| 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 113 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
901473 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Okada Brothers 8-18-84 s9 114 their level is - all up here - a..// oui dj jJro~orh'tt'n. Chu>.f! They've got the money behind them.They think, my Dad --but they don't realise the cliff that they're going to dropoff to. The sad part is, their dads worked 40-50 years1 hard)to get where he is and .now he does't have anything. SF And .•• he probably needs someone to buy him out- becuase he doesn't have any retirement plant. 4M He hasn't got no retirement. So he's 55-60 years old andhe hasn't gotno place for a job.He hasn't got any trade--nobody's going to hire hi.m anywhelf. Md he's dead. 3M Then there's theotherpart -~he father h£8 come along and his daughter " z" is married and his son-in-law says, well, can I get in and help. ------- So he helps-he mortgaes his farm to make fuem a home and hebrings them into the operation. Inthe~eantime, she has about 2 or 3 kids and then they get a divorce. Andthe guy takes off and there he is with the- his own kid with three kids. She can't go out ~ ------ and get a job. His wife doesn't want to beAbaby tender- at her age. And t~Qre he is, he has to go back out there and start slaving ------ away to keepthe ~tgage payme~$ up. Andhe was clear before. .-/J . In •i.e_ , J R ~ l/4 • j.t;f-llu skp f:>o-(a -f /?{t S rt'P~ · _P ;.n/J7: Vf.l"ld{ l'f-5" / ,--u:. LK A .. When you lookback over your lives. And if you had another go at it, 2 would you have ~one into farming-do you regret it. Lru IJ( ... 7/;!lf iv1J-5 JJ;_ M I'f H,~, ~A~ 1 nj)-Pt JNo choice. )'M We never bid the eudcation .. 3M WM No eudcation. -J.e:£. That's why our kids are gertingAeducation for. \/ecouldn't get eJ~cation becuase we neverhad the money to go-ibc~uf~ ~CRqps n o way. We wot.-..,.-,:J' ~ s:/"7Ji .N 8 , . out of school to harvest.Jf- 40 days |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x93v1x/901473 |
