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The Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection consists of 7 paintings by Harry Hiroshi Imamura. These paintings capture the journey to and life in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Imamura began painting in the 1970s after he sold his truckstop restaurant, the East Valley Cafe.
Nisei male. Born April 29, 1934, in Brawley, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Father was arrested by the FBI and mother had a nervous breakdown. Kenji and his sister were sent to stay at the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles. During mass removal, taken to Manzanar with other orphans and placed in the Manzanar …
Selected article titles: "Seattle Fire Chief Raps Article Poking Fun at Asians, Chicanos" (p.1), "L.A. High Tensions Still Unabated" (p.1), "Mike Masaoka Hands in Notice to Terminate" (p.1), "Fear of Hysteria Led to Evacuation" (p.3-4), "Spring Pilgrimage to Manzanar on Mar. 25 Prelude to Dedication" (p.3-4).
Select article titles: "Plaque Text of Manzanar Camp Tentatively OK" (p.1); "Progressive Westside JACL Board Action Viewed as Mass Resignation" (p.1); "Nisei Views on Career Education" (p.1); "Fukai Spearheads Anti-Drug Program for County Youth" (p.3); "Heart Disease Research of Japanese in Calif., Hawaii, Honshu Reviewed" (p.6).
Selected article titles: "JACL, Nisei Veterans Speak to Manzanar Historic Site Panel" (pp. 1, 5), "Bill Would Bar Critical Aid to Legal Immigrants" (pp. 1, 11), "Youth: A Day in the Life of a JACL Intern" (pp. 9, 12), and "Very Truly Yours: Nisei Week: More Than Three Generations Old" (pp. 9, 11).
News clipping with article titled, Director tells story of fatal rioting, from December 7. A news clipping from: Manzanar Photo Album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: man_01_017
Two lists of names of staff members at Manzanar Incarceration Camp written by Harry Bentley Wells. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9952. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0952
Photograph of a female hospital nurse standing in front of a brick building at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is wearing her uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0491
Photograph of a couple standing in front of trees and buildings at Manzanar incarceration camp. The woman is wearing a nurses uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0409
Photograph of a silk embroidered bird sitting on a branch with leaves and several berries, which was created at the Manzanar camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0110
Photograph of a group of people, including Bernice Sibner, sitting on rocks in the Sierra Nevada near the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0447