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Oral history interview with Thomas Shoji Takemura Item Info
Thomas Shoji Takemura, interview...
Thomas Shoji Takemura, interview transcript - application/pdf
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- Title:
- Oral history interview with Thomas Shoji Takemura
- Creator:
- Stout, Susan
- Date Created:
- 1991
- Description:
- The interview recounts Thomas Shoji Takemura's early childhood and family life on a truck gardening farm in Fife, Washington before the start of the Second World War, as well as their forced evacuation to the Assembly Center in Puyallup, Washington. Takemura's experience of camp life is recalled in some detail. During this time, neighbors agreed to take care of the family's property. Takemura eventually obtained a release to work at a U & I factory processing sugar beets in Chinook, Montana, where he met his future wife. He also discusses his involvement in the national redress movement and related lecturing at local area schools.
- Subjects:
- Japanese American Citizens' League Japanese Americans Civic leaders Evacuation and relocation Reparations World War Ethnic relations 20th century Race relations
- Location:
- Fife
- Latitude:
- 47.239277
- Longitude:
- -122.3576898
- Source:
- Tacoma Community History Project
- Type:
- record
- Format:
- compound_object
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Oral history interview with Thomas Shoji Takemura", Tacoma Community History Project, University of Washington Tacoma Library
- Reference Link:
- https://erika-b.github.io/tchp/items/chp199108.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Individuals may use project materials for scholarly or research purposes, according to the provisions of fair use, but reproducing, publishing, or broadcasting any oral history project materials requires permission. For more information, see http://content.lib.washington.edu/tacomacommweb/using-projects.html
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/