Support from the non-Japanese American community

During mass removal and incarceration, Japanese Americans received outside support and assistance from religious organizations, civil rights groups, and other concerned individuals. The American Friends Service Committee was one of the most active groups to help the Japanese American community during World War II. Committee members donated educational materials to the camp schools and libraries and were influential in persuading the government to allow Nisei to leave the camps for colleges in the interior of the country. Ministers, peace activists and other supporters of the Japanese American community often visited the camps and spoke out publicly against the incarceration. Church groups across the country also organized clothing and food drives for the camp inmates.

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doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 6, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-765)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 6, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: public support for German immigrants, and updates to restrictions on Japanese Americans in California, plans to help effected Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-765/

doc Envelope to K. Domoto with letters to Wakako Domoto from Toichi Domoto and Peter Milan (ddr-densho-356-208)

Envelope addressed to Mr. K. Domoto (Kanetaro) postmarked Osaka, Japan 24.12.15 on the front and postmarked Oakland, California 1/14/1916 on the back. Stored inside the envelope were two letters to Wakako "Wak" Domoto. The first letter is from Peter Milan dated 1/28/1944, and discusses locating Domoto family items, Kaneji's hunt on the East Coast for a …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-208/

doc Written statement by Mike Masoka on problems facing Japanese Americans for the Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies (ddr-densho-356-762)

A written statement by Mike Masaoka on problems facing Japanese Americans for the Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies. Issues include: decrees in patronage to Japanese owned business, cancelation of insurance polices for Japanese Americans, increased violence towards Japanese Americans, conflicting information regarding state and federal orders being provided to the community, inability to travel, and inability …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-762/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 13, 1942 (ddr-densho-356-766)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on February 13, 1942. Topics covered in the meeting include: reading correspondence regarding Japanese Americans, discussion about forming an office for gathering information about evacuation, and various types of social assistance to Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-766/

doc Two letters to Yuri Domoto from Mildred Allen (ddr-densho-356-280)

Two letters to Yuri Domoto from Mildred Allen stored in the same envelope. The first letter is dated April 28, 1942 and the second June 1, 1942. The first letter details a conference she attended on Child Welfare, inquires about the Domoto family business, and her next work assignment. The second letter describes her involvement in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-280/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-327/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Margaret McClain (ddr-densho-356-365)

Christmas card and handwritten note to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Margaret McClain in which she tells about her new job in Idaho and inquires about Yuriko's plans to leave camp. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-365/

doc New Year's card to Yuri Domoto from Jane Shaw Ward (ddr-densho-356-370)

New Year's card with long hand written note inside to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Jane Shaw Ward in which Jane provides Yuriko with contact information for a couple of employment groups Jane recommends Yuri contact about finding a job outside the west coast, additionally Jane offers references for scholarships and offers hopes of seeing each other …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-370/

doc Letter to Wakako Domoto from Ralph Carr (ddr-densho-356-162)

Letter and envelope from Ralph Carr (former Governor of Colorado) to Wakako Domoto (his former housekeeper) thanking Wakako for her Christmas card, asking her to write back with more information about her move to San Francisco, and informing her of the developments in his family life (two new grandchildren and a new wife.)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-162/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 11, 1941 (ddr-densho-356-758)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 11, 1941. Special meeting called to discuss five major problems facing Japanese Americans since the declaration of war. The five issues are: finance, transportation, unemployment, education, and child care.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-758/

doc Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 23, 1941 (ddr-densho-356-760)

Meeting Minutes from Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies meeting on December 23, 1941. Topics covered in the meeting include: reopening of closed businesses, bank withdrawals, other committees working to address similar problems, travel of Japanese clergymen, stranded Japanese fishermen, fear of travel for Nisei chick sexers, individuals detained by FBI being moved inland, and bullying of …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-760/

doc Booklet "A Balance Sheet on Japanese Evacuation: Untruths About Japanese-Americans Our Two Japanese-American Policies Are the Evacuees being Coddled? What Race-Baiting Costs America" (ddr-densho-356-843)

Booklet by Galen M. Fisher titled "A Balance Sheet on Japanese Evacuation: Untruths About Japanese-Americans Our Two Japanese-American Policies Are the Evacuees being Coddled? What Race-Baiting Costs America"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-843/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-245)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he describes a visit to the Domoto Family's nursery in Hayward which was under the care of Pete Milan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-245/

doc Case Notes (ddr-densho-356-757)

Handwritten notes about reaching out to local business owner.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-757/

doc Booklet "Outcast!: The Story of America's Treatment of Her Japanese-American Minority" (ddr-densho-356-1021)

Booklet titled "Outcast!: The Story of America's Treatment of Her Japanese-American Minority" by Caleb Foote. Detailing Japanese American treatment during the war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-1021/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Lorenne Pitts (ddr-densho-356-284)

Letter to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Lorenne Pitts. In the letter she discusses a he work, forced removal around California, the appearance of Manzanar, and general news about mutual friends. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-284/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Alma Folda (ddr-densho-356-366)

Christmas card with handwritten note to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Alma Folda in which Alma provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father), and inquires about Yuri's plans to leave camp. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-366/

doc Brief Analysis of Problems of Enemy Aliens with particular reference to San Francisco (ddr-densho-356-764)

A report from February 4, 1942 on immigrants of German, Italian, and Japanese descent living in California, the issues these communities are facing due to the war, xenophobia, and racism, and what the Committee of Immigrant Serving Agencies Family Welfare Council can do to support them.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-764/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Margaret McClain (ddr-densho-356-283)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Margaret in which she discuses the prospect of Yuri getting a job as a social worker at an assembly center or Minidoka, and discusses the feelings of Idahoans towards Japanese Americans. The letter continued with a discussion of the sender's work in Idaho and likelihood of moving to Chicago. Included …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-283/

doc Keynote address by Bob H. Suzuki for Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-363)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-363/

doc Letter from Albert W. Palmer to Alien Registration Division (ddr-densho-446-80)

AWP vouches for Ai Chih Tsai and requests that he should be reclassified as a Formosan-Chinese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-80/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Alderman P.H. Douglas (ddr-densho-446-71)

Letter to Alderman Douglas with introduction for Ai Chih Tsai with request for counsel regarding Tsai's status following Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-71/

doc Letter from Robert Cashman to whom it may concern (ddr-densho-446-72)

Letter to certify that Ai Chih Tsai, Japanese citizen of Formosa, resides in Chicago Theological Seminary dorm, is registered as a CTS student, has been the minister of the Chicago Japanese Christian Church for 2 years, is a graduate of Doshisha University, and Cashman can vouch for Tsai's character

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-72/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 13 (March 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-62)

Selected article titles: "Spain Quits as Protecting Power: Vice Consul of Spain Leaves Center After Receiving Order" (p. 1), "Nisei Inducted into U.S. Army Now Total 17,600" (p. 1), "9 Sentenced on Charges of Violating Regulations" (pp. 1-2), and "Procedure Given for Those Planning Return to Hawaii" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-62/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 11 (May 11, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-17)

Selected article titles: "Segregation: 1000 from Jerome, Rohwer Expected Over Weekend" (pp. 1-2), "Spanish Delegate to Visit Japanese Nationals Here" (p. 1), and "CA Contacting Other Centers to Obtain Japanese Movies" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-17/