Yasui, Homer, 1924-2023
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Yasui family papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 949
Abstract
This collection includes correspondence, personal papers, and photographs of three generations of the Yasui family. Major topics represented in the collection include the first (Issei) generation’s immigration to Oregon in the early 1900s; the family's business and community activities in Hood River, Oregon, through 1942; the forced removal and incarceration of Yasui family members during World War II; and advocacy for redress and on behalf of Japanese American history by members of the...
Dates:
1873-2023; Majority of material found within 1910-1995
Radio interview with Homer Yasui and Jeff Uecker
Collection
Identifier: SR 946
Abstract
Radio interview with Homer Yasui and Jeff Uecker, conducted by Bob Griggs in January 1992 for Oregon Public Broadcasting's Hotline program. Uecker discusses exhibits and events about Japanese Americans in Oregon at the Oregon Historical Society in 1992. Yasui discusses his donation of Yasui family papers to the Oregon Historical Society, and talks about his experience of incarceration by the U.S. government during World War II.
Dates:
1992 January
Yasui test record
Collection
Identifier: Mss2949Test
Abstract
Records of the Yasui Brothers Company store in Hood River, their farms and orchards at Willow Flat and Mosier, Oregon, and other businesses run by Masuo and Renichi Yasui from approximately 1908 until World War II incarceration. Also includes a small amount of family and personal records.
Dates:
1901-1987