did it comeabout the idea 1"7 ,_, for you guys. 3M Well,we kept talking about it and we could see it coming) yJv. J?'idr./, LK 3M ~M 3M 3M 3M I .,.e. The family was getting bigger. Ah, the the taxes~was paying on it was getting bigger. Then we - our partnership was -was hfPretty shakey partnership. 2 Why. Well, the partnership, we didn't want to get sued or anything. The partnership is a disaster. Yeah ... 7k_ ~e. in Cl- partnership Js a disaster. They' 11 ~~tze.. 1/1,1 ,ej,jl now-: 7k JAssets and everything. tiL 11 A assets are .p.to:L.e. ~~ ~ ,.1Vehicles and stuff . .ttAe inthe corporation's name1 See. And so- so if the .. , LK Sofhe business couldkeep going. 3M Vell1 if you W~rcl ~ hit a school bus ••• LK Doesthe partner ship hire the corporation~ |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901457 |
