In 2006 Manzanar received an NPS Challenge Cost Share grant to expand our oral history program. Together with grant partners Cal State Fullerton, DENSHO, and others, we greatly expanded the number of oral histories collected and preserved. Rangers Richard Potashin, Erin Rose, and Alisa Lynch interviewed 56 people in 2006. Erin reports, "Conducting oral histories is very rewarding. We met dozens of people and learned more about their family history and personal experiences. We have developed friendships and relationships with two Japanese American churches and a community center in Los Angeles."

Please stay tuned to this website as we update our oral history collection. We hope eventually to have transcripts available on this website.

 

Oral History Collection

Interviewee	Inteviewer	Date
George Izumi	Kari Coughlin	3/18/1999
Robert Stengel	Kari Coughlin	2/19/1999
Nan Zischart	Kari Coughlin	2/5/1999
Sue Embrey	Kari Coughlin	3/16/1999
Wilbur Sato	Kari Coughlin	3/17/1999
Mas Okui	Kari Coughlin	3/19/1999
Bill Michael	Kari Coughlin	7/29/1999
Keith Bright	Kari Coughlin	8/18/1999
Hospital Workers	Kari Coughlin	12/9/1999,12/1/2000,2/12/2000
Frank Chuman	Kari Coughlin	1/21/2000
Hazel Shelander	Kari Coughlin	2/1/2000
Joy Anderson	Kari Coughlin	2/24/2000
Amy Takahashi	Kari Coughlin	4/30/2000
Louis Kado	Kim Linse, Richard Potashin	7/2/2001
Martha Mills	Kim Linse	8/25/2001
W.W. Hastings	Richard Potashin	1/30/2002
Rose Ochi	Alisa Lynch	5/18/2002
Heart Mountain Group	Alisa Lynch	5/19/2002
Harold Lehner	Richard Postashin	6/4/2002
Takayo Fischer	Richard Postashin	6/18/2002
Hiroshi Takausagawa	Richard Postashin	6/20/2002
Henry Fukuhara	Richard Postashin	6/21/2002
Robert Gracey	Richard Postashin	6/24/2002
Archie Miyatake	Alisa Lynch	7/22/2002
Hikoji Takeuchi	Alisa Lynch	8/5/2002
Bill Nishimura	Alisa Lynch	7/22/2002
Maryknoll Group	Alisa Lynch	10/11/2003
Ray Onodera	Alisa Lynch	9/17/2002
Thomas and Art Williams	Richard Potashin	11/8/2002
Jun Okimoto	Richard Potashin	1/21/2003
Chiyo Suzuki	Richard Potashin	1/21/2003
Frank Kageyama	Richard Potashin	1/22/2003
Tomo Isozaki and Tak Matsuno	Richard Potashin	1/23/2003