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Interviews

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Klancy Clark De Nevers papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2285
Abstract The Klancy Clark De Nevers papers (1960-2008) contain World War II research gathered by de Nevers in preparation for the writing or editing of three different books. De Nevers research focuses on World War II, Japanese internment, and Aberdeen, Washington (her hometown). The publications resulting from this research include; The Colonel and the Pacifist, and The Cohasset Beach Chronicles that are a compilation of newspaper...
Dates: 1900-2015
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Jessica Furman scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2372
Abstract

The Jessica Furman scrapbook (2007) contains the handmade book of a class trip to Topaz, the Japanese-American internment camp in Utah.

Dates: 2007
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Mike M. Masaoka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0656
Abstract Mike M. Masaoka served as National Secretary (1941-1943) and Washington lobbyist (1945-1953) for the Japanese American Citizens' League. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and served as president of the Japan-America Society. He was active in issues of immigration reform and compensation for victims of wartime internment. The collection includes scrapbooks, yearbooks, correspondence, court and congressional documents, articles, oral history transcripts,...
Dates: 1931-1991
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Saving the Legacy oral history project transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2070
Abstract The American West Center, at the University of Utah, is involved in a nationwide effort to preserve the stories of men and women who witnessed the events of World War II. This oral history project, Saving the Legacy: An Oral History of Utah's World War II Veterans, has the mission of interviewing veterans living in Utah and the Intermountain Region. The American West Center later expanded their mission to include all war veterans....
Dates: 2001-2010
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Sandra C. Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1808
Abstract The Sandra C. Taylor papers (1942-1999) contain research files, notes, material related to Vietnam and the Vietnam War, and photocopies of documents produced by the War Relocation Authority Board relative to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. There is also material primarily relating to the conflict in Indochina, and its repercussions in American society. Also included are manuscript drafts written by Taylor and by others whose research she consulted. Taylor is a...
Dates: 1942-1999
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Topaz Museum interviews

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2465
Abstract

Transcripts of interviews (2008) conducted with individuals associated with internees at the Topaz internment camp in Utah.

Dates: 2008
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Frank K. Yoshimura papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1983
Abstract

Frank Yoshimura has been active in the Mount Olympus Japanese American Citizens League. He was involved in getting a monument placed at the site of the Topaz relocation center. This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, maps, brochures, interviews, and articles. Also included is a booklet prepared in honor of the 100th birthday of Charles Kawakami.

Dates: 1971-2003
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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