Terminal Island Issei/Nisei.

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Terminal Island Issei/Nisei.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53809346

Presents the oral history recordings of ten former residents of the Japanese fishing village on Terminal Island, which was located in the channel across from San Pedro. Originally established in 1906-1907, it had grown to over 2,000 residents by the 1930s. Most of the men were fishermen - one fourth of whom came from Taiji, a small fishing village in Wakayama prefecture - and many of their wives and daughters worked in the canneries. The residents felt a distinct sense of belonging to a unique community with its own cultural, economic and recreational activities. In February 1942, the community was given forty eight hours to evacuate and most of its members were placed in concentration camps, the majority in Manzanar. The series includes interviews with six Nisei, conducted from 1973 1975 by students in an Asian American Studies class, under the supervision of Franklin Odo. These are shorter and highly focused. Longer, life history interviews were conducted with three more women narrators in 1979, including one Anglo woman who lived on the island and worked in the canneries. Two additional life histories of Nisei were recorded in 2001, including a complete autobiographical interview with one of the original six Nisei interviewed in 1975. Narrators include: Fred Fujikawa, Chuck Furutani, Miyo Higashi Ida, Sonoko Katsuyama, Dave Nakagawa, Mitsuyo Nakai, Helen Robello, Kisae Sato, Mas Shono, Aiko Takeshita.

compact discs (approx. 17 hrs) ; 3/4 in.

California State University, Long Beach

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SNAC Resource ID: 7671177

California State University, Long Beach

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Robello, Helen.

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Fujikawa, Fred.

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