Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project: Interview with Kim Sueoka

Titles: Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project: Interview with Kim Sueoka (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Kim Sueoka was born in Kaua'i, Hawaii. She was a trained musician and singer. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in Hawaii and family history; picture brides and how her family came to Hawaii; education; singing and music; traditional Hawaiian music; coming to the Evansville, Indiana to study music therapy; coming to Minnesota; identifying herself as a Japanese American; working as a freelance singer and as part of the Rose Ensemble as a story teller and performer; religion; going back to Hawaii; comparing living in Minnesota to Hawaii; controversy around singing ancient Hawaiian songs; goals for the future, to be and making her career in the arts work financially.

Dates

• 03/09/2012 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Sueoka, Kim
• interviewer: Zander, David

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 143
• Accession Number: AV2012.4.4

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project' <OH 143>

Quantity: 1.25 hours compact disc 40 pages transcripts

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:08:54 running time

Subjects

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