| Title: |
Kimi Sugiyama
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Long Beach Area History: Signal Hill
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| Description: |
Kimi Sugiyama was the wife of the leaders of the Japanese Association and helped him operate a Japanese language school on Signal Hill. She also helped Japanese immigrant and Japanese American farmers deal with the changes that occurred in the area when oil was discovered in 1921. She served as a translator and negotiator when oil drilling operations ruined crops and threatened the farmer's livelihood.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Sugiyama, Kimi
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Japan; Asia
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| Speaker race: |
Asian
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| Speaker occupation: |
Interpreter; Negotiator
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Historical events discussed: |
Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Arkansas; Asia; California; Japan; North America; Signal Hill, CA; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Arkansas; Asia; California; Japan; Japanese American families; Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945; Japanese American leadership; Japanese Americans--California; Japanese language--Translating; North America; Oral history; Schools, Japanese--California; Signal Hill, CA; United States; World War II, 1939-1945
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035253-38820
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