Hideo Harada oral history interview, part 1 of 2, September 12, 2008

0:00 - Introduction; family background

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Keywords: Issei parents; Seattle; Yamaguchi

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3:22 - Discussing his father's immigration to United States

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Keywords: baker; employment; food

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5:22 - Discussing his mother

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Keywords: disciplinarian; Issei parents; Yamaguchi

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7:17 - Discussing parents making sake

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Keywords: alcohol; beverage; ferment; Issei parents

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8:24 - Discussing recollection of father

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Keywords: children; diabetes; grandchildren; kind hearted

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9:42 - Discussing recollection of mother

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Keywords: cooking; discipline; Issei parents; Japanese language; loving

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10:50 - Discussing family home

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Keywords: food; living conditions; Seattle

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12:34 - Discussing mother's work

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Keywords: barber; employment; Issei; Japanese Americans; living conditions

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14:08 - Discussing family religion and cultural observances

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Keywords: Buddhism; Japanese artifacts; Japanese culture; rural communities

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15:41 - Discussing Japanese school

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Keywords: high school; Japanese language school; Japanese literature; primary school

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19:03 - Discussing holidays observed

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Keywords: Christmas; food; New Year's Day; Thanksgiving

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21:13 - Describes making mochi

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Keywords: food; Japanese culture; neighbors

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23:21 - Discussing childhood neighborhood and friends

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Keywords: Japanese; Japanese Americans; Japanese identity and values; relatives

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24:31 - Discussing early education

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Keywords: childhood activities; Chinatown; primary school; sports; teacher

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26:33 - Discussing siblings

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Keywords: brothers; grandmother; Japan; sisters

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29:53 - Discussing childhood games

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Keywords: cartoons; Japanese culture; marbles; movies

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32:55 - Discussing family activities

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Keywords: ancestors; Buddhism; ceremony; childhood activities; death; picnic

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35:22 - Discussing moving to farm

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Keywords: employment; farming; living conditions; produce; rural communities; strawberries

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39:12 - Discussing living on a farm

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Keywords: bicycle; childhood activities; farming; Japanese Americans; sports; Yakima

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43:08 - Describes education on the farm

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Keywords: farming; primary school; race discrimination; rural communities; secondary education; teacher

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46:02 - Discussing post-high school

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Keywords: automobile; economic hardship; employment; farming

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48:33 - Discussing high school fun

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Keywords: dancing; music; social activities; teens

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50:06 - Discussing political awareness pre-war

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Keywords: correspondence; Europe; Issei parents; Japan; relatives

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51:28 - Discussing recollections of Pearl Harbor attack

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Keywords: air strike; employment; Japan; Japanese; Japanese Americans

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54:07 - Discussing FBI picking up Japanese community leaders

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Keywords: "evacuation"; curfew; Executive Order 9066; travel

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