Social Classes
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
Indians of North America collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0425
Abstract
The Indians of North America collection (1882-1981) consists of miscellaneous documents materials relating to various Indian tribes.
Dates:
1882-1981
Interviews with Italian Americans in Utah
Collection
Identifier: MS 0516
Abstract
The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute (OHI) of Salt Lake City to conduct interviews with members of different ethnic minorities and racial groups. This particular series of interviews with Italians took place in 1987. Events recalled by the interviewees span the time period from the 1880s to 1987. Common themes within the interviews are family life, work, religion, discrimination, and relations with the community, and in particular the Mormon establishment in...
Dates:
1987
Interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1209
Abstract
The interviews with Japanese Americans in Utah (1984-1988) consists of transcripts of a series of interviews conducted with members of the Japanese community between 1984 and 1988. Common themes within the interviews are family life, work, religion, immigration experiences, discrimination, and relations with the Mormon establishment in Utah.
Dates:
1984-1988
Italian oral history project audio recordings
Collection
Identifier: A0305
Abstract
The Italian oral history project audio recordings (1970-1987) consist of interviews conducted with Utahns of Italian descent. Interviews begin with a short biography of the subject and cover topics such as discrimination, labor unions and social events. The American West Center conducted this and other ethnic oral history projects in an attempt to record the experiences Utah's eithnic minorities.
Dates:
1970-1979; 1987
Japanese American relocation collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0144
Abstract
The Japanese American relocation collection (1941-1945) contain materials concerned with the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the Topaz Relocation Center, and the Heart Mountain Relocation Project. The collection contains correspondence, reports, statistics, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and other related material. In 1942, after the Pearl Harbor Bombing, Americans of Japanese ancestry, living on the West Coast, were ordered to internment centers in...
Dates:
1941-1945
Jewish Archives photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0224
Abstract
The Jewish Archives photograph collection contains photographs of individuals and groups prominent in the Utah Jewish community. The collection also includes a filmstrip entitled: Jews in Utah, 1857-1977.
Dates:
1900-1980
Sonia Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0287
Abstract
The Sonia Johnson papers (1958-1983) contain materials dealing with her excommunication from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, her campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the group "Mormons for ERA" between the years 1978 and 1982.
Dates:
1958-1983; Majority of material found within 1978-1982
Alice Kasai papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1091
Abstract
The Alice Kasai papers (1911-2007) contain correspondence, reports, news clippings, articles, pamphlets, brochures, programs, awards, and newsletters related to the public life of this Utah writer and community activist. Alice Kasai (1916-2007), raised in a small town in rural Utah, saw her husband taken away by the FBI and incarcerated in an internment camp in the early days of World War II. She has been active in community affairs for more than 50 years. She has been affiliated with the...
Dates:
1911-2007
Henry Y. Kasai papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0149
Abstract
The Henry Y. Kasai papers (1907-1966) contain material relating to the personal and professional life of Henry Y. Kasai, a leader in Utah's Japanese American community. The bulk of the collection consists of the minutes, history, and president's files of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) of Salt Lake City, the formation of which Kasai initiated in 1935. Kasai was elected president of the Salt Lake JACL in 1960. Other materials include an autobiography, awards, degrees,...
Dates:
1907-1966
Dorothee Kocks oral histories
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1594
Abstract
The Dorothee Kocks oral histories (1994-1995) consist of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 1994-1995 documenting migration experiences and labor history in Utah from 1984 to 1995. The interviewers were students at the University of Utah enrolled in History 170 which was taught by Dorothee Kocks, Assistant Professor of History.
Dates:
1994-1995