California of the Past spotlights community stories created and collected at public libraries across the State since 2006.
Personal stories, community histories and individual expression are recorded through the use of digital equipment and edited using personal computers by librarians and community members.
California of the Past spotlights community stories created and collected at public libraries across the State since 2006.
Personal stories, community histories and individual expression are recorded through the use of digital equipment and edited using personal computers by librarians and community members.
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 10:33:01 AM A Big Mistake Kathryn Korematsu
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 10:30:50 AM Are You Loyal? Fred Shimasaki
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 10:28:49 AM Bittersweet Ellen Shimasaki
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 10:26:52 AM Chiyoko Yagi Chiyoko Yagi
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 11:44:51 AM First and Last Jane Tsushima
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 11:41:49 AM I Remember Lillia Yamada
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 10:07:45 AM Koso Takemoto Koso Takemoto
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 11:49:23 AM Lea Haratani II Lea Haratani
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 12:07:37 PM Louise Sako Louise Sako
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 11:36:34 AM Lucky Jack Mutsuoka
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 10:05:25 AM Mas Hashimoto Mas Hasimoto
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 12:01:57 PM Mas Hashimoto Mas Hashimoto
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 10:00:40 AM Robb Mayeda Robb Mayeda
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 11:56:32 AM Sam Sakamoto Sam Sakamoto
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 11:00:03 AM Shoichi Kobara Shoichi Kobara
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 12:19:51 PM So Proud Ginger Masuoka
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 9:58:18 AM Tom Mine Tom Mine
This story was produced by Watsonville Public Library 2011 as part of the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program administered by the California State Library. It appears on the DVD "An American Story" available at Watsonville Public and high-school libraries.
Exploring Japanese American experiences during WWII, this story was produced by San Leandro Public Library 2011 as part of the California of the Past Project administered by the California State Library.
more... Date: 8/10/2011 Date Created: 8/10/2011 9:50:31 AM I'm So Sorry Claire Coustier
Claire Coustier shares a moving tale about the day her mother confronted the reality of Japanese Internment in WWII.
Yuriko Yokota tells us of her experiences as a 27 year old internee during internment at Topaz Relocation Center in Utah during World War II as a result of Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
more... Date: 2/1/2011 Date Created: 6/18/2010 8:55:07 AM Jim Tanimoto 1 Jim Tanimoto
Biography of Jim Tanimoto (Part 1) talking about his early life both in his birthplace and America.
more... Date: 1/24/2011 Date Created: 1/24/2011 12:24:18 PM Jim Tanimoto 2 Jim Tanimoto
Biography of Jim Tanimoto (Part 2) talking about his early life both in his birthplace and America.
more... Date: 1/24/2011 Date Created: 1/24/2011 12:27:47 PM Jim Tanimoto 3 Jim Tanimoto
Biography of Jim Tanimoto (Part 3) talking about his early life both in his birthplace and America .
Dr. Walter Hashimoto tells us about his experience as a 10 to 13 year old boy selling his bicycle before going to Tule Lake Relocation Center in California after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942. He also talks about his life in camp and his fears when he returned home.
Mas Takano tells us about his education during internment at Amache Relocation Center in Colorado after the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942 and how his school life after was effected.
more... Date: 6/18/2010 Date Created: 6/18/2010 9:40:42 AM I'm Home Ginger Masuoka
Ginger Masuoka tells us of going to Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California, as a result of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, without her mother and what she experienced upon returning home.
Cowl Adachi shares with us her photo album showing life as a teen at Amache Relocation Center in Colorado after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942. She also shares life after camp in Detroit, Michigan.
more... Date: 6/18/2010 Date Created: 6/18/2010 9:06:50 AM Keeping Busy Kimiko Fujii Kitayama
Kimiko Fujii Kitayama tells us about her experiences first as an assistant activities leader at Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California, then as a middle school P.E. teacher at Topaz Relocation Center, Utah after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942. She also tells how she was able to continue her education because of the American Friends Service Committee.
Alice Neishi tells us the story of separation from a friend when leaving to go to a relocation camp, as a result of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, and their reunion 60 years later.
Anna Towata tells us of her experiences after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, as a newlywed at Topaz Relocation Center in Utah and how she spent her first wedding anniversary.
Mas Yamasaki tells us about the experiences of a 12 year old boy living
at Tule Lake Relocation Center in California as a result of Executive
Order 9066 in 1942.
more... Date: 6/18/2010 Date Created: 6/18/2010 9:31:53 AM See The USA Moss Fujii
Moss Fujii tells us of his experiences as an 12 year old living in internment camps in Tule Lake, California, Jerome, Arkansas and Heart Mountain, Wyoming after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
more... Date: 6/18/2010 Date Created: 6/18/2010 9:26:48 AM Shigata Ga Nai Takeo Kato
Cowl Adachi shares with us her photo album showing life as a teen at Amache Relocation Center in Colorado after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942. She also shares life after camp in Detroit, Michigan.
more... Date: 6/18/2010 Date Created: 6/18/2010 9:20:57 AM Special Delivery Hisaye Mary Misaki
Hisaye Mary Misaki tells us of her experience as a DMV employee being suspended by the State of California in 1942 along with 350 other Japanese Americans and how she was reinstated 10 years after her internment in the Tule Lake Relocation Center in California.
Kikuko Naruo tells us about her experiences, after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, as a young, newly married woman living in Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California and Topaz Relocation Center in Utah, and how she was able to leave camp after three months.
Fred Kaneshige tells us of life after moving from Spokane, Washington to an area outside of the exclusion area boundary limits as a result of Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
more... Date: 6/18/2010 Date Created: 6/18/2010 10:22:00 AM Winter In Topaz Andrew Okumoto
Andrew Okumoto tells us about Winter life as a child at Topaz Relocation Center in Utah after the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942.
Gwen Momita of the Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego tells the story of Coming To California in this training video created in January 2010 at the Downtown Central Library.
Gary Oda created this digital story for the CALIFORNIA OF THE PAST training at the San Leandro Public Library.
more... Date: 12/1/2009 Date Created: 12/1/2009 10:20:24 AM Apple Butter Yumi Root
Yumi Root created this digital story for the CALIFORNIA OF THE PAST training at the San Leandro Public Library. The stories created on October 1, 2009 are the start of a series of stories about the lives of Japanese Americans during WWII. The program will continue through 2010. For more info, visit www.digitalstorystation.com
Susan Hasegawa tells of her personal awakening with regards to the Japanese American Redress movement.
more... Date: 4/24/2009 Date Created: 4/24/2009 2:09:00 PM A Special Friend Gwen Shimamoto Momita
Gwen Momita shares her gratitude for General Westmoreland's generosity and kindness to her parents who were living in a Japanese Internment camp during WWII.
Gwen Momita shares her gratitude for General Westmoreland's generosity and kindness to her parents who were living in a Japanese Internment camp during WWII.
Ben Segawa tells of his uncle's experience as a soldier in the all-Japanese combat unit during WWII. Uncle Joe did not receive the Congressional Medal of Honor until 56 years after his military service ended. President Clinton said, at the awards ceremony, "Rarely has a nation been so well served by a people so ill treated."
Laguna Woods resident James Tsutsui discusses his experiences in a Japanese American internment camp at Santa Anita Race Track during World War II.æ Part II of III.
Recorded March 2008 at Historical Society of Laguna Woods.
George Kido recalls a successful career in Entomology, achievements in sports and art, and overcoming the challenges posed by his Japanese-American heritage during his childhood in Alameda, and World War II.
