Series 1. Hard News: Women in Broadcast Journalism
Scope and Contents
This series consists of 30 audio tapes containing oral history interviews conducted
circa 1986 as part of the research for
Hard News: Women in Broadcast
Journalism
, by David H. Hosley and gayle k. yamada (New York: Greenwood Press,
1987). All the interviews, except for Harriet Ann Bishop's, were part of the Hard News
project and were about women in broadcast news. Bishop's interview was for Yamada's
master's thesis and was about older women as television anchors. The length of the
interviews range from 15 minutes to 2 hours, with the average length being 1 hour.
Box 1, audiocassette 1
Harriet Ann Bishop
1985-06-05
Box 1, audiocassette 2
Melba Tolliver
1986-08-02
Box 1, audiocassette 4-5
Helen Sioussat
1986-08-18
Box 1, audiocassette 6
Faye Gillis Wells
1986-08-18
Box 1, audiocassette 8
Joe Dembo
1986-08-20
Scope and Contents
On tape with Sherlee Barrish.
Box 1, audiocassette 8
Shelee Barrish
1986-08-20
Scope and Contents
On tape with Joe Dembo.
Box 1, audiocassette 9
Douglas Edwards
1986-08-20
Box 1, audiocassette 13
Mary Alice Williams
1986-08-21
Box 1, audiocassette 15
Ponchitta Pierce
1986-08-22
Box 1, audiocassette 16-17
Box 1, audiocassette 18-19
Box 1, audiocassette 20
Shirley Wershba
1986-08-25
Box 1, audiocassette 21
Anna Mae Sokusky
1986-08-27
Box 1, audiocassette 23
Tarea Hall Pittman
1986-09-15
Box 1, audiocassette 24
Lesley Friedsam
1986-09-12
Box 1, audiocassette 27
Elizabeth Bemis
1986-09-18
Box 1, audiocassette 30
Judy Hole
[Unknown, probably fall
1986]
Series 2. Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties
Scope and Contents
The series consists of audio and video tapes containing oral history interviews
conducted in the late 1990s and early 2000s as part of the research for
Uncommon
Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties
, a documentary produced by gayle k.
yamada. The documentary focuses on Japanese American soldiers that served as part of the
Military Intelligence Service (MIS) during World War II and the occupation of Japan–all
while their families back in America were stripped of their civil rights and sent to
isolated internment camps. The length of the interviews range from 1 to 5 hours, with
the average length around 2 hours. Additional primary and archival resources used are
also included.
Interviews
Scope and Contents
Oral history interviews conducted with Japanese American veterans and intelligence
officers from World War II. Interviews are a mix of audio and video interviews, with
some interviewees having sat for more than one session.
Box 2, audiocassette 1-2
Raymond Yoshihiro Aka
2000-07-13
Box 2, audiocassette 3-4
Harry and Ken Akune
2000-01-29
Box 6, videotape 3-4
Harry and Ken Akune
2000-12-13
Box 6, videotape 1-2
Harry Masami Akune
2000-12-13
Box 6, videotape 5-6
Kenjiro "Ken" Akune
2000-12-13
Box 2, audiocassette 5
Paul Takeo Bannai
2000-01-29
Box 6, videotape 7-10
Frank Fukuhara
2000-02-09
Box 2, audiocassette 6-8
Harry Katsuharu Fukuhara
2000-01-20
Box 2, audiocassette 9
Harry Fukuhara & Joe Kurata
1999-10-09
Box 2, audiocassette 10
Raymond Kosaku Harada
2000-02-14
Box 2, audiocassette 11-12
Benjamin H. Hazard
2000-01-20
Box 2, audiocassette 13
Aiko and Jack Herzig-Yoshinaga
1999-10-23
Box 2, audiocassette 14-15
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga
2000-11-11
Box 2, audiocassette 16-17
Box 2, audiocassette 18-20
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi
1999-10-24
Box 6, videotape 13-18
Grant Jiro Hirabayashi
2000-11-19
Box 2, audiocassette 21-22
Grant Hayao Ichikawa
1999-10-25
Box 2, audiocassette 24
Hiroshi "Roy" Inui
2000-04-05
Box 2, audiocassette 25-27
Suneo "Phil" Ishio
1999-10-24
Box 6, videotape 19-22
Sunao "Phil" Ishio
2000-11-7
Box 2, audiocassette 28-29
Yoshito Iwamoto
2000-04-06
Box 2, audiocassette 30-32
Shigeya Kihara
1999-11-30
Box 2, audiocassette 33-34
Robert Torao "Rusty" Kimura
2000-02-02
Box 6, videotape 23-25
Robert Torao "Rusty" Kimura
2000-12-14
Box 3, audiocassette 1-2
Nobuo "Dick" Kishue
2000-01-28
Box 3, audiocassette 3-4
Kazuo "Kaz" Komoto
2000-01-28
Box 3, audiocassette 5-6
George Masamichi Koshi
2000-04-01
Box 3, audiocassette 7-8
Ardavan Kiyoshi Kozono
2000-07-26
Box 3, audiocassette 9-10
Henry Hideo Kuwabara
2000-02-01
Box 3, audiocassette 11-13
Roy Hiroshi Matsumoto
2000-04-18
Box 6, videotape 26-29
Roy Hiroshi Matsumoto
2000-11-08
Box 7, videotape 31-32
Norman Y. Mineta (Monterey #5-6)
2000-06-30
Scope and Contents
Duplicate: see Monterey sub-series
Box 3, audiocassette 14-15
H. Michael "Mike" Moss
2001-02-05
Box 3, audiocassette 16-17
Fred K. Murakami
1999-10-25
Box 3, audiocassette 18-19
Mac Nobuo Nagata
2000-01-28
Box 3, audiocassette 20
Ben Ichiro Nakamoto
2000-01-28
Box 3, audiocassette 21-22
Hiroshi Nishimura
2000-04-06
Box 3, audiocassette 23-24
Frank Yoshiharu Nishio
2000-01-28
Box 3, audiocassette 25-26
Shoso "Sho" Nomura
2000-02-01
Box 6, videotape 30-31
Shoso "Sho" Nomura
2000-12-14
Box 3, audiocassette 28-29
Sukeo "Skeets" Oji
2000-07-18
Box 3, audiocassette 30-31
Don Chikara Oka
2000-01-31
Box 6, videotape 32-33
Don Chikara Oka
2000-12-14
Box 3, audiocassette 32-34
Peter Kazunori Okada
2000-04-09
Box 6, videotape 34-36
Donald Shigeru Okubo
2000-01-08
Box 4, audiocassette 1-2
Donald Shigeru Okubo
2000-02-14
Box 4, audiocassette 5-7
Thomas Tokio Sakamoto
1999-11-23
Box 7, videotape 1-4
Thomas Tokio Sakamoto
2001-05-01
Box 7, videotape 30
Eric Shinseki (Monterey #1)
2000-06-30
Scope and Contents
Duplicate: see Monterey sub-series
Box 4, audiocassette 10-11
Francis Y. Sogi
2000-02-14
Box 4, audiocassette 12-13
Ted Kyogi Soyeshima
2000-01-20
Box 4, audiocassette 14-15
Box 4, audiocassette 16-18
Roy Tetsuo Takai
1999-11-22
Box 7, videotape 9-11
Roy Tetsuo Takai
2000-10-20
Box 4, audiocassette 19-21
Box 4, audiocassette 22-23
Box 7, videotape 16-21
Ted T. Tsukiyama
2000-01-05
Box 4, audiocassette 27
Ted T. Tsukiyama
2000-02-10
Box 4, audiocassette 28-29
Roy T. Uyehata
2000-01-21
Box 7, videotape 22-23
Roy T. Uyehata
2000-10-20
Box 4, audiocassette 31-32
Kenji Watanabe
2000-02-15
Box 4, audiocassette 33
Gordon Tamio Yamada
1999-10-26
Box 7, videotape 33-34
Gordon Tamio Yamada (Monterey #7-8)
2000-07-01
Scope and Contents
Duplicate: see Monterey sub-series
Box 4, audiocassette 34-35
Steve Shizuma Yamamoto
2000-02-02
Box 7, videotape 24-26
Steve Shizuma Yamamoto
2000-12-13
Box 5, audiocassette 6-8
Shigeo "Mike" Yasutake
2000-04-08
Box 5, audiocassette 9
Ralph T. Yempuku
2000-02-15
Box 5, audiocassette 10-11
Masatatsu "Mas" Yonemura
2000-07-18
Box 5, audiocassette 12-13
Taro Yoshihashi
1999-10-25
Box 5, audiocassette 14-15
Joe J. Yoshiwara
2000-02-12
Monterey (Interviews & Event)
Scope and Contents
Speeches and interviews conducted in Summer 2000 in Monterey, California, at a
veteran's dinner and reunion event.
Box 8, videotape 1
Monterey #1 (Eric Shinseki SOT, reception)
2000-06-30
Box 8, videotape 2
Monterey #2 (Veteran's Dinner--Honor guard, intros, Shigeya Kihara, James
C. McNaughton)
2000-06-30
Box 8, videotape 3
Monterey #3 (Veteran's Dinner--James C. McNaughton, Kan Tagami, Faces of
vets, Harry Fukuhara)
2000-06-30
Box 8, videotape 4
Monterey #4 (Veteran's Dinner--Harry Fukuhara, Eric Shinseki, Presidential
Citation, Masaji Uratsu)
2000-06-30
Box 8, videotape 5
Monterey #5 (Presidential citation; Norman Y. Mineta interview 1 of
2)
2000-06-30
Box 8, videotape 6
Monterey #6 (Norman Y. Mineta interview 2 of 2)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 7
Monterey #7 (Gordon Tamio Yamada interview 1 of 2)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 8
Monterey #8 (Gordon Tamio Yamada interview 2 of 2)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 9
Monterey #9 (James C. McNaughton interview 1 of 3)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 10
Monterey #10 (James C. McNaughton interview 2 of 3)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 11
Monterey #11 (James C. McNaughton interview 3 of 3; MIS school mascot
poster)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 12
Monterey #12 (Shigeya Kihara interview 1 of 4)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 13
Monterey #13 (Shigeya Kihara interview 2 of 4)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 14
Monterey #14 (Shigeya Kihara interview 3 of 4)
2000-07-01
Box 8, videotape 15
Monterey #15 (Shigeya Kihara interview 4 of 4)
2000-07-01
Military Intelligence Service Language School Legacies
Scope and Contents
Interviews conducted with members of the first class of the Military Intelligence
Service Language School when it first opened in San Francisco's Presidio during World
War II to teach Japanese.
Box 9, cassette 1-7
Masaji "Gene" Uratsu
2007-03
Video B Roll and Archival Footage
Scope and Contents
Supporting material and still images from interviews used in the production of the
documentary, as well as archival footage from the National Archives and Records
Administration.
Box 9, videotape 8-10
Artifacts, Stills
2000-10-25
Box 9, videotape 11
Yamada, Oka, Higa Stills
2000-11-01
Box 9, videotape 16
Hirabayashi, Yamamoto, Kimura, Uratsu stills tape 1
2001-01-18
Box 9, videotape 17
Uratsu, Newspaper Stills tape 2
2001-01-18
Box 9, videotape 18
Artifacts tape 3
2001-01-18
Box 9, videotape 19
[O Soc?], Sankey, Matsumoto Stills, tape 1
2001-03-29
Box 9, videotape 20
Okada, Yamane, Sakamoto Pt. 1 Stills, tape 2
2001-03-29
Box 9, videotape 21
Sakamoto Pt. 2, Nat'l Park Service/Presido, tape 3
2001-03-29
Box 9, videotape 22
George Koshi Stills
circa 2000
Box 9, videotape 34, Box 10, videotape 4
Box 10, videotape 1-3
USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii
2001-01-09
Box 10, videotape 5-6
Footage from KRON (Manzanar, Sierras, Presidio)
2001-02-21
Box 10, videotape 7-16, Box 11, videotape 2-10
Archival Footage from National Archives & Records
Administration
2000-2001
General
Topics depicted on the footage from NARA include: Bougainville interrogation,
Civilians, Kamikaze, Brisbane, MacArthur, Nimitz, Iwo Jima, Japanese occupation of
China, atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll, aftermath of Hiroshima, John F. Kennedy's
inaugural address, Phillipines, POWs, Okinawa surrender, Tokyo during WWII, Yokohama
during WWII, General MacArthur press conference, Japan's surrender, occupation of
Japan, Bougainville, Camp Shelby, Japanese Americans training, repatriates,
Mitsubishi plant, Hawaii, Iwo Jima, Marianas, Tinian, Saipan, Guam, Leyte,
Philippine Sea, New Guinea, Kyushu aerials, Japanese caricatures, Saipan caves,
Landing at Sasebo, Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, Battle of Midway,
and Fort Snelling.
Box 10, videotape 17-28
Assorted Archival Footage selected by Paul Hara
General
Topics depicted on the footage include: eviction, Japanese American Boy Scouts,
police searching Japanese Americans, and arrival at internment camps.
Box 11, videotape 1
Dave Tatsuno: Topaz Film Transfer
2001-03-01
General
Footage of Central Utah "Relocation" Center by Dave Tatsuno used as supporting
material for gayle k. yamada's "Uncommon Courage" documentary
Misc. Research
Scope and Contents
Additional research and primary resources used in making the documentary.
Box 12, folder 1
Selections from "Operations of the Allied Translator & Interpreter
Section GHQ, SWPA. Volume V. Intelligence Series"
1948
Box 12, folder 2
"Paper Trail to Internment" by Yoriko Watanbe Sasaki
Box 12, folder 3
"MacArthur - First Foreign-Born Shogun of Japan" speech by Sidney Forrester
Mashbir
1954
Box 12, folder 4
Selections from "Preliminary Inventories, Number 77" Records of the War
Relocation Authority, compiled by Estelle Rebec and Martin Rogin
1955
Box 12, folder 5
"Participating in the Main Stream of American Life Amidst Drawback of
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination" by John F. Aiso
Box 12, folder 6
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition given to Gordon Yamada by
Nancy Pelosi
2012
Final Documentary & Promotional Material
Scope and Contents
Completed versions of the documentary as well as recordings for a screening.
Box 11, videotape 11
Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties
2001
Box 11, videotape 12
Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties
2008
Box 10, videodisc 30
Uncommon Courage: Patriotism and Civil Liberties
2011
General
Documentary film by gayle k. yamada. Copyright: Bridge Media, Inc. A presentation
of the Center for Asian American Media and KVIE Public Television (Sacramento)
Box 10, videotape 29
Video Messages for "Uncommon Courage" screening
2001-05-19
General
Video messages from Tom Brokaw, Norman Y. Mineta, Daniel Inouye, Honda[?],
Matsui[?], and Peter Jennings recorded for a screening of "Uncommon Courage"
