Race discrimination -- Oregon -- Hood River
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Linda Tamura oral history interviews with Issei in the Hood River Valley, Oregon
Collection
Identifier: SRC 2
Abstract
Audio recordings of oral history interviews with 11 first-generation Japanese Americans in Hood River, Oregon, conducted by Linda Tamura from October 8, 1985, to May 31, 1986. The interviews were the basis for a book by Tamura, titled "The Hood River Issei: An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley." Interviewees discuss their early lives in Japan; their experiences as immigrants to the United States; their lives in the Hood River Valley of Oregon; and their...
Dates:
1985 October 8-1986 May 31
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
Masuo Yasui letter to Sagoro Asai
Collection
Identifier: Coll 956
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1946 January 18; 2022