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Internee payments approved (ddr-csujad-55-2376)
Newspaper clipping published in "The Sacramento bee" regarding passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2482
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Family walking to barracks (ddr-densho-151-284)
Original caption: Sacramento, California. Another family of Japanese ancestry has just arrived at this Center by bus. Their baggage has been inspected for contraband and they have been registered, medically examined and are now being escorted by a volunteer guide to their assigned location in the barracks.
Narrator Ed Yoshikawa
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1925, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Michigan. Drafted into the military and served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. After military discharge, moved to …
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John Tomita Interview (ddr-manz-1-76)
Nisei male. Born August 20, 1920, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where father operated a restaurant. Attended college and studied engineering before World War II. During the war, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In camp, worked on the survey crew. Remained in Tule Lake …
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Assembly center new arrivals (ddr-densho-151-27)
Original WRA caption: Sacramento, California. Another family of Japanese ancestry has just arrived at this Center by bus. Their baggage has been inspected for contraband and they have been registered, medically examined and are now being escorted by a volunteer guide to their assigned location in the barracks.
Narrator Sachi Hiromoto
Nisei female. Born January 18, 1925, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the small communities of Clarksburg and Courtland before the war. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the Sacramento area.
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Executive meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, February 1, 1938 (ddr-csujad-44-101)
Minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League executive meeting. Topics discussed include donations to the president's ball skating party, and the Northern California District Council meeting in Sacramento. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0100
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Tule Lake reunion '98 (ddr-csujad-55-2720)
Pamphlet of the 1998 Tule Lake reunion held at Doubletree Hotel, Sacramento, California, May 15-17, 1998. The pamphlet includes historical photographs of the Tule Lake camp during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2884
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Nisei leaving barracks (ddr-densho-151-277)
Original caption: Sacramento, California. Masamichi Suzuki, roommate of Harvey Itano, is leaing his barrack room at the Assembly center. He has had three years of advanced education which includes three years at the University of California Medical School and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has been assisting in the Assembly center hospital and …
Narrator Heidi Sakazaki
Nisei female. Born March 28, 1928, in Clarksburg, California. Grew up in the Sacramento area prewar. During World War II, was removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked in Utah and Los Angeles before eventually returning to Sacramento.
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Poultry farm (ddr-densho-37-180)
Original WRA caption: M. Nakamura, poultry caretaker, and former farmer of Sacramento, California, feeds four months old chickens. It is anticipated, that the chickens grown here, will furnish the residents of the project with all the eggs and chicken meat which will be consumed. These chickens were raised from baby chicks.
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Clara S. Hattori Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-426)
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
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Clara S. Hattori Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-427)
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
Narrator Roy Doi
Nisei male. Born March 26, 1933, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento where father was a migrant farm laborer. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred with family to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned to California after the war.
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Nancy Sawada Miyagishima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-214)
Sansei female. Born September 17, 1930, in Sacramento, California. Spent childhood in Sacramento where mother and stepfather worked on strawberry fields. Sent to live with relatives in Fort Lupton, Colorado, after mother passed away in March 1941. Unable to return to West Coast after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Extended family moved …
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Sacramento Bocho Doshi Kai 65th anniversary (ddr-csujad-55-2694)
The Yamaguchi Kenjinkai, the Bocho Doshi Kai's antecedent, was first established in Sacramento, the year of Taisho gannen, 1912. When WW II broke out in 1942, all the kaigai kyokais [Japanese overseas associations] were forced to dissolve since its retention in the camps was a violation of one of the eleven paragraphs of the Enemy Act. …
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Maida sisters at Tokuno family reunion (ddr-densho-494-27)
From left to right: Meiko Maida, Junko (Maida) Kimura, and Asako (Maida) Tokuno attending a Tokuno family reunion. Caption on webpage: "Pictures from the later life of Meriko Maida, 1973-2012 / From Richmond to Sacramento / Meriko lived for many years in Richmond, California with her younger sister Junko and brother-in-law Shoichi Kimura. She later lived …
Narrator Betty Tanakatsubo
Nisei female. Born June 15, 1925, in Sacramento, California. During World War II, removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, and worked for the War Relocation Authority. Eventually settled in Chicago, Illinois.
Narrator Fusako Yamamoto
Nisei female. Born March 29, 1920, in Sacramento, California, where father owned and operated a restaurant, and mother taught Japanese language school. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Chicago before eventually returning to Sacramento.
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Photograph of Frank Muench in front of school bus (ddr-csujad-55-2632)
A photograph of Frank Muench in front of a school bus. Frank Muench en-route to California in new school bus for Japanese Christian Center, Sacramento California. Bus was purchased in Detroit, Michigan and Lebanon, Indiana through donations from the Denomination and friends. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2796
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Photographs of Suzuki family at 1928 Sacramento State Fair (ddr-csujad-55-2650)
Four black and white photographs of Suzuki family at 1928 Sacramento State Fair in brown photo album. See also sac_jaac_2815 through sac_jaac_2818. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2814
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Photographs of Suzuki Family members at Sacramento State Fair (ddr-csujad-55-2667)
One page of three photographs of Suzuki Family members at Sacramento State Fair in red photo album. See also sac_jaac_2832 through sac_jaac_2833. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2831
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Japanese Americans standing in shade of barracks (ddr-densho-151-282)
Original caption: Sacramento, California. This young woman of Japanese ancestry received credentials from the San Jose State College to teach in Junior High, Primary and Kindergarten schools of this state. She is one of the leaders of the group who are establishing kindergarten schools for the young children in this Assembly center.
Narrator Shigeo Kihara
Sansei male. Born January 15, 1935, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Florin area where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with family to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Eventually returned to Sacramento.
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Note on dates and locations of incarceration and transfer (ddr-csujad-55-2407)
Notes on the dates and locations of the Nakamura family's forced removal from Marysville, California to Tule Lake incarceration camp, transfer from Tule Lake to Chicago, Illinois, and return to the Sacramento area. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2513