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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-451)
Nisei female. Born July 25, 1925, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Pasadena, where parents ran a small market. Removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, during World War II, then to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to attend college in Nebraska, then married and returned to California. Worked for many years at …
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-451-7)
Seeing a teacher on the day of mass removal: "For me it was very humiliating"
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-451-17)
The early days of UCLA's Asian American Studies Center
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-451-12)
Selling husband's family's nursery business after the war
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-451-10)
Leaving camp to attend college in Nebraska, establishing a social life
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-451-13)
Parents return home to find their home ransacked
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-451-18)
Reflections and changes over the years at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-451-6)
Coping with ethnic cliques in school before World War II
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-451-11)
Meeting future husband and getting married
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-451-8)
Passing the time at the Tulare Assembly Center: organizing a carnival
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-451-16)
Getting a job at UCLA's Asian American Studies Center
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-451-4)
Parents' prewar store as a community gathering place
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-451-15)
Experiencing discrimination when building a house after the war
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-451-1)
Parents' family backgrounds: father immigrated to the United States as a student
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Memoirs 1943 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-48)
Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. The school included grades 8-12. Individual students are photographed in senior portraits or class photos. Student activities are represented, including student labor/work experience program ("part-time workers"), May Day royalty, and sports. Student signatures are included throughout the book.