Japanese American National Museum: Oral History Programs: Japanese American History Projects

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Oral History Programs: Japanese American History Projects

There are many scholars and organizations conducting valuable oral history projects. The following is a sampling of programs that conduct ongoing oral history work in the Japanese American community. Please contact the Museum's Life History Coordinator if you know of other oral history interviews being conducted on the Japanese American experience so that we may update our resource files. (This list does not include published volumes or collections that are completed and housed in libraries.)

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Center
1298 Grow Avenue, N.W.
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
206.842.4472
Frank Kitamoto, DDS, President

Center for Oral History
Social Science Research Institute
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2424 Maile Way, Porteus 724
Honolulu, HI 96822
808.956.6259
Warren S. Nishimoto, Center Director

Chicago Japanese American Historical Society
5954 North Monticello
Chicago, IL 60625
312.267.6312
Yoji Ozaki, President

Florin Japanese Americans Citizens League
Oral History Project
JACL Florin Chapter
P.O. Box 292634
Joanne Iritani, President
Collection housed at California State University, Sacramento
Special Collections and University Archives
916.278.6144

Friends of Hibakusha
1759 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Jenni Morozumi and Dorothy Stroup, Coordinators

Japanese American Project
Oral History Program
California State University, Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92634
714.773.3580
Dr. Arthur Hansen, Director

Japanese American Resource Center
http://scuish.scu.edu/SCU/Programs/Diversity/jarc.html
565 North 5th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
408.294.3138
Dr. Aggie Idemoto, Director

Japanese Heritage Historical Society
6927 Southeast Allen
Mercer Island, WA 98040
206.232.7487
206.232.7489 (fax)
Yutaka Sasaki, Chariman

National Japanese American Historical Society
http://www.nikkeiheritage.org
1855 Folsom Street, No.161
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.431.5007
415.431.0311 (fax)
Rosalyn Tonai, Executive Director
Grace Shimizu, Coordinator, Japanese Peruvial Oral History Project

Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center
Upper Deerfield Township
Municipal Building
Highway 77
Seabrook, NJ 08302
P.O. Box 5041
609.451.1816
609.451.8393 (fax)
Ellen Nakamura, President
John N. Fuyuume, Program Director