Teresa Maebori Interview Segment 1

Choosing a middle name; description of siblings (ddr-phljacl-1-20-1) - 0:05:57
Grandparents' immigration to the U.S. (ddr-phljacl-1-20-2) - 0:03:57
Father's family pottery business and mother's dressmaking career (ddr-phljacl-1-20-3) - 0:06:52
Parents' World War II experiences (ddr-phljacl-1-20-4) - 0:07:30
Parents restart family business in Washington (ddr-phljacl-1-20-5) - 0:03:41
Experiencing racism in the immediate postwar period (ddr-phljacl-1-20-6) - 0:06:44
Japanese American community groups and holidays (ddr-phljacl-1-20-7) - 0:11:13
Graduating from college and joining the Peace Corps (ddr-phljacl-1-20-8) - 0:10:04
Experiences in the Peace Corps (ddr-phljacl-1-20-9) - 0:04:43
Working as a teacher on the East Coast (ddr-phljacl-1-20-10) - 0:04:54
Bringing multicultural curriculum to teaching career (ddr-phljacl-1-20-11) - 0:05:13
Becoming active with the Japanese American Citizens League (ddr-phljacl-1-20-12) - 0:02:42
Helping to organize the Friends of the Japanese House and Garden (ddr-phljacl-1-20-13) - 0:06:43
The importance of the Shofuso Japanese House and Garden (ddr-phljacl-1-20-14) - 0:07:06
Involvement with the JACL and redress effort (ddr-phljacl-1-20-15) - 0:06:53
Visiting Tule Lake with family (ddr-phljacl-1-20-16) - 0:09:22
Talking about the wartime incarceration (ddr-phljacl-1-20-17) - 0:04:32
Introduction to Quakerism (ddr-phljacl-1-20-18) - 0:05:44
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ddr-phljacl-1-20-1 ()

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Choosing a middle name; description of siblings

0:05:57 — Segment 1 of 18

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DATE

May 8, 2023

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JACL Philadelphia Oral History Collection

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Teresa Maebori

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Teresa Maebori Interview

1:58:43 — 18 segments

DATE

May 8, 2023

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DESCRIPTION

Sansei female. Born February 13, 1945, in Caldwell, Idaho. During World War II, parents were incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved to Auburn, Washington, where father's family had a pottery business and mother was a dressmaker. Teresa grew up in Auburn and graduated from the University of Washington. Served in the Peace Corps before moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and working as a teacher at the Germantown Friends School. Involved with numerous community groups such as the Japanese American Citizens League and Shofuso Japanese and Garden.

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Lauren Griffin, interviewer; Brett Kodama, interviewer

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JACL Philadelphia

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