Farm life -- Oregon
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth L. Van Beber oral memoir
Oral memoir by Ruth L. Van Beber recorded from October 12, 1992 to May 7, 1993. Van Beber recounts her life story, including her childhood; experience in a Salvation Army Home for Wayward Girls; hitchhiking across the country during the Depression; homesteading in Oregon; running cafes; and the 1964 earthquake in Alaska.
Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi
Oral history interview with Mamaro Wakasugi conducted by George I. Azumano on October 29, 1994, as part of the Japanese American Oral History Project. Wakasugi discusses his family background and early life as a second-generation Japanese American on farms on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and in Banks, Oregon, as well as his experiences farming in Ontario, Oregon, during World War II.
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.