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ARS.0081
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Title: Issei Oral History Project in Watsonville Collection
Dates: 1978-1983
Collection number: ARS.0081
Creator:
Nakane, Kazuko
Collection size:
3 boxes:
37 audiocassettes ; 14 folders of transcripts
Repository:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Abstract: The Issei Oral History Project in Watsonville was created by historian Kazuko Nakane in preparation for the book Nothing Left
in my Hands : The Issei of a Rural California Town, 1900-1942. Interviews were conducted by Nakane from 1978 to 1983 with
fifteen Japanese-American residents in Watsonville, California. The collection contains the original audiocassettes of these
interviews and their transcripts in English.
Language of Material: Japanese
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for
assistance.
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
Issei Oral History Project in Watsonville Collection, ARS-0081. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
The Issei Oral History Project in Watsonville Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Kazuko Nakane
in 2009.
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The Issei Oral History Project in Watsonville was created by historian Kazuko Nakane in preparation for the book Nothing Left
in my Hands : The Issei of a Rural California Town, 1900-1942. Interviews were conducted in Japanese by Nakane from 1978 to
1983 with fifteen Japanese-American residents in Watsonville, California. Located in the Central Valley, Watsonville and the
surrounding area is overwhelmingly agricultural, and farming is a major topic discussed in the interviews. Other subjects
include the impact of anti-immigration legislation, relocation camps during World War II, and the difficulty in maintaining
relations with family still in Japan. The collection contains the original audiocassettes of these interviews, as well as
transcripts in English.
Nakane, Kazuko. Nothing Left In My Hands : the Issei of a Rural California Town, 1900-1942. Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books,
2008.
Immigrants--California--Watsonville--Interviews
Japanese Americans--California--Watsonville--Interviews
Oral history