Ginny McKee talks about her ancestors from Spain, her family and her youth in Colorado, her family's move to Ogden, Utah, college life, meeting her husband, traveling with her husband, her family now and her work with the Latino community.
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Ginny Martinez McKee -- Interviews
Mr. Ariel Rosario talks about his childhood in Santo Domingo, about his move to Cache Valley to continue his studies, a career in Electrical Engineering, his jobs, etc. He also talks about the influence of religion in his neighborhood and how that,...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Ariel Rosario -- Interviews
Ena Murillo talks about the difficult life in El Salvador during the civil war, her studies and job as a nurse, her move to the United States and her warm feelings towards Cache Valley. She also talks about how she met her husband Rolando, her five...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Ena Murillo -- Interviews
Mr. Jorge Rodas talks about his childhood and traditions in his native Guatemala, his move to California in 1984, his jobs, his experiences, etc. He also tells us about his relation with Jeffrey, his partner, and his family's reaction to it.
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Jorge Rodas -- Interviews
Professor Lucy Delgadillo talks about her childhood in Nicaragua during the civil war, her life in Costa Rica, her job as a mentor in the United States, her warm feelings towards her father and her family life now. She also gives her opinion about...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Lucy Delgadillo -- Interviews
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
Written in October 1942 to staff of the War Relocation Authority, this paper stresses the importance of understanding the cultural background of the Japanese Americans living in relocation centers. It describes common behavior patterns among the...
United States. War Relocation Authority; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Attitudes; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs
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
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
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
Congressional hearings in Jan. and Feb. 1944 on several bills, H.R. 2701, 3012, 3446, and 3489, proposing (1) expatriation of Japanese-Americans who under oath expressed loyalty to Japan and (2) creation of a Japanese Deportation Commission. The...
Japanese Americans -- Law and legislation; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
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
This report examines the phases of the WRA program in relation to legal issues. It is broken into 3 sections: I. The constitutionality of evacuation and detention; II. Legal considerations in the development of center management policies; III....
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
Beverly Gordon interview, conducted by Taylor Thompson. Included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview and accompanying photographs are available at the...
Marjorie Goodwin interview, conducted by Yuki Arita. Included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview is available at the Minds@UW respository at the...
Mr. Kent Johnson talks about growing up on a ranch on Bear Lake. He discusses how the family ranch was divided, raising his own family on a ranch, and his current ranching operation. Interviewed by Bob Parson on December 8, 2011 in Rich County,...
Johnson, Kent--Interviews; Bear Lake (Utah and Idaho); Ranching; Cattle ranching; Beef cattle--Cow-calf system; Pasture, Right of; Cattle--Equipment and supplies; Pastures—Irrigation; Hay--Harvesting--Equipment and supplies; Ranch managers;
Pat Turner interview by Rebecca Keyel, December 15, 2011, included in the Oral Histories: Scholars of Feminism collection compiled by the AFS Women's Section Oral History Project. This interview is available at the Minds@UW respository at the...
African Americans--Folklore; Urban folklore--United States; Quilting--United States--History; African American quiltmakers; African American quilts;
Mr. Jay Wilde talks about his life living and working on and with the land, and with cattle. He discusses his views on land management, including aforestation, intensive grazing (Allan Savory method). He talks about his cooperation with the Forest...
Wilde, Jay--Interviews; Cattle ranching; Ranchings, Pasture, Right of; Pasture animals; Range management; Grazing; Rivers--Effect of grazing on; Rangelands; Riparian areas--Management; Ecosystem management; Riparian ecology; United States. Forest...
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
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...
This exploratory study written in 1972 sought to develop a baseline of data characterizing the social situation of Utah's Chicano who was being served by various human service agencies. Data was also obtained on the staff of these agencies. This...
Mexican Americans -- Utah -- Social conditions; Social service and race relations -- Utah