Japanese Americans
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Helen Y. Murao
Oral history interview with Helen Y. Murao conducted by Linda Doami on August 11, 1995, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Murao discusses her early life as a second-generation Japanese American living with white foster families in Portland, Oregon, and her experiences while incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II.
Marie Namba letter to June Clark about incarceration at Portland Assembly Center
Oral history interview with Jack T. Ouchida
Oral history interview with Art O. Sasaki
Oral history interview with Art O. Sasaki conducted by Etsu Osaki in two sessions, on September 9 and September 16, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Sasaki discusses his early life as a second-generation Japanese American in Tualatin before World War II; his experiences while incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka War Relocation Center during the war; and his experiences working on the family farm in Tualatin.
Paul S. Takata letters to Helen C. and Ralph L. Scott
Letters from Paul S. Takata to Helen C. Scott (1880-1968) and her husband, Ralph L. Scott (1881-1962). Takata immigrated to the United States from Japan and worked at the Scotts' floral business in Portland, Oregon, before being called back to Japan for military service in 1914. The letters postdate Takata's time in the U.S.
Linda Tamura oral history interviews with Issei in the Hood River Valley, Oregon
Oral history interview with Masumi Timson
Oral history interview with Masumi Timson conducted by Sankar Raman and Giacomo Ranieri on March 19, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Timson immigrated to the United States from Japan in 1991. She became a professional musician, a koto instructor, and a regular performer with the band with Pink Martini.
Hideto Tomita letters
Hideto Tomita was a Portland, Oregon, Japanese American who was incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Minidoka camp in Idaho and later joined the 442nd regiment of the U.S. Army. Collection consists of Tomita's correspondence with Cora B. Oliver, a former teacher, 1942-1945, regarding his experiences of incarceration, of basic training in Mississippi, and of life at the front in Italy and France.
Saku Tomita diary
Manuscript bound diary, May 2-September 10, 1942, in Japanese, with a typescript English translation by Zuigaku Kodachi, 1975, about Saku Tomita's experiences at the Portland Assembly Center, a temporary detention camp in Portland, Oregon, during World War II.
Frances Toyooka memoir
Memoir of Frances Toyooka, typed by and with an introduction by her daughter, Janet Thibault. Toyooka, a second-generation Japanese American woman, was living in Troutdale, Oregon, when the United States entered World War II. The memoir primarily concerns her experience being incarcerated by the U.S. government at Minidoka, and then living at the Twin Falls Labor Camp, but also discusses living in Vanport, Oregon, and then northeastern Portland, Oregon, following the war.