Sadami Tanabe, January 13, 2014

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Scope and Contents

From the Project :

As part of the completion of the Master of Applied Historical Research program at Boise State University, Angie Davis interviewed long-time residents of the Boise Bench. The subjects’ lifetime experiences range from the interwar period, Depression Era, and through the post-war period as Boise’s suburban Bench neighborhoods were transformed from rural farms and orchards to the metropolitan outskirts of suburban Boise. The subjects interviewed range in economic, social, and cultural backgrounds and persuasions, their perspectives contribute unique insights into the ways that Boise’s rural communities reacted to and dealt with international, regional, and local historical events.

Dates

January 13, 2014

Extent

303.07 Megabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Sadami Tanabe was interviewed on January 13, 2014 as part of the Boise Bench history. He began his interview talking about how his family made a living farming near Portland, OR and how he volunteered to work the fields in Nyssa, ID. After his time in Nyssa, his family was forced to leave Portland and go to Minidoka Internment Camp until 1946. After World War II, Tanabe and his family stayed in Boise with Tanabe buying his first house on the Boise Bench. Currently, Tanabe is retired, but spent his time in Boise working on machinery for St. Alphonsus Hospital. After retirement Tanabe continued building equipment, such as planes. The recording cuts off abruptly just after 30 minutes.