Social and recreational activities
Japanese Americans found ways to fill the long days created by the enforced idleness of camp life. They made jewelry from shells found in the desert, built furniture for their rooms using scrap lumber and renovated the exteriors of their barracks. People also played cards, chess, checkers, mahjongg, and the Japanese games 'go' and 'shogi.' Camp inmates held dances, concerts, plays, and arts and crafts exhibitions. In Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, they even held a beauty contest to select the "Sweetheart of Minidoka."
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Young Buddhists Association officers (ddr-densho-159-97)
This photograph is of the new officers for 1943. Front row (center): Reverend Imamura. Second row: unknown, unknown, Alice Yamasaki, Tamaki Hatayama, unknown.
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An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part II (ddr-csujad-29-60)
An oral history with Sumiye Takeno, a current resident of Denver, Colorado. This interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. The purpose of this interview was to gather information regarding Takeno's incarceration and resettlement experience during World War II. Specifically, the interview covers her childhood in Florin, California, …
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Oral history with Alice Nishimoto (ddr-csujad-29-395)
An oral interview with Alice Nishimoto, incarceree at the Crystal City detention facility. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0970. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 3916_T01
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An oral history with Henry Yoshitake (ddr-csujad-29-37)
An oral interview with Henry Yoshitake, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Rohwer incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0126. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2373_T01
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An oral history with Elva Wallace (ddr-csujad-29-46)
An oral interview with Elva Wallace, a child civilian at the Tule Lake incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0148. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2654_T01
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An oral history with Ken Hayashi (ddr-csujad-29-26)
An oral interview with Ken Hayashi, an incarceree at the Pinedale Assembly Center and the Tule Lake incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0100. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1323.1_T01
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An oral history with Mitsuyo N. Nakai (ddr-csujad-29-45)
An oral interview with Mitsuyo N. Nakai, incarceree at the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0146. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2546_T01
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Oral history with Rodney Kaihara (ddr-csujad-29-374)
An oral interview with Rodney Kaihara, incarceree at the Poston incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0928. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1277_T01
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Oral history with George T. Fukasawa (ddr-csujad-29-365)
An oral interview with George T. Fukasawa, incarceree at the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0910. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1336_T01
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Oral history with Ed. H. Runcorn (ddr-csujad-29-364)
An oral interview with Ed. H. Runcorn, a worker for the War Relocation Authority during World War II. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0908. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1332_T01
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An oral history with Rumi Uragami (ddr-csujad-29-38)
An oral interview with Rumi Uragami, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Oral history with June Igauye (ddr-csujad-29-386)
An oral interview with June Igauye, incarceree at the Poston War Relocation Center. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0952. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1769_T01
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Oral history with Takeo Yamada (ddr-csujad-29-375)
An oral interview with Takeo Yamada, incarceree at the Poston incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0930. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1279_T01
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Oral history with Roy Nagai (ddr-csujad-29-373)
An oral interview with Roy Nagai, incarceree at the Granada camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0926. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 5285_T01
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An oral history with Sue Kunitomi Embrey (ddr-csujad-29-64)
An oral interview with Sue Kunitomi Embrey, an activist, educator, writer and longtime chair of the Manzanar Committee. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0140. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2426_T01
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An oral history with Alan Nishio (ddr-csujad-29-36)
An oral interview with Alan Nishio, an incarceree at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0124. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2371_T01
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Oral history with Sam Nakao and Tatsu Moritani (ddr-csujad-29-372)
An oral interview with Sam Nakao and Tatsu Moritani. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0924. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2544_T01
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Oral history with Rosalie Hankey Wax (ddr-csujad-29-76)
An oral interview with Rosale Hankey Wax, fieldworker who stayed at the Gila River camp in Rivers, Arizona and Tule Lake camp in Newell, California. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0188. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
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Oral history with Akira Kuroda (ddr-csujad-29-78)
An oral interview with Akira Kuroda, incarceree at the Granada incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0192. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2374_T01