Agriculture -- Oregon -- Hood River Valley
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 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 Brothers business records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2949
Abstract
The Yasui Brothers business records document the Yasui family’s business, personal, and community-related activities in Hood River, Oregon, from the start of the 20th century until World War II. The collection is composed primarily of correspondence, business operation records, and financial files from the Yasui Bros. Co. general stores that Masuo Yasui and his brother Renichi Fujimoto operated from 1908 to 1942, as well as their orchards and farms in the Hood River Valley, and the various...
Dates:
1904-1990; Majority of material found within 1908-1942