Interview with Minerva Saiki Hayakawa

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dc.contributor.intervieweeHayakawa, Minerva Saiki
dc.contributor.interviewerNishimoto, Warren
dc.coverage.spatialHilo, Hawaii (island)
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-05T20:43:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-25T23:39:27Z
dc.date.available2013-09-05T20:43:01Z
dc.date.available2015-03-25T23:39:27Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionA woman of Hawaiian, Japanese, and Scotch ancestry describes family life growing up in Hilo. She remembers her father, a bank employee who was interned in World War II, and her mother, a teacher who taught her at Hilo Union School. Hayakawa worked at Hilo Rice Mill, the family's wholesaling business, which survived the April 1, 1946 tsunami but was washed away in the 1960 tsunami. Also contributing to the interview was her daughter, Naomi Hayakawa.
dc.descriptionsocial worker, rice mill manager; Japanese; female
dc.descriptionInterview conducted in English.
dc.description.sponsorshipState, Community
dc.format.digitaloriginReformatted digital
dc.format.extent48 min
dc.format.extent47 pages
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/30340
dc.languageeng
dc.relation.ispartofDU629 .H28 T78 2000
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTsunamis Remembered: Oral Histories of Survivors and Observers in Hawaii Volume I
dc.source.local29-6-1-98, 29-7-2-98
dc.subjectBusiness
dc.subjectEthnic Relations
dc.subjectFamily Life
dc.subjectNatural Disasters
dc.subjectWorld War II
dc.titleInterview with Minerva Saiki Hayakawa
dc.typeInterview
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