Interview with Hisa Wakamatsu, 1986 April 10-22
Scope and Contents
Audio recording of interview with Hisa Wakamatsu (1893-1989), with abridged English transcript (12 pages). Wakamatsu immigrated to the United States to join her husband, Eitaro Wakamatsu. They farmed in the Oak Grove area of the Hood River Valley in Oregon, and later had ten children. Wakamatsu discusses her early life on a rice farm in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She shares her experience as a picture bride, talks about her journey to the United States, and describes adjusting to life in Hood River. She discusses raising ten children, and shares her experiences after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. She talks about fragments of a meteorite that one of her children collected while the family was incarcerated at at the Tule Lake camp in California during World War II. Wakamatsu discusses returning to the Hood River Valley after the end of the war, and talks about her activities at the time of the interview.
Dates
- Creation: 1986 April 10-22
Creator
- From the Collection: Tamura, Linda, 1949- (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Noji, Mamoru, 1918-2006 (Translator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
3 audiocassettes (2 hr., 46 min., 57 sec.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The interview transcript includes the content of a final session, as translated into English, for which there is no audio recording.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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