Rebecca Naman | Interview 1 | March 31, 2012

Oral History Center, UC Berkeley
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00:00:00 - Introduction / Family background

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Keywords: Armenia; Armenians; Ellis Island; Fresno, California; Russia; Turkey; family background; family history; father; genocide; grandparents; loans; marriage; migration; money; orphan; socialization; travel; wedding; work

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:10:20 - Turkish genocide / Neighborhood makeup

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Keywords: Fresno, California; Germans; Sacramento, California; Turkish; World War I; business; fruit; genocide; husband; jobs; neighborhood; opportunity; prejudice; racial diversity; school; siblings

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:17:38 - Work discrimination in Fresno, California

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Keywords: Fresno, California; Sacramento, California; Turkish; childhood; clerical work; continuing education; friendships; genocide; growing up; harassment; high school; interview; jobs; migrating; mother; moving; opportunity; school activities; school life; soldiers; teachers; wages; work discrimination

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:25:49 - Getting a job at McClellan Air Force Base / Siblings' occupations

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Keywords: 1941; Fresno, California; Great Depression; McClellan Air Force Base; Sacramento, California; US Army Reserve; extended family; grandmother; interview; junior high; marriage; moving; parents; siblings; unions; wages; work; work commute

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:33:08 - Family impact of the Great Depression / The Armenian community in Fresno, California

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Keywords: Armenia; Armenians; Fresno, California; Great Depression; Sacramento, California; big family; citizenship; community; community engagement; community tension; discrimination; family business; farming; grandfather; junior high; parents; restaurants

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:38:34 - Mother's love for cooking

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Keywords: Fresno, California; church community; food; growing up; home buying; home cooking; hometown; mother

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:42:55 - Having a big family / Hanging out in San Francisco

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Keywords: Sacramento, California; San Francisco, California; big family; car buying; clothes shopping; drafted; friends; husband; live music; marriage; money; musicals; promotion; recognition; savings; social life; trains; work; work commute

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:48:21 - Working at the hiring office at McClellan

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Keywords: 1941; Air Force Base; McClellan Air Force Base; National Youth Administration; Sacramento, California; clerical work; government; interview; jobs; newspapers; occupation; opportunity; overpopulation; payroll; radio; training; women workers; work; workers

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

00:58:54 - Crowds moving to California for better job opportunities

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Keywords: California; Japanese; McClellan Air Force Base; Sacramento Air Depot; West Coast; clerical work; during war; gender roles; government; jobs; layoffs; opportunity; training; unions; wages; war buildup; work assignments; work detail

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:06:32 - Laying off Japanese workers

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Keywords: Asian; Executive Order 9066; Germans; Italians; Japanese; POW; President of the United States; West Coast; career; government; incarceration; money; prejudice; racial composition; workers

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:13:26 - Prejudice incidents

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Keywords: Fresno, California; Turkish; World War II; churches; genocide; hospitality; language; post-war; prejudice; retirement; work detail

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:19:50 - Learning Armenian / An increase in the McClellan workforce

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Keywords: 1941; Armenian; English; clerical work; interview; junior high; newspaper; parents; reading; school; swing shift; training; war buildup

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:24:31 - Hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor and its impact at work

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Keywords: McClellan Air Force Base; Sacramento Air Depot; attack on Pearl Harbor; blackouts; carpenter; civilians; clerical work; gender discrimination; military; newspapers; overpopulation; payroll; radio; training; war news; women workers

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:32:26 - Recruiting for additional job opportunities

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Keywords: airplanes; drafted; interview; mechanic; military; military service; newspapers; radio; recruitment; skilled work; training; volunteers; women workers; work assignments

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:41:13 - Harassment at the McClellan Air Force Base

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Keywords: McClellan Air Force Base; clerical work; consequences; diversity; gender discrimination; gender roles; harassment; infrastructure; interview; workers; working conditions

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:50:01 - National recruitment / Healthcare at the McClellan Air Force Base

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Keywords: McClellan Air Force Base; black population; civilians; clerical work; during war; healthcare; jobs; military; minorities; opportunity; patriotism; personal injury; race; racial diversity; recruitment; school; segregation; workers

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front

01:55:58 - Pay scale for men and women at the McClellan Air Force Base

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Keywords: gender roles; money; opportunity; pay; pay scale; salaries; training; wages

Subjects: Community and Identity; Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front