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 |
