Impact of incarceration

Self analysis and inventory by high school students regarding the affects of the Colorado River Relocation Center residence, Poston Arizona (1942-1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1835)

doc Self analysis and inventory by high school students regarding the affects of the Colorado River Relocation Center residence, Poston Arizona (1942-1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1835)

Questionnaire form for a self-analysis and inventory to be completed by high school students at Poston incarceration camp. Questions cover the impacts of incarceration and students perceptions towards "relocation." Sections include, Part I covering culture, Part II covering attitudes, Part III covering personality, and Part IV covering achievements. See also sac_jaac_1836 and sac_jaac_1837 for report and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1835/

doc Heart Mountain Wyoming reports (ddr-csujad-55-267)

Collection of essays by incarcerees regarding attitudes towards incarceration. Includes Japanese characters on cover. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0269

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-267/

doc Proposed conference on nine relocation centers: evacuees' future at stake (ddr-csujad-55-796)

Statement regarding the proposed "Relocation Center" conference by Thomas T. Sashihara, Chairman, Heart Mountain Community Council. Sashihara comments on the complexities of "evacuees" relationship with the W.R.A. and discusses proposed topics for the conference. Includes additional commentary on the following topics: transportation, freight, aid rendered for group relocation, loans and assurance of financial aid, W.R.A. field …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-796/

doc Granada community analysis report, #2 (ddr-csujad-55-788)

Report on "resettlement" from Granada incarceration camp. Includes: Are you interested in leaving the Center?; Why are you hesitant about resettlement? (including subsections on uncertainty of public sentiment, lack of money, lack of information, lack of confidence in making a reasonably satisfactory living, lack of proper living quarters, family ties and responsibilities, lack of confidence in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-788/

doc Comparison and contrasts of Poston children with 2 years ago, and with H.I. Schools (ddr-csujad-55-1800)

Form for comparing the present skills of Poston children with their skills two years ago. Includes ratings for quality of English, habits, initiative, attitude, social organization, and favorable observations. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1803

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1800/

doc Nisei Wartime Internment Research Project: report on preliminary findings (ddr-csujad-55-159)

Report on findings from the Nisei Wartime Internment Research Project by Donna Nagata and Yuzuru Takeshita of the University of Michigan department of psychology. Includes description of the survey group, characteristics of respondents, and presentation of findings on the following topics: communication with parents and children, comfort in talking about the incarceration, reasons for reluctance to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-159/

doc Effects of evacuation on Japanese-American youth (ddr-csujad-55-1713)

Article reporting on a study of the effects of evacuation on Japanese-American youth at Poston incarceration camp. "Reprint from the School Review." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1715

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1713/

doc Our 110,000 new boarders (ddr-csujad-55-180)

Opinion article by J.P. McEvoy on the Japanese incarceration during World War II. Includes the author's perspective on implications of the incarceration for American taxpayers and armed forces, history of Japanese labor in the United States, and opinion on the incarceration. Condensed from the Baltimore Sunday Sun. A version of this article also appeared in Reader's …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-180/

doc Manual of directions, self-analysis and inventory for high school students at the Colorado River Relocation Center (ddr-csujad-55-1834)

Instructions for administering the Self-Analysis and Inventory to high school students at Poston incarceration camp. See also sac_jaac_1836 and sac_jaac_1838 for report and questionnaire. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1837

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1834/

vh Gerald L. Beppu Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-435-1-3)

Parents try to shield the harsh realities of camp from their children This interview was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-435-1-3/

vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part II - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-60-1)

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, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-60-1/

vh An Oral History with Katsuma Mukaeda - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-56-1)

Chairman of Japanese American Cultural Center and former president of Japanese Chamber of Commerce recounts conditions of prewar Los Angeles's Little Tokyo, its wartime conversion into a black community, postwar reestablishment as a Japanese-American cultural and commercial center. Includes comments on discriminatory legislation, prewar Japan-American relations. World War II removal and incarceration, camp conditions, wartime repatriation …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-56-1/

vh An Oral History with Sumiye Takeno, Part I - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-59-1)

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, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-59-1/

vh Ellen Watanabe-Huxtable Interview Segment 13 (ddr-chi-1-14-13)

The impact of World War II experiences on the Japanese American community

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-14-13/

vh Ellen Watanabe-Huxtable Interview Segment 10 (ddr-chi-1-14-10)

Impact of the wartime removal on family

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-14-10/

vh Constance Yamashiro Interview Segment 5 (ddr-chi-1-18-5)

The impact of wartime experiences on parents

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-18-5/

vh Constance Yamashiro Interview Segment 11 (ddr-chi-1-18-11)

Family members' senses of bitterness about the war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-18-11/

vh Ellen Watanabe-Huxtable Interview Segment 11 (ddr-chi-1-14-11)

Parents' belief in passing down stories of their wartime experiences

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-14-11/

vh Constance Yamashiro Interview Segment 16 (ddr-chi-1-18-16)

Impact of wartime experiences on identity

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-18-16/

vh Clifford Uyeda Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-122-19-5)

Looking back at the incarceration experience as an outsider: "Why aren't they protesting more?"

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-19-5/

vh Kats Kunitsugu - Paul Tsuneishi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-122-17-6)

Sharing information about camp and the resisters with children

This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-17-6/

vh Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview Segment 8 (ddr-chi-1-12-8)

Parents' reactions to wartime incarceration

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-12-8/

vh Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview Segment 6 (ddr-chi-1-12-6)

Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview Segment 6

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-12-6/

vh Ben Chikaraishi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-chi-1-11-6)

Reflecting on the World War II camp experiences

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-11-6/

vh Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 15 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-15)

Unpleasant memories of a fellow camp inmate's suicide

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-4-15/

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