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doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-34)

Excerpt: "It's late, but I drank quite a bit of coffee at a party here in the dorm tonight and I'm not sleepy." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-34/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-79)

Excerpt: "There is really very little news this week. The first part was very hot and yesterday and today have been unseasonably cool." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-79/

img Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-426)

Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. The baggage, belonging to evacuees who have just arrived from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to their barrack apartments.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-426/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-31)

Excerpt: "Sorry I'm late again but last night I taught Jerry Fogarty's Americanization class from 7 till 8 and then went to a meeting..." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-31/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-72)

Excerpt: "Not much has happened since I last wrote, but the weekend is booked full and I'm not sure when I'll get another chance." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-72/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-9)

Excerpt: "Our weather last night was something to write home about. Yesterday was overcast, warm and calm. At midnight it was cleary and starry." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-9/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-40)

Excerpt: "Tonight I'm sitting in the shadow of my social life dashing this off while I wait for the Chinese checker game to begin." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-40/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-7)

Excerpt: "I put my room to permanent rights at little more. Assembled my voluminous notes and bibliographies from Stanford into notebook covers purchased yesterday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-7/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-38)

Excerpt: "Our enrollment is sky rocketing beyond our wildest estimate and yet we must be prepared to have many relocate or graduate in February." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-38/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-53)

Excerpt: "Monday before last I was invited to Father Joe's for a farewell dinner for Miss Hiota. It was all Japanese food with chopsticks." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-53/

vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview I Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-123-14)

Journey to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho; booing a teacher who spoke of "democracy" in camp

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-123-14/

doc Letter from Issei man to wife (August 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-126)

Excerpt: "I learned you are moving to Idaho in this month. We passed by train, Pocatelo on 24 June. I guess the climate is good and camp accommodation be better facilities."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-140-126/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-18)

Excerpt: "Last week I had some rest from choir after Mae's leaving -- we took a week off because of the big banquets for the volunteers." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-18/

doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 236 (September 26, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-455)

Selected article titles: "17 Residents Leave Friday for Physical Examinations" (p. 1), "Warning Issued on Disposal of Hot Ashes" (p. 1), "75 Workers Wanted for Potato Harvesting in Idaho" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-455/

img Young Buddhist Association (ddr-densho-357-788)

Three reverends sit in the front row of their Young Buddhist Association gathering in Hunt, Idaho. Front row center, left to right: Reverend Gikan Nishinaga, Reverend Sugimoto, and Reverend Eiyu Terao.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-788/

img George Naohara, Tadashi Sakaida, and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-28)

Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara, Tadashi Sakaida, and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara, having sake in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. While Tadashi is holding a cup, George and Keny are pouring sake into it. The caption reads: Tadashi Sakaida loves sake. [In Japanese]. The same image without a caption is found in item: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-28/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. IV No. 52 (June 30, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-411)

Selected article titles: "Red Cross Aids Families of U.S. Servicemen" (p. 1), "Nisei Seek Rehearing" (p. 2), "Reports Condition in Idaho, Oregon Area" (p. 3), "Soldiers: Dependents May Seek Allotments" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-411/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-77)

Excerpt: "This is one of the most leisurely Sundays in a long time. To begin with, I was supposed to have gone to Boise and didn't." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-77/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-64)

Excerpt: "Evelyn Rose of the Washington statistics office -- she spent two weeks here last June and lived in the dorms -- was here again week before last." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-64/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-66)

Excerpt: "Mr. Harke finally got around to breaking the log jam and also seemed to realize that he was working at cross purposes to my job." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-66/

doc Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-50)

Excerpt: "Since then it has been a series of slow days that would have been leisurely if they hadn't been haunted by uncertainty and insidious developments." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-171-50/

doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 9 (August 27, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-35)

Selected article titles: "Congress passes remedial bill for Peru-Japanese" (p. 1), "Authorize over $110,000 to pay big claim awards" (p. 1), "Idaho Falls naturalized citizens honor class instructor, interpreter" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-26-35/

img Crowd gather at Minidoka's entrance (ddr-densho-477-121)

Photograph of a group of people in front of a small building made of wood and stone in Minidoka. The caption below the photo reads "Hunt, Idaho camp entrance" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-121/

img Photo album (ddr-densho-258-1)

A family photo album showing life in Troutdale, Oregon before World War II, construction of the Anderson Ranch Dam in Elmore, Idaho during World War II, and life after World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-1/

vh Kay Endo Interview (ddr-manz-1-104)

Nisei male. Born September 26, 1933, in Milwaukie, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-104/

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