April 16, 2012:   Yesterday afternoon two lovely young women and FOUR wheeled cases of equipment arrived at my door.   I was expecting Kristen, the interviewer from th US Park Service, National Historic Sites division.  This has been planned for more than a month, but I did not realize how much equipment was needed to record this interview. I knew I was to be photographed and voice taped  as I answered questions about the Japanese Internment Center (WW II), Manzanar, about eight miles from my home town of Lone Pine, California.  An hour of prep and get-acquainted time was followed by two hours of filming and recording Kristen's  questions and answers from me.  Kristen had emailed me a long list of questions which I had studied.  This also sent me into saved family files and photographs which I copied to give to her.  Besides info on Manzanar, she wanted more information about  Owens Valley, the cattle ranch where I was born, and both my maternal and paternal family histories.

Quite an exciting afternoon.  I met new and interesting people who I can now list as friends and information sources.  Kristen and Caitlin have been employed by the National Park Service for most of their careers.   They will send me a copy of the day's work and also still pictures of my living room equipped for this interview–cords and cameras and microphones etc.

Until next week, Willma