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Summary:

Interview with Mei Nakano, a college professor, concerning her experiences as a Japanese-American internee at the Amache, Colorado, internment camp during World War II. Nakano discusses her childhood experiences with bigotry in rural Colorado, the evacuation from Los Angeles to Amache in September of 1942, camp life, her marriage in the camp, resettlement in Chicago, and the lasting impressions of the internment experience.

Author/Creator:

Nakano, Mei T. (Mei Takaya), 1924-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

World War II Japanese-American Civilian Internees Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Mei T. Nakano, 1995 March 18 [by Nakano, M.T.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1069

Subjects:

Nakano, Mei T. (Mei Takaya), 1924- — Oral history

Granada Relocation Center — Oral history

Japanese Americans — Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Japanese Americans — Oral history

Women — Oral history

Asian Americans — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Japanese-American civilian internees oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1995 for the World War II Japanese-American Civilian Internees Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, University of North Texas.

Physical Description:

48 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1069

OCLC Numbers:

237197638