| 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 103 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901463 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s8:104 won~do nothing. Andhe'll move out. He'll move to Salt Lake. Allright, he '11 still want his share CknciZ ,we/// t5e.. . O,.J~PJ--,~.Jiv-"1 7&..- all ov-er thegosh darn country. So • .. We made it t~ thisA- Nsox Elder J '1;PStvcZ • .> f~ C-A ow~- ~ ("'.1 ~~ I!Jt!IJ/'6 Farmers. LK iJ., I tfl'<><j.U.!Jj,4d tv.~~ ~/}f (""" /,-,$ W!7>s-o/'"JJJI_.j ;/M .J;/""'m Ar<" j,<Qw~ -M Trust level and . At th~~ time, when we organized this thing, we couldn't go out andbuy things. \/e got to get our finacnces togehter. Like - we'd go down thereto buy 'fertili'2-C/2.-J wholesale. Allright. One farmer would go down there and try to buy it, andhe couldn't buy it. But througha coporporation,we could buy it. All ().k. . right.~You ~ .. a corporation out here and we'll sell it to you. 1-tlllte. .ft d> o.' Ufo:.->1~.& .. !' ;J/ . /} . ~~ ..., L K ;1 Trus~. Is the chances of being //~ by a Jv;11,-iiq'11'11-#/l t/t'I#YJa :-~/~Nt'~ "' ~ ~ / 3M The whole thingof it i~- Welookedat. There's somany co-ops that have been~arted in this area. And it's Caucasion co·ops. And~ belong to it1 too. Andth~e isn't - t~re's only one that's survived. The restof themare alldefunct betuse some guy has taken advantage cf it. Maybe 3 or 4 guys have taken advantage of~ (~ ·D(J And don't pay it back) 2t Is di!/1-£ .. J"-/; t:£ /e....j,, f/.Jhpf ayclo is)' f.J They take advantage. TheyYA ~own there and buya 100 ton of fertilizer under the Co -ops name and thecoop has to pay for it becuase II they're libel for it. OK. 1/d The this guy says, Vell, I caJA. pay you II back. And so there · yot( /1/)£. ; ~c;-f, . Andit breaks the co-op. But when you've got Japanese in there - the Nisei guys in there - they've , o ~-ao,. g ot that ~h'l/- Mtrf. go back to the old country. A'that old thingl'f);d snr51 I h ey - I don't want to shamemyself . When! go buy something, Im going |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901463 |
