691 items
691 items
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Couple standing under tree (ddr-ajah-2-761)
Inscribed on back: Me and Hisako Yokoyama. Cute ain't she? San Quentin quail MAYBE. Sister's swell too. Can't afford to rent that pix. Beautiful Ogden, with women with snow white complexion. Sociable? YES. Caption: Tsutomu "Tsunch" Inouye, of Alameda, CA., and a young woman he apparently fancied in Ogden, Utah. August 1941. Supplemental scan, front and …
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Letter from Kenneth Hori to George Waegell, September 4, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2544)
Correspondence from Kenneth Hori to George Waegell regarding the fact that Kenneth is "on the other side of the fence now." He is on a 600 acre farm 10 miles from Ogden, Utah. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2651
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Takeshi Minato Interview (ddr-manz-1-57)
Nisei male. Born July 13, 1922, in Park City, Utah. Family moved several times prior to World War II, and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during the war. After the war, lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois, and Seabrook, …
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Hope Omachi Kawashima Interview (ddr-manz-1-154)
Sansei female. Born April 2, 1937, in Auburn, California. Grew up in Loomis, California. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, lived and attended school in Nebraska for a few years before returning to Loomis. …
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Helen Harano Christ Interview (ddr-densho-1013-6)
Sansei female. Born August 26, 1934, in Berkeley, California. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Family resettled in North Platte, Nebraska, where father operated a flower shop. Received undergraduate degree in education and sociology from Hastings College in Nebraska. Attended McCormick Seminary in Illinois. Married husband Frank Christ in 1959. Worked …
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Asano Terao Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-109-8)
Comparison of the discrimination in Salt Lake City, Utah and Seattle, Washington (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors …
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Asano Terao Interview II Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-109-4)
Avoiding concentration camps by moving to Salt Lake City, Utah (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English …
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Asano Terao Interview II Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-109-10)
Japanese American community religions in Salt Lake City, Utah (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in …
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Asano Terao Interview II Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-109-7)
Daughter's social life and marriage in Salt Lake City, Utah (Japanese language)
This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English …
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Harry Ueno Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1002-7-27)
Memories of the Moab, Utah, citizen isolation center: anger over lack of a hearing, censored mail
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …
Narrator Ernie Iyama
Nisei male. WGrew up in California. During World War II, was removed to the Tanforan assembly center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah.
Narrator Lily C. Hioki
Nisei female. Born July 3, 1925, in San Jose, California. Moved with family frequently as a child before returning to San Jose for high school. In 1942, family decided to avoid incarceration by moving to Utah, and joined an automobile caravan of several families from San Jose. Lived and worked in Utah during the war primarily …
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Miss Wakayama's class (ddr-densho-454-1)
Miss Wakayama's third or fourth grade class in Topaz. Written on the back in the upper left corner is "Yoshiye Handa Class-3rd grade teacher- Miss Wakayama Topaz, Utah" in green ink. Written on the back in the upper right corner is "Yoshiye" in pencil. Written on the in the lower right corner on an attached piece …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 34 (August 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-285)
Selected article titles: "New Program in "This is America" Series" (p. 1), "Scholarship Fund Tops $1000 With Aid of P.T.A." (p. 1), "2000 Boxes Made By Factory" (p. 1), "Thursday & Friday: Elementary Schools To Hold Open House" (p. 1), "Mostly Seasonal Work in Pacific Intermountain Area" (p. 1), "Facts About Central Utah Relocation Center Given" …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 18 (November 3, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-44)
Selected article titles: "Reveal Nisei GIs Served With Allied Units" (p. 1), "National JACL Plans to Enter Oyama Case Testing Validity Of California Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "WRA Closes Central Utah Camp On Time as Last Group Leaves" (p. 1), "Last Evacuee Family at Hunt Refused to Leave Center" (p. 2), "U.S. Deportation Program May …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 10 (March 15, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-11)
Selected article titles: "Utah Legislature Repeals State's Alien Property Law" (p. 1), "Loyalty of Japanese American Group in Wartime Praised by Admiral Nimitz at Hearing" (p. 1), "Masaoka Learns New Congress Policy on Deportation May Not Affect Japanese Alien Group" (p. 2), "Japanese Americans at WRA Camp Helped Develop New Guayule Rubber Processes" (p. 2), "Disclose …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 60, No. 22 (May 28, 1965) (ddr-pc-37-22)
Selected article titles: "History Project: Nisei Homesteads near Heart Mountain" (p.1), "Calif. FEPC Budget Slashed, Housing Program in Danger" (p.1), "Author Michener says 'Hawaii Way Ahead' in Civil Rights Fight, Might Return to Isles" (p.1), "Immigration Bill Timetable" (p.2), "Utah Opens Own Rights Commission" (p.3), "'Myakawa Rd.' in Houston Linked to Ill-Fated Rice-Growing PRoject Originator in …
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Yoshimi Oda (ddr-csujad-38-72)
Photographed is Yoshimi Jim Oda posing in a farm field. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Yoshimi Oda, young but well built. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_18_005
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Frank Oshita (ddr-csujad-38-53)
A photo of Frank Oshita given to George Nobuo Naohara. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. Autographed by Frank Oshita on October 15, 1942. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_006
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Blue-eyed mischievous boy (ddr-csujad-38-54)
Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara holding a Caucasian boy. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Blue-eyed mischievous boy. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_007
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Mr. and Mrs. George Amano having breakfast in their apartment in Detroit, Michigan (ddr-csujad-14-31)
Mr. and Mrs. George Amano having breakfast in their apartment in Detroit, Michigan. They came from Central Utah incarceration camp. George works as a lens grinder for Kindy Optical Company. June 20, 1943. Photo by M. Graw. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_031
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Visitors pass no. 8780, WRA-38, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-557)
A visitors pass issued by O.D. Walters, Project Director. It authorizes George Nobuo Naohara of Utah to visit the Jerome camp in Arkansas and to be inducted to Block 8-10-E on December 3, 1945. WRA-38. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_009
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Nisei interpreter questioning a witness for the war crimes trials (ddr-densho-114-167)
Original caption: Tec 3 Ben Oshita (left) of Salt Lake City, Utah, interpreting the questions of Capt. Arthur A. Sandusky, staff attorney, asked of a possible prosecution witness for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, in the Ministry of War Building, Tokyo, Japan. Miss Lenore Scott is the stenographer for the inquisition. This is …
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Keith Nomura for Kiyosuke Nomura (ddr-ajah-8-6)
In this video, Keith Nomura talks about his father, Kiyosuke Nomura. Kiyosuke grew up in the Bay Area and met his wife, who was born in Alameda, California. During World War II, they were removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Kiyosuke wasn't able to graduate from the University of …
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Namiye Fukuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-400-3)
Namiye Fukuzawa was born on June 30, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Namiye's father was a vegetable hauler and her mother was a housewife living in Gardena, California. During World War II, Namiye and her family relocated to Logan, Utah. After the war they moved back to Gardena, California.
This interview is part of the South …