Bessie Yoshida Konishi Interview Segment 1

Family background (ddr-densho-1000-212-1) - 00:04:59
Description of siblings (ddr-densho-1000-212-2) - 00:02:51
Establishment of family farm in Colorado (ddr-densho-1000-212-3) - 00:03:39
The Japanese American community in Alamosa, Colorado (ddr-densho-1000-212-4) - 00:03:54
Encountering discrimination (ddr-densho-1000-212-5) - 00:03:12
Family activities growing up (ddr-densho-1000-212-6) - 00:02:03
Helping on family's farm (ddr-densho-1000-212-7) - 00:03:10
Employing migrant workers on family's vegetable farm (ddr-densho-1000-212-8) - 00:03:05
Community celebrations in the Japanese American community (ddr-densho-1000-212-9) - 00:04:16
Memories of atmosphere following the bombing of Pearl Harbor: father sponsored people from the West Coast moving to Colorado (ddr-densho-1000-212-10) - 00:05:04
Encountering discrimination postwar (ddr-densho-1000-212-11) - 00:03:37
Hearing about a nearby German POW camp during World War II (ddr-densho-1000-212-12) - 00:02:27
Attending high school and college (ddr-densho-1000-212-13) - 00:01:34
Description of older siblings' arranged marriages (ddr-densho-1000-212-14) - 00:04:04
Meeting future husband, a veterinarian (ddr-densho-1000-212-15) - 00:04:49
Attending college while raising a child (ddr-densho-1000-212-16) - 00:02:37
Involvement with an Issei memorial project (ddr-densho-1000-212-17) - 00:01:58
Raising children and grandchildren (ddr-densho-1000-212-18) - 00:05:05
Reflections (ddr-densho-1000-212-19) - 00:03:51
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ddr-densho-1000-212-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-kbessie-01-0001)

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Family background

00:04:59 — Segment 1 of 19

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May 13, 2008

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Bessie Yoshida Konishi

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Bessie Yoshida Konishi Interview

01:06:15 — 19 segments

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May 13, 2008

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Denver, Colorado

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Nisei female. Born September 17, 1932, in La Jara, Colorado. Spent childhood in Alamosa, Colorado, where family operated a successful produce farm. Married in 1950 and obtained graduate degree in education. Active with Japanese American community projects and diversity education.

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Megan Asaka, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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