Misako Shigekawa Interview Segment 1

Origins of name (ddr-manz-1-74-1) - 00:04:58
Description of siblings (ddr-manz-1-74-2) - 00:02:30
Father's background: immigration to the United States (ddr-manz-1-74-3) - 00:05:24
Parents' family backgrounds (ddr-manz-1-74-4) - 00:06:08
Growing up on family farm (ddr-manz-1-74-5) - 00:02:15
Facing discrimination while growing up (ddr-manz-1-74-6) - 00:07:38
Attending college and studying to be a pharmacist (ddr-manz-1-74-7) - 00:04:11
Attending college at a time when there were few women in the pharmacy department (ddr-manz-1-74-8) - 00:03:28
Meeting future husband while working in a pharmacy (ddr-manz-1-74-9) - 00:05:18
Having difficulty finding a home (ddr-manz-1-74-10) - 00:06:06
Remembering some supportive family friends (ddr-manz-1-74-11) - 00:06:06
Being stopped on December 7, 1941, on the way to a wedding shower (ddr-manz-1-74-12) - 00:04:35
A frightening encounter after the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-74-13) - 00:02:29
Hearing about FBI visits and arrests following the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-74-14) - 00:02:32
Moving to Anaheim after being forced to leave Terminal Island (ddr-manz-1-74-15) - 00:03:52
Early impressions of camp, husband volunteers to be a policeman (ddr-manz-1-74-16) - 00:07:02
Medical care in camp: having children (ddr-manz-1-74-17) - 00:02:58
Remembering an uprising in camp (ddr-manz-1-74-18) - 00:02:50
Huband's work in camp (ddr-manz-1-74-19) - 00:03:38
Husband's role as a police officer in camp (ddr-manz-1-74-20) - 00:03:51
Visiting family in Manzanar (ddr-manz-1-74-21) - 00:02:09
Husband's involvement in a lawsuit to sue the War Relocation Authority (ddr-manz-1-74-22) - 00:05:31
Family's wartime experiences (ddr-manz-1-74-23) - 00:04:59
Daughter's interest in the wartime incarceration experience (ddr-manz-1-74-24) - 00:05:29
Thoughts on the 1980s redress and reparations (ddr-manz-1-74-25) - 00:04:24
(ddr-manz-1-74-26) - 00:05:35
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ddr-manz-1-74-1 (Legacy UID: denshovh-smisako-01-0001)

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION

Origins of name

00:04:58 — Segment 1 of 26

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DATE

June 10, 2009

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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ddr-manz-1-74

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Misako Shigekawa

INTERVIEW TITLE

Misako Shigekawa Interview

01:55:56 — 26 segments

DATE

June 10, 2009

LOCATION

Santa Ana, California

DESCRIPTION

Nisei female. Born January 2, 1909, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California, attending the University of Southern California before World War II and graduating with a degree in pharmacy. Married and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After being removed from Terminal Island, moved to Anaheim, California, before being removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Had several children in camp. Eventually returned to California.

PRODUCTION

Richard Potashin, interviewer; Kirk Peterson, videographer

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Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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Courtesy of the Manzanar National Historic Site Collection

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