Guide to the Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project Collection

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Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives
Title: Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project Collection
Creator: California State University, Northridge. University Library
Identifier/Call Number: URB.JSFVOH
Extent: 0.88 linear feet
Extent: 58.5 Gigabytes
Date (inclusive): 1993-2005
Abstract: The Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project documents the lives of Japanese Americans who lived, or are currently living, in the San Fernando Valley. The participants are multi-generational, with many who experienced firsthand internment and prejudice during World War II. The narrators also shared stories of farming, family emigration from Japan, and the building of their lives and families in the San Fernando Valley both before and after the war.
Language of Material: English, Japanese

Historical Note:

The library created this collection of materials for study and research.

Scope and Contents

The Japanese Americans in the San Fernando Valley Oral History Project Collection began as an Asian American Communities Field Practicum student class project assigned by Professor Edith Chen, Ph.D., of the Asian American Studies Department. Collaborating in the project was the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center, the Japanese American National Museum, and Friends of the Lopez Adobe in the City of San Fernando. The interviews were conducted by students as part of their course work in Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge.
While the interviews were originally to focus on the Japanese American farming community, it quickly evolved into a larger study of the diverse Japanese American community. The oral histories document the lives of Japanese Americans who lived, or are currently living, in the San Fernando Valley. The participants are multi-generational, with many who experienced firsthand internment and prejudice during World War II. The narrators also shared stories of farming, family emigration from Japan, and the building of their lives and families in the San Fernando Valley both before and after the war.
Several oral history interviews conducted in 1993 were added to the collection by Dr. Edith Chen of the Asian American Studies Department before the end of the project.
The collection is divided into two series, Video Recordings (1993-2004) and Transcripts (2005). Series I, Video Recordings is further divded into two subseries: Digital Files (1993-2004) and VHS Tapes (1993-2004).

Arrangement of Materials:

Series I: Video Recordings, 1993-2004
    Subseries A: Digital Video, 1993-2004
    Subseries B: VHS Tapes, 1993-2004
Series II: Transcripts, 2005

Electronic Format:

Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as a part of the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project  .

Conditions Governing Access:

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Preferred Citation:

For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing Archival Materials  guide.

Processing Information:

Jessica Geiser, 2014

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Documents
Audiovisual materials

 

Series I: Video Recordings, 1993-2004

 

Subseries A: Digital Files, 1993-2004

Digital Folder

Emi, Frank, 2004 November 8

Digital Folder

Hazama, Emi, 2004 April 9

Digital Folder

Higashida, James, 2004 March 24

Digital Folder

Imai, Michi and Tom, 2004 November 12

Digital Folder

Imamoto, Masakazu, Tom Noda and Robert Yamane, 2004 April 5

Digital Folder

Kami, Emi, 2004 April 9

Digital Folder

Kawakami, Chizu (Partially in Japanese), 2004 April 15

Digital Folder

Kihara, Kenji and Hayako, 2004 April 14

Digital Folder

Kimura, Yukiko, 1993 May 6

Digital Folder

Mitsui, Pete, 1993 April 24

Digital Folder

Muranaka, Harry Toshiaki, 2004 April 21

Digital Folder

Muranaka, Jane, 2004 March 23

Digital Folder

Muranaka, Roy Tamotsu, 2004 March 21

Digital Folder

Muraoka, Harold, 2004 April 9

Digital Folder

Ohara, Fusaye, 2004 March 26

Digital Folder

Sakaguchi, Bo, 2004 March 19

Digital Folder

Sakaguchi, Bo, 2004 October 15

Digital Folder

Shibuya, Chiyo Muro, 2004 April 9

Digital Folder

Takeuchi, Ritsuo, 2004 March 24

Digital Folder

Takeuchi, Ritsuo, 2004 November 15

Digital Folder

Takimoto, Yoneko, 2004 April 2

Digital Folder

Watanabe, Katsuye (Japanese), 1993 April 29

Digital Folder

Watanabe, Katsuye (Japanese), 1993 June 6

 

Subseries B: VHS Tapes, 1993-2004

Box 2, Item 1

Muranaka, Matsue, 1993 April 27

Box 2, Item 2

Oda, Dr. Mary, 2004 April 6

Box 2, Item 3

Unknown Woman, 2004 April 7

Box 2, Item 4

Asian American Studies 390, 2004

 

Series II: Transcripts, 2005

Box 3, Item 1

Emi, Frank

Box 3, Item 2

Hazama, Emi

Box 3, Item 3

Higashida, James

Box 3, Item 4

Imai, Michi and Tom

Box 3, Item 5

Imamoto, Masakazu, Tom Noda and Robert Yamane

Box 3, Item 6

Kami, Emi

Box 3, Item 7

Kihara, Kenji and Hayako

Box 3, Item 8

Muranaka, Harry Toshiaki

Box 3, Item 9

Muranaka, Jane Tazuko

Box 3, Item 10

Muranaka, Roy Tamotsu

Box 3, Item 11

Muraoka, Harold

Box 3, Item 12

Oda, Mary

Box 3, Item 13

Ohara, Fusaye

Box 3, Item 14

Sakaguchi, Bo - Interview from March 2004

Box 3, Item 15

Sakaguchi, Bo - Interview from October 2004

Box 3, Item 16

Takeuchi, Ritsuo - Interview from March 2004

Box 3, Item 17

Takeuchi, Ritsuo - Interview from November 2004

Box 3, Item 18

Takimoto, Yoneko

Box 3, Item 19

Watanabe, Katsuye - Interview from April 1993