Collection Timeline

1987 to 1990

1987
The grant and project endorsement application for the Palouse Asian American Association.

1990
This interview discusses the Callao family's immigration from the Phillipines to the United States, where they have lived, and how they came to Idaho.
Callao Family Oral History Video Interview 1
Callao Family Oral History Video Interview 2
Callao Family Oral History Video Interview 3
Video interview of Seichi Hayashida talking about land ownership, life during the internment camps, life after the internment camps, temporary and permanent work permits, and the various camps that the interviewer was interned at. The interviewee uses the term 'relocation center'. This clip includes behind the scenes conversations.
Seichi Hayashida Oral History Video Interview 1
Seichi Hayashida Oral History Video Interview 2
Seichi Hayashida Oral History Video Interview 3
Seichi Hayashida Oral History Video Interview 4
Video interview of a Chinese American family (the Lews) in their home. The Lew family discuss family life, moving to the Palouse, racial discrimination, and their experiences as Asian Americans in Moscow. Individual members of the family discuss their connection with Chinese culture and traveling to China.
Lew Family Oral History Interview Video 1
Lew Family Oral History Interview Video 2
Lew Family Oral History Interview Video 3
Video interview of a Japanese American couple, the Okamuras. The couple talks about their childhood, family life, farming, and life during World War II.
Video interview of a Japanese American couple, Paul and Sanaye Okamura. Paul Okamura talks about how his father was killed in an automobile accident, his family life, life in Pocatello, experience of World War II, and how his family came to Idaho.
Video interview of a Japanese American couple, Paul and Sanaye Okamura. Sanaye Okamura talks about her family history, education and teaching, courtship, and her children.
Video interview of a Japanese American couple, Paul and Sanaye Okamura. They talk about why their families chose to move and live in Pocatello. They also talk about other Asian American families in Pocatello and the community during World War II. Sanaye Okamura talks the generational differences between Issei and Nisei.
Video interview of a Japanese American couple, Paul and Sanaye Okamura. Sanaye talks about generational differences between Issei and Nisei, the JACL (Japanese American Citizens League), and the Pocatello community. The couple talks about the change in JACL membership over the years. Sanaye talks about how her Japanese heritage may have affected her teaching style.
Video footage of photographs, cultural items, and the inside of the Okamuras' home.
Video interview of a Japanese American family (Suenaga) in their home. The Suenaga family talks about their family life and values, life in Idaho as Asian Americans.
Video interview of the Suenaga family in their home. The family talks about their family life and values, life in Idaho as Japanese Americans, coincidentally avoiding Pearl Harbor, the internment camps during World War II, and immigration from Hawaii and Japan. This video segment consists mainly of the father of the family.
Video interview of the Suenaga family in their home. This video segment of the interview includes the wife and the husband's courtship story. There are some stories of racial discrimination. The husband talks about how the United States government assumed he was a Japanese government spy.
Video interview of the Suenaga family in their home. The family discusses their recreational activities, racial discrimination, the community of Pocatello, and the differences that they see from before and after World War II. The wife talks about her family's background, her dancing career in Hollywood and Idaho, her childhood, and her personal life. Their son talked about his family life and upbringing, his experiences as an Asian American in Idaho, and adulthood.
Video interview of the Suenaga family in their home. The family discusses their life in Pocatello, the differences in racial discrimination by generation, family values and life in regard to Japanese culture.
Video interview of the Suenaga family in their home. The family talks about their life as Japanese Americans in Pocatello, their family lives, and what it means to be Japanese American. The youngest members of the family, the grandchildren, talk about what they do in school and at home. The children talk about their karate and dancing activities. The video footage also contains images, photographs, and art in the family's home.
Video interview of a Filipino American family (Vega) in their home. The Vega family talks about their life in Idaho, experiences as Asian Americans in Idaho, and their professions.
Vega Family Oral History Interview Video 1
Vega Family Oral History Interview Video 2
Vega Family Oral History Interview Video 3
Vega Family Oral History Interview Video 4
Video of participants in "Other Faces, Other Lives" conversing in a restaurant and eating. Includes interviews of various unknown individuals regarding education system.
Video of Boise Museum exhibit on the project. Includes descriptions of Chinese Americans in Idaho, Chinese American history, and Chinese immigration.
Video of Boise Museum exhibit on the project. Includes descriptions of Chinese Americans in Idaho, Chinese American history, and Chinese immigration.
Video footage of news coverage of a monument sponsored by the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
Video footage of group family pictures, heirlooms, miscellaneous photographs, and a Chinese American food restaurant. Video recording of dancing and a narrator/reporter describing a college dancing event, described as a 'cultural exchange' between Chinese Americans and non-Chinese Americans.
Video footage of interviews of various Asian American individuals involved with the film. They discuss education, their family lives and importance of education, mixed-race families and interracial marriages. There are also short clips of a high school graduation.
Video footage of interviews regarding family life, racial discrimination, and life in Idaho as Asian Americans. This footage primarily covers racial discrimination experienced by the Asian American families and individuals. The interviewees provide several examples of discrimination, both negative and positive.
A full draft of "Other Faces, Other Lives: Asian Americans in Idaho." Old master copy. This includes interviews, a narrator, images of families, and more.
Video of narrator reading the script for the documentary film. "Rough cut: not for distribution" in second half of video footage.
The full "Other Faces, Other Lives: Asian Americans in Idaho" film. This includes the narration, stills, interviews, music, and more.
Typed script for the final version of the film "Other Faces, Other Lives"
Official press release for the Other Faces, Other Lives project, put together by the Idaho Centennial Commission, Ethnic Heritage Committee and Palouse Asian American Association.
Letter sent to Idaho libraries with a copy of the video "Other Faces, Other Lives"
Newspaper article announcing and discussing the "Other Faces, Other Lives" project and final film
Black text, black and white photos, and a grey shape of the state of Idaho on a red background
A transcript of an interviewee, Cora Lee.
A document regarding recommended corrections to one of the drafts of "Other Faces, Other Lives".
A letter of correspondence from Dennis Lew answering questions regarding his experience as an Asian American in Idaho.
An outline draft and interview questions to be used for the film.
A list of interview questions for the film.
A document outlining the family lines of the families involved with the film.