Minidoka

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Memo denying return of reel of film (ddr-densho-355-241)
doc Memo denying return of reel of film (ddr-densho-355-241)
Includes forwarding address to "Mother House of Nazareth \ Kalamazoo, Michigan"
Response to message received through Red Cross (ddr-densho-355-224)
doc Response to message received through Red Cross (ddr-densho-355-224)
Message approving release of Gentaro Takahashi for two month to look for relocation possibilities.
Newsletter
doc Newsletter "Minidoka Sanctuary" (ddr-densho-356-1019)
Newsletter titled "Minidoka Sanctuary" by Leopold H. Tibesar sharing news of the Catholic community within Minidoka
Card to Yuri Domoto from Margaret McClain (ddr-densho-356-327)
doc Card to Yuri Domoto from Margaret McClain (ddr-densho-356-327)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Margaret McClain that provides Yuri with a possible job opportunity at Minidoka and provides details about Margaret's life in Chicago. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
Japanese Americans gathering and burning sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-722)
img Japanese Americans gathering and burning sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-722)
Original WRA caption: Children of the Stafford Elementary School picking up sagebrush and piling and burning in one of the farm fields near the school cleared out of raw sagebrush. Children planted and took care of vegetable crops in this area.
Nisei serviceman with wife and daughter (ddr-densho-37-751)
img Nisei serviceman with wife and daughter (ddr-densho-37-751)
Original WRA caption: T/4 Taniguchi visits his wife and daughter at the Minidoka Relocation Center before returning to his unit in the Pacific. Taniguchi volunteered for the Army in 1942 when he and his family were at Tule Lake before it became a segregation center. He served in the China-Burma-India theatre and served on load to …
Japanese Americans clearing sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-703)
img Japanese Americans clearing sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-703)
Original WRA caption: A farm rake pulled by a Fordon-Ferguson tractor gathers up sagebrush previously bladed off by a road patrol.
Camp beauty shop (ddr-densho-37-16)
img Camp beauty shop (ddr-densho-37-16)
Original WRA caption: High school girls working part time in [the] beauty shop, which is operated by the Minidoka Consumers Cooperative.
Flag dedication (ddr-densho-37-682)
img Flag dedication (ddr-densho-37-682)
Original WRA caption: Dedication of the project flag and flagpole in the administration area. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho and by civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho.
Farm workers' mess hall (ddr-densho-37-731)
img Farm workers' mess hall (ddr-densho-37-731)
Original WRA caption: Shown is the farm mess hall where the farmers had their meals for a short time. Built sometime in 1944 it is acclaimed by many to be the most cleanest and having the prettiest surroundings.
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