Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada
Oral history interview with Tatsuro Yada conducted by Taka Mizote on March 8, 1992, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Yada was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Salem. After graduating from Willamette University, he took over the family farm. During World War II, he and his family were incarcerated by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake Relocation Center in California. After their release, he returned to farming.
Yasui Brothers business records
Yasui family papers
Radio interview with Homer Yasui and Jeff Uecker
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.
Masuo Yasui letter to Sagoro Asai
Letter from Masuo Yasui (1886-1957) to Sagoro Asai (1880-1969), written in Japanese shortly after Yasui's release from incarceration. Yasui and Asai emigrated from Japan and resided in Hood River, Oregon. Yasui owned a general store, and both operated orchards. The U.S. government accused Yasui of disloyalty after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and incarcerated him from 1941 to 1946.
Yasui test record
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.