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
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
Laura talks about her difficult and poor childhood in Mexico where she had to work from an early age to help her family, her marriage, her dangerous journey to the United States, etc. She also tells us about her father's death, her children and...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Laura -- Interviews
Mrs. Delina Carpio Amestoy talks about the peaceful childhood she spent in her native Bolivia, her job as a hairdresser, her secret marriage when she was very young, and her adult life now in Utah with her loved granddaughters. The interviewer,...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Delina Carpio Amestoy -- Interviews
Luis Espinoza talks about the political situation in Chile when his grandparents lived there, and the effect on his (politically involved) family, and their subsequent flight to the US. He also discusses his father's arrest in Chile. He then...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Luis Espinoza -- Interviews
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
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
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
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
Maureen Patricia Winn talks about her childhood and family life in Bolivia with her parents. She talks about her early years at different schools, her move to the U.S. to study, her two masters degrees and her wish to go on to a Ph.D. She also...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Maureen Patricia Winn -- Interviews
Mrs. María L. Montalvo talks about her childhood in Veracruz, Mexico, her studies and job as social worker, and how she had a calling from God to be a Pastor. She left her family and country and moved to the United States. She also talks about...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Maria Montalvo -- Interviews
Mrs. Domenech Rodríguez talks about her childhood and traditions in her native Puerto Rico, her studies in Psychology and her job as Professor at Utah State University, her adaptation process to Logan, etc. She also talks about her two daughters...
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Melanie Domenech Rodriguez -- Interviews
Ramblings '44 is the second yearbook produced by the Associated Students of Topaz High School. Covering the school year September 1943 through June 1944, it describes the scholastic activities and accomplishments of Japanese American students...
Topaz High School -- Students -- Yearbooks; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
This is the holiday issue of Trek, a quarterly literary magazine produced at the Topaz Relocation Center. Edited by Jim Yamada, with Mine Okubo as Art Editor, this issue contained the following articles: State of the City by Taro Katayama;...
Central Utah Relocation Center -- Periodicals; Central Utah Relocation Center; Geology -- Utah; Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
February 1943 issue of Trek, a quarterly literary magazine produced at the Topaz Relocation Center. Edited by Jim Yamada, Taro Katayama and Marii Kyogoku, with Mine Okubo as Art Editor and Tom Yamamoto as contributing artist. Articles and stories...
Central Utah Relocation Center -- Periodicals; Central Utah Relocation Center; Velez de Escalante, Silvestre, d. 1792; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans
Mr. Néstor Niño talks about his life in Colombia, his move to Cache Valley, his feelings towards the neighborhood, his religious beliefs, his studies, his jobs. He also gives his opinion on social and cultural issues.
Hispanic Americans -- Interviews; Pluralism (Social sciences); Oral history; Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho); Nestor Nino Rocha -- Interviews
This is Box 5 of a 6-box collection of diaries written over the course of 56 years (1895-1951) by a farmer in Petersboro, Utah. Box 5 covers the period 1941-1946 and is organized into 7 folders:
Folder 1: Vol. 27, 1941 (bound vol. 5.5 x 8.25...
Peterson family--History--Diaries; Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955--Diaries; Farmers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries; Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History; Agricultural machinery--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History;...
Volume 4 of the series Wild Flowers of Great Britain. Botanically and popularly described, with copious notices of their history and uses, by Robert Hogg and George W. Johnson, with original plates drawn and coloured from nature, by W. G. Smith.;
Yearbook for Utah State University. Published from 1909-1971 with single issues in 1978 and 1981.
Utah State University--History; Utah State University; Utah State Agricultural College; Agricultural College of Utah; Universities and colleges--Utah; Education, Higher--Utah; USU--Student life; USU--Student publications; USU--Faculty and staff;...
Guidebook to the Central Utah Relocation Project in Topaz, Utah describes to incoming residents the layout, facilities, and services of the center. Illustrated by Yuri Sugihara, the guidebook contains maps, building layouts, a diagram of the...
Central Utah Relocation Center; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
