| 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 98 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901458 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHO Okdada Brothers 8-18-84 s7:99 2 3M Nope, f ·he partnership just rents the ground io .tl&. c~,Qr",.q/,.vn · LK Rents the ground to the corporation. 3M And the partnersip- actually is a holding company for the corproation. Becuase thejve got thennney. Andso - if one of my brothers should happen lfJ hit a school bus - and kill 6 or 7 kids in th.:re.. P./nd he's gotJ the parternship15 got the name of the parternship in it - Jy, we'd lose thewhole _fotzm • The wholething. But they Chtv ~c-<.e-. ,:s sor~~a cthe corporation and the debt load against the corporationA--hey, I they'l/m·)V~f come out with nothing. They'fi just get theinsurance. So it's clear. It's clean. Our liability is- is just minimal. ttttt But theonly thing about a corporation is borrowing money. 2. LK EVerybody's afraid theymight no~ . be able to get their money back. 2M ~~< can't go out and borrow money, but we solved that by.- ' LK Youcanget money personally-' .e:;,Ji. 3M Right. L K You still can get money personally, AJii · 3M well, yeah. Well, the whole thingof it is is that we don't LK have to borrow any money.The partnership has+he money to loan to the corporation. Now, we've got the corporationpretty solvent anway. We d~n't borrow any money. Are you guys optimistic about the future 1 a-fpt-~ _.' - for yourselves .z.. ? Will you be able to hold on; 4-M Theonly thing the property ••. has been climbing-f:> ut it's >,k~#O"'-,..· Jf's on-the down trend now. 3M ~e bought- we qpght at the righttimes, !think. Thatwe've got enough into tht?- property; When we bought this place,it come out to be about $300 an acre. When we bought that other place, what wasit1 about |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901458 |
