Hank Umemoto and George Uchida Oral History Interview
Content Description
Byrony Forbes interviewed Hank Umemoto and George Uchida on April 6, 2013, as part of the research for her UNO master’s thesis about romantic and sexual relationships of Japanese Americans incarcerated in concentration camps during World War II. In addition to sharing information about their experiences as teenagers at Manzanar, one of the concentration camps established by the U.S. government during World War II, Umemoto and Uchida shared information about their families before, during, and after their forced relocation and incarceration including their jobs and entertainment options such as dances.
Dates
- April 6, 2013
Creator
- Forbes, Byrony K. (Interviewer, Person)
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Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
70 Megabytes (2 digital objects (docx and mp3)) : located at G:\Donors\Forbes BKforbes-interview transcript.docx BKForbes-Interview.mp3
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection has not yet been arranged and described.
Custodial History
Donated to the Criss Library by Byrony Forbes in November 2015.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- MP3 Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Uchida, George (Interviewee)
- Umemoto, Hank (Interviewee)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- interviews Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- oral histories (document genres) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- oral histories (document genres) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- sound recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- transcripts Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Hank Umemoto and George Uchida Oral History Interview
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Angela Kroeger; Amy Schindler
- Date
- 2015-12-18
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections Repository
Archives & Special Collections
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha Nebraska 68182-0237 United States
402-554-6046
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