S. Frank Miyamoto was born in 1912 in Seattle to Issei immigrants. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (1936) and Master of Arts (1938) degrees in sociology from the University of Washington. His first faculty appointment was at the University of Washington in 1941 -- an appointment that was terminated when he was forceably removed due to his Japanese heritage. After the war, he received another appointment at the University of Washington. He completed his doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1950.

In this interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 23, 1985, Miyamoto discusses the Issei experience including their slow transition to a U.S. identity; the Nisei experience, including economic discrimination, linguistic alienation; Kibei experience, including social dislocation; Japanese immigrant world views; and experiences of discrimination and accommodation.

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Re-Digitized in 2025 from analog cassette to .wav file.
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