23 items
23 items
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-159-15)
Having children, living in Bellevue, Washington, and Lopez Island, Washington
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Connie Thorson Chandler (ddr-densho-1000-159)
White female. Born 1938 in Denver, Colorado. Father worked for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time WWII broke out, so family lived in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, in 1942. Mrs. Chandler was a child at the time, and attended elementary school in Minidoka. Moved to Twin Falls for junior high and high school years before …
Narrator Connie Thorson Chandler
White female. Born 1938 in Denver, Colorado. Father worked for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time WWII broke out, so family lived in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, in 1942. Mrs. Chandler was a child at the time, and attended elementary school in Minidoka. Moved to Twin Falls for junior high and high school years before …
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-159-16)
Experiences living part of the year in a small community in Honduras
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-159-10)
Memories of Christmas festivities in camp, celebrating with Norwegian kitchen workers
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-159-14)
Thoughts on the redress movement: "I thought it was very demeaning"
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-159-12)
Post-WWII life; wartime camp experiences' effect on racial views postwar
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-159-4)
Attending school in the Minidoka concentration camp as a white child
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-159-6)
Memories of Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho: mealtimes, physical conditions
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-159-2)
Early memories of the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho: guard checkpoint, difference between camp inmate versus administration housing
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-159-21)
Sharing camp experience with children: "Put yourself in somebody else's shoes first, and then judge"
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-159-1)
Family background: parents met in North Dakota
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-159-8)
As a white child in Minidoka, altering eye appearance to fit in with Japanese American children
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-159-5)
Childhood memories of Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho: going into town, ice skating
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-159-11)
Moving out of camp to Twin Falls: comparing Minidoka camp school to school in Twin Falls
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-159-20)
Not talking with parents in postwar years about camp experience