An Oral History with Seiko Ishida
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-29-11 (CSUJAD Local ID: 1339_T01, CSUJAD Project ID: csufccop_jaoh_0016)
PARENT COLLECTION
CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History Japanese American Oral History Project Collection
DESCRIPTION
Retired Kibei teacher recounts samurai parents' background and their immigration to Seattle, Washington; socioeconomic composition of Seattle's Japanese community; earlier teacher training; prewar stays in Japan as a child and as a tutor in a missionary family; experiences as a teacher in the wartime resettlement in New York; and postwar return to Los Angeles. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0010. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_T01
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DATE
8/6/1974
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Interviews
OBJECT FORMAT
Audio/Visual
TOPICS
- Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle
- Identity and values -- Kibei
- Immigration and citizenship
- Japan -- Pre-World War II
- Industry and employment -- Educators
- World War II -- Leaving camp -- "Resettlement"
- World War II -- Mass removal ("evacuation")
- Geographic communities -- Washington -- Bainbridge Island
- Immigration and citizenship -- Law and legislation -- Discriminatory laws
- Education -- Higher education
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FACILITY
CREATORS
- Ishida, Seiko (interviewee)
- Hansen, Arthur A. (interviewer)
- California State University, Fullerton. Center for Oral and Public History (publisher)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of CSU Fullerton Center for Oral and Public History
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted