Topaz (Central Utah)

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Four men and three women posing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-557)
img Four men and three women posing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-557)
Caption below photo: Furlo (sic) to Topaz
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-557/
Group of men outside building (ddr-ajah-2-489)
img Group of men outside building (ddr-ajah-2-489)
Caption below photo: In front of Ad Bldg
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-489/
Group of men in uniform outside camp building (ddr-ajah-2-494)
img Group of men in uniform outside camp building (ddr-ajah-2-494)
Caption below photo: G.I.'s visiting Topaz. Furlo to Topaz, Utah, July 1943
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-494/
Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)
img Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)
Caption: Niseis from the Military Intelligence School at Camp Savage, Minnesota visit friends and family incarcerated at Topaz, Utah - December 4. 1942. Includes names.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-800/
Group photo of men in uniform outside Topaz camp building. Joe Iwataki standing second from left (ddr-ajah-2-785)
img Group photo of men in uniform outside Topaz camp building. Joe Iwataki standing second from left (ddr-ajah-2-785)
Caption: Joe Iwataki of Alameda, CA., posed with Gis while he is on furlough to Topaz, Utah, July 1943. Photo shot in front of the Ad building. Additional note about names: These names were on the back of the photo but it was difficult to know the exact position of the person named. Supplemental scan of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-785/
Program for farewell event: Sayonara, Transferees! (ddr-ajah-2-941)
doc Program for farewell event: Sayonara, Transferees! (ddr-ajah-2-941)
Invitation and program for farewell party for incarcerees being transferred to Tule Lake from Topaz, including Susumu and Tomoe Tomine.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-941/
Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-741)
img Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-741)
Caption below photo: Ben Moriwaki / Chikateru Inouye / Tak Hirabayashi / Walter Tanaka / Yukio Kawamoto / Ken Kato / Kayano, George / Terry Takahashi / Chisaka / Harold Fudenna / Don Hikido / Sho Ishii / Roy Ashizawa / Topaz, Utah, December, 1942
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-741/
Art by Susumu Tomine from Topaz (ddr-ajah-2-938)
img Art by Susumu Tomine from Topaz (ddr-ajah-2-938)
Includes jewelry, sketches, small carvings
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-938/
Wooden plates given to Tomoye and Susumu Tomine (ddr-ajah-2-939)
img Wooden plates given to Tomoye and Susumu Tomine (ddr-ajah-2-939)
Creator unknown
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-939/
Diary of Tomoe Tomine while incarcerated at Topaz (ddr-ajah-2-937)
doc Diary of Tomoe Tomine while incarcerated at Topaz (ddr-ajah-2-937)
Original images of diary pages and transcribed text, including notes and biographical information about Tomoe Tomine and family
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-937/
Home Movies of Japanese American Incarceration Camps at Topaz (Utah) & Rohwer (AK) (ddr-densho-1024-20)
av Home Movies of Japanese American Incarceration Camps at Topaz (Utah) & Rohwer (AK) (ddr-densho-1024-20)
See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ajahp-TIC_1.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-20/
Topaz, The Chessmen (ddr-densho-1024-27)
av Topaz, The Chessmen (ddr-densho-1024-27)
Short narrative film about Japanese Americans struggling to run a flower nursery set in Northern California in 1949. Based on a short story by Toshio Mori , filmmaker Ken Kokka made the film as a film student at UCLA. As the story begins, Mas, a middle-aged Nisei man who had lost his nursery as a result …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-27/
Topaz directory 1945 (ddr-densho-410-570)
doc Topaz directory 1945 (ddr-densho-410-570)
Includes series of sketches (ddr-densho-410-570-16-20) of camp and camp life, including men playing GO, shopping at camp store, meetings, gardens
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-570/
Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-119)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-119)
Tad and Shiro saw "Roughly Speaking" at the movies; it was "a nice picture." So far, Tad has been "running around having a nice time" at Fort Meade. Says the living quarters are very nice, just like a college campus. Tad and company are living in the fort itself, not in the camp. The weather is …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-535-119/
Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-108)
doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-108)
Tad says he's meeting all the boys that recently came from Topaz; he's met "about 4" boys that he knew in camp. Says he still isn't supposed to be writing letters. Hopes to be home around the middle of January. Parents' note on envelope back: 111 Saturday Jan. 6, 1945
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-535-108/
Collection of shell art (ddr-densho-539-6)
img Collection of shell art (ddr-densho-539-6)
Includes description of items
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-6/
Kitagawa family at Topaz (ddr-densho-539-4)
img Kitagawa family at Topaz (ddr-densho-539-4)
Peter Goro, Misao, David Yoshiro, Naomi, Mutsuo, Hiroshi Kitagawa
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-4/
Collection of other materials for shell art (ddr-densho-539-9)
img Collection of other materials for shell art (ddr-densho-539-9)
Includes description of items
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-9/
Collection of leaves and wire for shell art (ddr-densho-539-8)
img Collection of leaves and wire for shell art (ddr-densho-539-8)
Includes description of items
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-8/
Letter to Saburo Kitagawa at Topaz camp from Haj at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-539-41)
doc Letter to Saburo Kitagawa at Topaz camp from Haj at Heart Mountain (ddr-densho-539-41)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-41/
Draft notification letter for Saburo Arthur Kitagawa (ddr-densho-539-45)
doc Draft notification letter for Saburo Arthur Kitagawa (ddr-densho-539-45)
With envelope
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-45/
Group of women and children at Topaz (ddr-densho-539-5)
img Group of women and children at Topaz (ddr-densho-539-5)
Misao Kitagawa, Mrs. Sugiyama, Mrs. Tsumori; Maski Miyamura; Mutsuo Kitagawa; Chibi Katsumoto; Minamoto; Kiyoshi Katsumoto;Tommy Nose
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-5/
Yoriko (Shimasaki) Kitagawa, Katherine (Kageyama) Matsuki, Paul Matsuki, and Saburo Arthur Kitagawa standing in front of U.S. flag (ddr-densho-539-10)
img Yoriko (Shimasaki) Kitagawa, Katherine (Kageyama) Matsuki, Paul Matsuki, and Saburo Arthur Kitagawa standing in front of U.S. flag (ddr-densho-539-10)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-10/
Notice of Action on Application for Leave for Saburo Arthur Kitagawa (ddr-densho-539-42)
doc Notice of Action on Application for Leave for Saburo Arthur Kitagawa (ddr-densho-539-42)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-42/
Citizen's Indefinite leave authorization for Yori Shimasaki (ddr-densho-539-44)
doc Citizen's Indefinite leave authorization for Yori Shimasaki (ddr-densho-539-44)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-44/
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