| 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 102 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901462 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s8: 103 LfM LK 3m LK LfM LK ~M LK L.fm r . J.o rrrocery stores are poa~ busineses to sel~. Theywant IJ: I {1.1 ~tt~ and they want lo c:tt.f #I-,._ /} f) . - - JJ -11 I /) I • I IHJ). Jh ~ ~,Mt-Vl cJ(t/l!c%. WE sell to restaurants. And-- /4'7J41$b~Bpjo'-'tf"JlrltJ;ISS'tTJ} 7 .. You handle '2 food storage. fjx- ~Therice. For them to stt!H"<., LEt me ask you, why c;ate an all Japanese associ~tion. ~e~, what started it. BAck in -we started this in back in '36. I And then we incorporated t:n '51. But it started. We couldn't buy- Whati.l 'e wanted this commuity to buy, we couldn't buy -- you know. We'd have to go down to Ogden .••. to buy things. Rice and canned goods and every~ng like that. And fertilizer. And we thought we'd get 04.- - m'rnet( toge'!b.cr and buy ~rfquantity. Buy it cheaperJth€n take it back out and sell it. z But ~by an all Japaneseone. Ve had the insruance. We had another thing: -t!e.. didn'thave any c3ttfo insL(rtance. Health and accident insurance. r, President - he died II .. last year. He had farsight. ~e said, Ve need someinsurance. He says," A{, '-Uf!. c..~ fu.y' Lj'.:J/1 ,{, buy fromthis gu.y and this guy and this ().. guy. We get a group and we get a group insurance andJ.better But ihtp.e.t$ ·§1,/t .J/tft/--tPA??Itv/y~ /f/1 v'P/'1?/./~.re. Olj/5'/viz/.J~;.., ?- J;,tf, Trust. ATheother guy, if you ~t some other guy in there;· k says: I want my family in. I Wlfrlfii1Jiineil!l_. I got a friend over here owJ ~ w~hto ~~f/N., /ll/~~jt/}. 1/~t.J/iM~- L lfuf $".] Amonf!jfus we havl. probelm~. 7J,:_; f'7 ""m~ c&- ;vofh~i;y, &..rtJ-~J; dl.u,/1"~~ j't-7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901462 |
