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Title:

Japanese American Women / Alumnae of the University of California Berkeley oral history project
Donated oral histories collection

Creator/Contributor:

Amemiya, Grace, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Endo, Takako, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Iiyama, Chizu, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Inami, Frank, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Iritani, Joanne Taeko, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Kusaba, Margaret, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Matsumoto, Lillian, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Ogata, Elsie, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Shibata, Yuriko, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Takahashi, Tomoye, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Uchida, Michiko, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Takahashi, Joyce N., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Tomita, Mary S., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Ichinaga, Ruth Koide, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Nakahata, Alice Kajitani, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Tomita, Mary Nakata, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Uchida, Michiko, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Takagi, Asaye Ashizawa, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Japanese American Women Alumnae of UC Berkeley, sponsoring body.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office,, issuing body.

Creator/Contributor:

Japanese American Confinement Sites World War II American Home Front Oral History Project

Abstract:

These interviews highlight the lives of eleven Japanese American coeds (chiefly women) who studied at the University of California Berkeley from the 1930's to 1951, and includes their options available during the World War II evacuation/exclusion of all persons of Japanese ancestry from the Western Defense Area. Interviews were conducted by board members of the Japanese American Women Alumnae of the University of California, Berkeley.

Date:

2007 (issued)

Contents:

Transcripts: [1] Grace (Obata) Amemiya -- [2] Takako (Tsuchiya) Endo -- [3] Chizu (Kitano) Iiyama -- [4] Frank Kaoru Inami -- [5] Joanne Taeko (Ono) Iritani -- [6] Margaret (Koide) Kusaba -- [7] Lillian (Iida) Matsumoto -- [8] Elsie (Adachi) Ogata -- [9] Yuriko (Sakurai) Shibata -- [10] Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi -- [11] Michiko (Fuji) Uchida.
Audiocassettes: [1] Grace (Obata) Amemiya -- [2-3] Takako (Tsuchiya) Endo -- [4] Chizu (Kitano) Iiyama -- [5] Frank Kaoru Inami -- [6] Joanne Taeko (Ono) Iritani -- [7] Margaret (Koide) Kusaba -- [8] Lillian (Iida) Matsumoto -- [9-10] Elsie (Adachi) Ogata -- [11] Yuriko (Sakurai) Shibata -- [12] Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi -- [13] Michiko (Fuji) Uchida.

Subject:

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College students -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Interviews
Japanese American women -- California -- Interviews
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States
Étudiants -- Californie -- Berkeley -- Entretiens
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Américains d'origine japonaise -- Entretiens
Américaines d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Entretiens
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Camps d'internement -- États-Unis
Internment camps
College students
Japanese American women
Japanese Americans
Students
California
California -- Berkeley
United States
University of California (1868-1952) -- Students -- Interviews
University of California (1868-1952) -- History
University of California (1868-1952)
Amemiya, Grace -- Interviews
Endo, Takako -- Interviews
Iiyama, Chizu -- Interviews
Inami, Frank -- Interviews
Iritani, Joanne -- Interviews
Kusaba, Margaret -- Interviews
Matsumoto, Lillian -- Interviews
Ogata, Elsie -- Interviews
Shibata, Yuriko -- Interviews
Takahashi, Tomoye -- Interviews
Uchida, Michiko -- Interviews

Note:

Forms part of: Donated oral histories collection and Japanese American Confinement Sites World War II American Home Front Oral History Project.
Select interview transcripts also available online.
Interviews also available on audiocassette (Phonotape 4027 C).
Oral histories are made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Permissions Officer, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related collection: Japanese American Confinement Sites World War II American home front oral history project (BANC MSS 2015/197).

Type:

History
Interviews
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

11 volumes in 1 ; 29 cm
13 audiocassettes : stereo ; 10 x 7 cm, 4 mm tape.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Oral histories are made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Permissions Officer, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.