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Alien registration card (ddr-densho-254-3)
doc Alien registration card (ddr-densho-254-3)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-254-3/
Medical certificate (concerning ability of alien to travel), Form I-142 (ddr-csujad-55-1487)
doc Medical certificate (concerning ability of alien to travel), Form I-142 (ddr-csujad-55-1487)
Blank form used for the purposes of providing a medical certificate for chronically ill internees preparing to be repatriated to their home country from the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Form I-149. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 129. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1487/
Notification of warrants for arrest and detention of Gentaro and Iku Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-173)
doc Notification of warrants for arrest and detention of Gentaro and Iku Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-173)
From Harold T. Landers to H.L. Stafford, Project Director Minidoka
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-355-173/
U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service response to George M. Yoshihara (ddr-densho-332-55)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service response to George M. Yoshihara (ddr-densho-332-55)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-332-55/
Signed letter from B.R. Stauber, Relocation Planning Officer, to Mr. W.K. Kelly, Assistant Commissioner for Alien Control, on the transfer of Keizaburo Koyama to the Minidoka War Relocation Center (ddr-one-5-244)
doc Signed letter from B.R. Stauber, Relocation Planning Officer, to Mr. W.K. Kelly, Assistant Commissioner for Alien Control, on the transfer of Keizaburo Koyama to the Minidoka War Relocation Center (ddr-one-5-244)
Photocopy of a declassified typed letter from B.R. Stauber, Relocation Planning Officer, to Mr. W.K. Kelly, Assistant Commissioner for Alien Control on the transfer of Keizaburo Koyama to the Minidoka Relocation Center. The Project Director, Mr. Stafford, should expect notification from the Immigration and Naturalization Service two days prior to the transfer.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-244/
U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 2 (ddr-one-5-150)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 2 (ddr-one-5-150)
Photocopy of a declassified form dated January 27, 1942 with biographical information on Keizaburo Koyama and his life in the United States. This page contains questions 9 - 15. This page does note that there is "No Apparent grounds for deportation."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-150/
U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 1 (ddr-one-5-149)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Confidential Abstract of Consolidated File Page 1 (ddr-one-5-149)
Photocopy of a declassified form dated January 27, 1942 with biographical information on Keizaburo Koyama and his life in the United States. This page contains questions 1 - 8.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-149/
Letter from Edward J. Ennis to Ai Thich Tsai (ddr-densho-446-116)
doc Letter from Edward J. Ennis to Ai Thich Tsai (ddr-densho-446-116)
Acknowledges request for assistance in changing alien status. U.S. law offers no way to do this except by complying with naturalization statutes. Recommends contacting Immigration and Naturalization Services Department in Philadelphia.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-116/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-117)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-117)
Request for assistance changing Tsai's status to Chinese Formosan, friendly alien, and a path to U.S. citizenship. Enclosed copies of previous request to Departments of State and Justice along with complete copies of these correspondences.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-117/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)
Response to letter dated May 28, 1946. First entry to US on Sept 1, 1938, as student on Taiyo Maru at San Francisco. Most recent entry to US on Dec 17, 1945, on SS General Freeman at Seattle after USSBS. Will leave US on June 12 on USS Marine Lynx for 1-year mission with UNRRA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-221/
Letter regarding release from Seabrook Farms (ddr-densho-254-4)
doc Letter regarding release from Seabrook Farms (ddr-densho-254-4)
Letter from the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Services informing Senichiro Takeda that he is released to the custody of Wayne M. Collins.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-254-4/
Order from Attorney General Francis Biddle on the internment of Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-227)
doc Order from Attorney General Francis Biddle on the internment of Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-227)
Photocopy of a declassified order from U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle vacating the prior order concerning the internment of Keizaburo Koyama on February 28, 1942. Biddle further orders that Koyama be paroled to the custody of the District Parole Officer for the District in which the appropriate War Relocation Center is located. A condition of Koyama's …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-227/
Letter written by an Issei man (ddr-densho-25-70)
doc Letter written by an Issei man (ddr-densho-25-70)
Matahichi Iseri had been imprisoned in Fort Missoula, Montana, a Department of Justice internment camp for "enemy aliens," since shortly after December 7, 1941. He sometimes wrote letters in his native Japanese, which were read and censored by interpreters and officials from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-25-70/
Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)
doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-118/
Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)
doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-160/
Letter from Harold J. Hart, U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-91)
doc Letter from Harold J. Hart, U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-91)
Extension of student visa granted until September 1, 1945
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-91/
U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Officer in Charge, Portland 5, Oregon Report of Enemy Alien (ddr-one-5-252)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Officer in Charge, Portland 5, Oregon Report of Enemy Alien (ddr-one-5-252)
Photocopy of a declassified report on the status of Keizaburo Koyama. Koyama's status has changed from "Parolee" to "Alien enemy proceedings terminated" and he is currently residing at 219 W. Burnside, Portland 9, Oregon. The form lists his occupation as "Dentist" and that he is not deportable.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-252/
United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director, Seattle, Washington, Report of Enemy Alien (ddr-one-5-251)
doc United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director, Seattle, Washington, Report of Enemy Alien (ddr-one-5-251)
Photocopy of a declassified report on the status of Keizaburo Koyama. The report notes that Koyama is moving from the Minidoka War Relocation Project in Hunt, Idaho to 3615 B Cottonwood, Apartment 9918 in Vanport, Oregon. His status is still listed as parolee. The form lists his occupation at the time of arrest as "farm laborer," …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-251/
Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Joseph Savoretti (ddr-densho-446-121)
doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Joseph Savoretti (ddr-densho-446-121)
Requests advice on the next steps Tsai should take. Also requests the return of the correspondence Tsai sent.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-121/
Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)
doc Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)
Acknowledgement of receipt of letter from June 21. Department of Justice has discontinued practice of amending registration records and cannot consider Tsai's request.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-120/
United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director Spokane 8, Washington Report of Alien Enemy (ddr-one-5-250)
doc United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director Spokane 8, Washington Report of Alien Enemy (ddr-one-5-250)
Photocopy of a declassified report on the status of Keizaburo Koyama. In the remarks section, it states that Koyama is relocating back to Portland, Oregon, on indefinite leave from the Minidoka Relocation Project. The form does list Koyama's occupation at the time of his arrest as "Farm Laborer."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-250/
U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Washington Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington, D.C. (ddr-one-5-164)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Washington Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington, D.C. (ddr-one-5-164)
Photocopy of a declassified memorandum changing the status of Keizaburo Koyama as a detained enemy alien at Fort Missoula, Montana to being interned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-164/

Narrator Rae Takekawa

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/89/
Notice of Hearing from the Department of Justice, District of Oregon, Portland for Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-111)
doc Notice of Hearing from the Department of Justice, District of Oregon, Portland for Keizaburo Koyama (ddr-one-5-111)
Photocopy of a declassified document from the Department of Justice, Alien Enemy Hearing Board, on the detention of Keizaburo Koyama. The notice tells Koyama that he will go before the Board at the Courts Martial Room, at the Immigration and Naturalization Service Detention Station at Fort Missoula, Montana on February 2, 1942 at 3:30 o'clock. He …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-111/
Rae Takekawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-89)
vh Rae Takekawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-89)
Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-89/
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