The Issei at Barneston Project (IABP) is the basis of David Carlson’s historical archaeological dissertation research. It is an investigation into the daily lives, choices, and experiences of early 20th century, first-generation Japanese American/Japanese immigrant (Issei) sawmill town workers and their families on the town of Barneston, Washington. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Sara Gonzalez, PhD, who chairs David’s dissertation committee. David is the co-Principal Investigator and Project Director.

More general information about the project, as well as information about this website, can be found through the menu to the right. That menu is always available, so anytime you need to look up a term or reference, you should be able to do so easily.

Thank you for your interest in the project! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact David at davidrcn [at] uw.edu.