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Description
Oral history interview with Toshimi Tom Shimasaki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. A Japanese American oral history project undertaken in 1979-1980, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and archived at the Fresno County Public Library.
Type
text
Format
Oral histories; Interviews 23 pages, 21.5 x 28 cm, typescript application/pdf
Reflections on the past Education--Primary education Education--Secondary education Identity and values--Family World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal recollections Identity and values--Issei Industry and employment--Agriculture--Farming World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--Work and jobs Industry and employment--Agriculture Industry and employment--Insurance Community activities--Associations and organizations--Japanese American Citizens League Identity and values--Nisei Community activities--Associations and organizations Activism and involvement--Politics--Running for office
Place
Visalia, California Immigration Detention Stations--Sharp Park Temporary Assembly Centers--Fresno Incarceration Camps--Jerome
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