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Yasui Family and University of Oregon President and Assistant at the Honorary Degree Awarding Ceremony for Nisei students at U of O in 1942 (ddr-densho-259-636)
img Yasui Family and University of Oregon President and Assistant at the Honorary Degree Awarding Ceremony for Nisei students at U of O in 1942 (ddr-densho-259-636)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-636/
Kenjiro and Miyuki “Kay” Kida Family Collection (ddr-one-3)
Collection Kenjiro and Miyuki “Kay” Kida Family Collection (ddr-one-3)
This collection consists of personal correspondence, legal documents, photographic prints, news clippings, and other materials related to a Japanese American family from White Salmon, Washington. These historical records trace a journey that included hurdles of federal and state laws, war and incarceration, exile and resettlement. Significantly, the collection includes firsthand accounts of the Portland Assembly Center …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3/

Narrator Mary T. Yoshida

Nisei female. Born June 6, 1923, in Central Point, Oregon. While in elementary school, sent to live with a foster family in Medford, Oregon. Was attending college when World War II broke out, and was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a housegirl. Finished college …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/403/

Narrator Elliot Yoshinobu Horikoshi

Nisei male. Born December 26, 1938, in Salem, Oregon. Family moved frequently before the war due to father's profession as a Methodist minister. During World War II, removed to Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where father could attend graduate seminary school. Eventually …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/994/
Class of 1938 Electrical Engineers (ddr-densho-287-690)
img Class of 1938 Electrical Engineers (ddr-densho-287-690)
Group photograph of 26 men. The image is of the Oregon State College (not Oregon State University) Electrical Engineering Class of 1938. Written on the image are the numbers 1-26. Identified: 1 Bob Welty 2 Milton Maeda 3 Fred Clausen 4 Vic Carson 5 Dan Smith 6 Dav Fulton 7 Dav Cox 8 Phil Brownell 9 …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-690/
Portland Rose Festival Parade Float-
img Portland Rose Festival Parade Float- "Hot Cross Buns" (ddr-one-1-494)
Color slide of the Bakers of Oregon Rose Festival Parade float as it drives down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel.. On the float ride two women in pink dresses and white bonnets, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-494/

Narrator Yoji J. Matsushima

Nisei male. Born January 31, 1933, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a general merchandise store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp for the East Coast because parents wanted to repatriate to Japan. Did not secure a place on …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/761/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 80 (October 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-78)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. III No. 80 (October 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-78)
Selected article titles: "Group Will Study Co-op Principles" (p. 1), "Mess Workers Asked to be Patient" (p. 1), "Agent of Oregon Governor Makes Impassioned Plea for Tule Lake Volunteer Labor" (p. 1), "Schools Closed for Another Week" (p. 1), "Social Welfare to Reopen Friday A.M." (p. 1), "Colonists Laugh as "Gang" Goes on Tour" (p. 1), …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-78/
Letter from Sarah
doc Letter from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to Kida family (ddr-one-3-30)
Letter from "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) to her "children" (the Kida family) in Nyssa, Oregon, dated December 2, 1942. She writes that she is angry about Kay's treatment in town. Writes that she wishes they were home. Talks about Ethel Crow, her sister Vickie, and Vickie's granddaughter Victoria, as well as general news about other people …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-30/
Letter from Sarah
doc Letter from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to Kida family (ddr-one-3-32)
Envelope addressed to Miyuki "Kay" Kida in Nyssa, Oregon. Letter from "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) to her "children" (the Kida family) dated December 18, 1942. Mentions that there is some hope that the Kidas might be able to come home soon. She also writes that the Kidas found good people to work for (Rosella and J.P. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-32/
Letter from Sarah
doc Letter from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to Kida family (ddr-one-3-43)
Envelope addressed to Miyuki "Kay" Kida in Nyssa, Oregon. Letter from "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) to her "children" (the Kida family) dated April 13, 1943. She wishes the war would end so they can come home. Asks Kay to not send her any more dresses. Asks if they got the ten dollars she sent them the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-43/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 5 (February 2, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-5)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 5 (February 2, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-5)
Selected article titles: "PSWDC Chapter Clinic Expected to Be Among Best" (p.1), "Revised Fair Housing Bill for San Fancisco City Presented" (p.1), "1942 Emergency Meeting" (p.2), "New Canadian Immigration Policy Removing Some Color Bars Adopted, Seek Quality Instead of Quantity-JCCA Not 'Sold'" (p.3), "Oregon State Senator Urges Nisei to Pass Wartime Evacuation Experiences to Sansei" (p.3), …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-34-5/
Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-54)
img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-54)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. The photographs pasted on the page appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include Japanese men, women, and children. Also include the elk sculpture, Thompson Fountain in Portland, Oregon. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_054
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-54/
Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4307 (May 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-20)
doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4307 (May 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-20)
Selected article titles: "Treasury Department Unblocks All But Limited Number of Evacuee Accounts on Army Clear List"; "Rancher in Yuba Threatened for Hiring Japanese"; "Nisei Secretary in Rochester WRA Office Joins WACs"; "97 Families Return to Oregon"; "Report on Japanese Given Calif. Senate"; "War and Navy Depts. to Extend 'Sole Surviving Son' Policy"; "Hostel for Nisei …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-20/

Narrator Junko Mizuta

Nisei female. Born 1925 in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a laundry business and managed an apartment house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family was removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. While at the assembly center, Junko, a teenager, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/950/

Narrator Chester Earls

White male. Born in Spokane, Washington. Served as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon, with a mainly Japanese American congregation, for thirteen years in the 1960s and '70s.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/680/
Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 29 (April 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-209)
doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 29 (April 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-209)
Selected article titles: "Educational Pamphlet Deals With Relocation: Distributed Over Country" (p. 1), "'Clambake' is Cancelled" (p. 1), "Days Set For Apt. Changes" (p. 1), "Sign-up For Civil Service" (p. 1), "Easter Egg Hunt Planned For Youngsters On Sunday" (p. 1), "Taylor Writes About Evacuees" (p. 1), "Guest Editorial: Prepare Yourself..." (p. 2), "Many Jobs Are …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-209/
Letter from Sarah
doc Letter from Sarah "Sade" Pyatt to Kida family (ddr-one-3-44)
Envelope address to Miyuki "Kay" Kida in Nyssa, Oregon. Letter from "Grandma" (Sarah "Sade" Pyatt) to her "children" (the Kida family) dated April 21, 1943. She writes that she forgot about Easter and says that she will try to send the Kida family an Easter card when she gets a chance (Kay sent her an Easter …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-44/
Letter from Charlie and Flora Pyatt to George Kida (ddr-one-3-41)
doc Letter from Charlie and Flora Pyatt to George Kida (ddr-one-3-41)
Envelope addressed to George Kida in Nyssa, Oregon. Letter from Charlie and Flora Pyatt, addressed to George, Kay, and Kida (meaning Kenjiro) dated March 28, 1943. Mentions that they hope that Sarah "Sade" Pyatt lives long enough for the Kidas to come back so that she can go back home. Says that it would have been …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-41/
Envelope to Dr. Keizaburo
doc Envelope to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama (ddr-one-5-17)
White air mail envelope with a red, white and blue border. The envelope is addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston. Sender information written in the upper left corner as "Mrs. Kei Koyama/No 16109 sec. 3-D-10/Japanese Assembly Center/N. Portland, Oregon." Postmarked June 23, 1942. Two additional dates handwritten below the postmark: "June 23-42" and "June …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-17/
U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 16 of 26. (ddr-one-5-136)
doc U.S. Department of Justice Alien Enemy Questionnaire page 16 of 26. (ddr-one-5-136)
Photocopy of a declassified questionnaire used to determine if the person named is to be considered an enemy alien. This page covers questions 65a - b of 111. This question concerns ownership of property within the United States and its value. Dr. Koyama lists a car bought in 1936 for $300, his Oregon Life insurance policy, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-136/
Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 16 (June 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-143)
doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 16 (June 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-143)
Selected article titles: "Leave Grants to Be Issued Directly to Outgoing Evacuees" (p. 1), "4-C Classification Can Be Changed" (p. 1), "Hint Nisei May Be Sent to Pacific" (p. 1), "Ins. Protection Available for Coast Returnees" (p. 1), "Vandalism Against Evacuees Caused by Premature Return" (p. 2), "Rules for Disposal of Surplus Goods Received Here" (p. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-143/
Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4320 (June 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-34)
doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4320 (June 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-34)
Selected article titles: "Violence Threats are Held Bar to Nisei Return to Coast"; "Army to Get 'Japanese Course' From Nisei Instructors"; "Army Power to Bar Japanese from War Area is Upheld"; "Yank Power Bitterly Denounces West Coast Abuse of Loyal Nisei"; "Rev. Fujimori to Leave for California"; "Fresno Churches Provide Quarters for Evacuees"; "Organize Against Returnees: …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-150-34/
Malcom Epley (ddr-csujad-29-217)
img Malcom Epley (ddr-csujad-29-217)
Photograph title: "The Tule Lake War Relocation Center, was located on the northern California border, 35 miles south of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Standing on the left is Malcom Epley, then managing editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News. The man on Epley's right is unidentified." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-217/
Peggy A. Nagae Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-233)
vh Peggy A. Nagae Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-233)
Sansei female. Born July 25, 1951, in Boring, Oregon, a small town outside of Portland. Graduated from Vassar College, then earned a law degree from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College. In the 1980s, lead the legal team for Yasui v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40 year old conviction for …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-233/
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