Mr. Arián Baquero talks about the hard experiences he had to undergo in his native Colombia because of the Colombian guerrilla, his move to the United States, the serious accident he had as a child, and how he surmounted all these difficulties...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Arian Baquero -- Interviews
Mr. Ernesto De La Hoz talks about his childhood in Bogotá, his studies connected with Marine Biology, his jobs in the field, his move to the United States, etc. He also talks about how he met Rachel, his current wife, and the importance of her and...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Ernesto De La Hoz -- Interviews
Mr. Julio Vergara talks about his life in Chile, his move to the United States in 1994, his jobs in financial institutions, his feelings towards Cache Valley, etc.
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Julio Vergara -- Interviews
Written and illustrated by residents of Topaz, this 55 page collection of stories and articles recounts the experiences and feelings of the Japanese Americans forced to leave cherished homes, jobs, possessions, and pets for the dusty, stark...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes
Describes Japanese migration to the U.S. before World War II, characteristics of the Japanese-American people who settled on the West Coast, the myths and prejudices surrounding them, and how they were treated following the bombing of Pearl...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
June 1943 issue of Trek, a quarterly literary magazine produced by the residents of the Topaz Relocation Center. This issue was edited by Toku Okubo and Nobuo Kitagaki with Mine Okubo as art editor and Alfred Sawahata as contributing artist. ...
Central Utah Relocation Center -- Periodicals; Central Utah Relocation Center; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans
Of the nine final reports written by the War Relocation Authority, this one differs in attempting to give a comprehensive view of the WRA program in its entirety rather than focusing on some particular facet of the program as did the other reports....
United States. War Relocation Authority; Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This report examines how property owned by West Coast Japanese Americans in 1942 was handled when they were forced to go to relocation centers. Table of Contents: Legal Provisions for Controlling the Assets of Enemy Nationals in Time of War;...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Property; Farm ownership
Report examines the development and function of community government within the relocation centers. It describes early debates on how centers should be governed, problems caused by differences in attitudes and values held by alien Japanese (Issei)...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Report describes the Emergency Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York where 1,000 refugees of various European nationalities were brought to the United States from Italy by order of President Roosevelt in 1944; they were to be returned...
Fort Ontario State Historic Site (Oswego, N.Y.); World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Report describes the War Relocation Program from its inception in 1942 to closure of relocation centers and resettlement of evacuees in 1945. It covers why and how the War Relocation Authority was created, the meeting with state governors in Salt...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority
This report examines the postwar adjustment of relocated Japanese Americans during the 18 months following the closure of the Japanese American relocation centers in 1945. Begun in July 1946, the study was "to analyze the effects of the evacuation...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans
Sharon talks about her family history in ranching and her adult and married life as a ranching wife. She talks about managing a ranch with her husband, raising their family on a ranch and the differences in raising beef and buffalo. Interviewed by...
Miller, Sharon--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Range management; Ranching; Ranchers; Bison farming; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Cattle--Predators of--Control;
This report begins by examining how the relationship between Japanese Americans living on the West Coast in 1942 with other residents led to their being singled out for evacuation and placement in relocation centers after the bombing of Pearl...
Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
In 1980, the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians was established to review the facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation of American citizens and permanent resident aliens during World War II and "recommend...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; United States. War Relocation Authority; Detention of persons -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights
Recreation Working Paper for Bear River Cooperative Study Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, March 1978. This paper describes outdoor recreation activities associated with or influenced by USDA programs in the Bear River Basin such as picnicking, swimming,...
Outdoor recreation--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
Article from Utah Historical Quarterly (v. 73, no. 1, Winter 2004) describes the status of civil rights in Utah about the time of the Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education case ended segregation of public schools. ---- On the surface it may...
The train arrives and makes preparation for the West Jordan meeting. Size of photograph: 3 x 4.5 in.;
West Jordan (Utah)--Pictorial works; Livestock exhibitions--Pictorial works; Railroad trains--Pictorial works; Traveling exhibitions--Pictorial works; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Pictorial works; Agricultural College of Utah--History--Pictorial...
Transcription of the diary of Albert F. Potter, former associate chief of the U.S. Forest Service, describing his activities to survey possible forest reserves in Utah, (beginning with the Cache County area), and noting the conditions of Utah...
Potter, Albert F. (Albert Franklin), 1859-1944; Cache National Forest (Utah and Idaho)--History; Forest reserves--Utah--History; Grazing--Utah--History; Forests and forestry--Utah--History;
This report dated May 1982 identifies water resource development opportunities on the Bear River below Cutler Dam in Box Elder County. Data provided supplements that of previous reports and covers various alternative reservoir storage projects and...
Water resources development -- Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)
This proposed Rehabilitation and Betterment Program for the Hyrum Project describes the history and current condition of the Hyrum Project facilities, parts of which were over 50 years old in 1989. This report seeks to (1) describe the need for...
Water resources development -- Utah -- Cache County; Hyrum Project (U.S.); Hyrum Reservoir (Utah); Irrigation projects -- Utah -- Cache County; Dams -- Utah -- Cache County
Autobiography and diary of Mary Ann Weston Maughan from 1817 -1898 . Also included is genealogical information of the Weston family, converstion to Mormon church, descriptions of the immigration from England to America and ultimately to Cache...
Mormon pioneers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Mormon women--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Logan (Utah)--History--19th century; Cache County (Utah)--History; Maughan family; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History--19th century;...
