KURODA, Akira, Reverend (b. 1914). Pastor. Social worker.

Reverend Akira Kuroda Interview. Interviewed by Ed Hummel. Date of interview: 11-7-95. 1 cassette tape (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 1 hr. 2 copies of transcript of interview: 16 pp.

Topics of interview: Early religious experiences; formative years; loss of father; entrance into ministry; move to California; study at Wheaton College; starting a church in Chicago; aspects of his ministry in the OMS Holiness Church of North America, eg, social services for Japanese-Americans' relocation after World War II; experiences in concentration camps for Japanese in World War II; social adjustments of Japanese-Americans and their churches after war.

Additional Materials:

1 4 x 6 in. color photograph of Reverend Akira Kuroda. Interview questionnaire form. Letter dated 29 September 1995 from Ed Hummel to Reverend Akira Kuroda re interview. Memo from Ed Hummel re interview. A History of the OMS Holiness Church of North America. 1993.