Online content
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hayashi, Ruth (interviewee) Li, Amy (interviewer) Guzman, Mylena (vidoegrapher)
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 video; 17.51 min.
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Ruth Hayashi video oral history.. Berkeley Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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Ruth Hayashi was born in Berkeley in 1933, living at The Cedars at 1301 Oxford Street until she and her mother were interned at Topaz internment camp in Utah from 1942 - 1945. Ruth and her mother returned to Berkeley at the end of the war, where Ruth graduated from Berkeley High in 1951. In this interview, Ms. Hayashi focuses on the Japanese-American experience in Berkeley before and after the war.
- Biographical / historical:
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​The ​​interview ​was conducted on November 3, 2015​ by ​Berkeley High School student Amy Li​ (interviewer) and Mylena ​​Guzman (videographer)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The interview is available online.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is held by the Berkeley Historical Society. Permission to publish should be addressed to the Oral History Committee of the society.
- Preferred citation:
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Ruth Hayashi video oral history.. Berkeley Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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1931 Center StreetBerkeley, CA 94704, US
- Contact:
- (510) 848-0181