Poston (Colorado River)

av Kikue Isobe Interview (ddr-densho-400-9)

Kikue Isobe was born on September 25, 1920, in Brawley, California. She was one of three children to Fukuichi and Sei Nishimoto. Her father was a foreman for a cantaloupe and honeydew grower in Brawley. Kikue grew up mainly in Brawley. When the war broke out she and her family were relocated to the Poston concentration …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-400-9/

vh Frances Kaji Interview (ddr-densho-400-10)

Frances Kaji was born on April 30, 1928, in Gardena, California. She grew up in Gardena as the daughter of pioneer physician Kikuwo Tashiro. She remembers Gardena as it changed from a rural to suburban community. During World War II, her family moved to Fresno to avoid incarceration but was eventually imprisoned at the concentration camp …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-400-10/

doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-75)

Receiving copies of the "Bussei Review" from Poston

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-406-75/

doc American-made refugees (ddr-densho-381-3)

A report compiling reasons why the forced evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast was unnecessary and motivated by war hysteria. The report also brings up questions about the constitutionality of the evacuation, in addition to spelling out the effects the evacuation has had in terms of human suffering and economic losses. The report concludes with …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-3/

Comments by the War Relocation Authority on statements in the press allegedly made by witnesses before the Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-14)

doc Comments by the War Relocation Authority on statements in the press allegedly made by witnesses before the Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-14)

Additional comments from the War Relocation Authority in response to statements allegedly made by to the House Committee on Un-American Activities to the press between June 8 and June 17. Topics addressed include: questioned loyalty, conspiracies to sabotage local dams, and food quality.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-14/

doc Information bulletin (ddr-densho-381-30)

An information bulletin with articles about Minidoka's population, a train wreck, news from Seattle, bus fares, job offers, and three pages of Japanese text, possibly a translation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-30/

doc Relocation problems and policies (ddr-densho-381-24)

An address delivered by War Relocation Authority Director, Dillon S. Myer, to the Tuesday Evening Club. Myer discusses a variety of topics, including the creation of the War Relocation Authority, managing the camps, and plans for relocation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-24/

doc Statement on the testimony of Harold H. Townsend before the House of Representatives Subcommittee (ddr-densho-381-4)

A rebuttal of statements made by Harold H. Townsend, former Chief Supply and Transportation Officer, before the House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities. The author, most likely the War Relocation Authority, argues that Townsend's testimony was almost entirely composed of false statements about events and living conditions at the Poston concentration …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-4/

Further comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-13)

doc Further comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-13)

Additional comments from the War Relocation Authority in response to statements made by to the House Committee on Un-American Activities to the press about violence at the camps and conspiracies to assassinate the President.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-13/

doc Report and minority views of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on Japanese War Relocation Centers (ddr-densho-381-55)

A report submitted by John M. Costello to the House of Representatives discussing concerns with the War Relocation Authority's management of the concentration camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-55/

doc Conversation between W. Wade Head and Harold H. Townsend (ddr-densho-381-2)

An investigative interview conducted by W. Wade Head, Project Director, of Harold H. Townsend, Supply and Transportation Officer, who abandoned his post during the Poston Strike claiming he feared for his life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-2/

doc War Relocation Authority contact list (ddr-densho-381-43)

A contact list of War Relocation Authority directors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-43/

doc Project directors report on evacuee resistances to relocation (ddr-densho-381-6)

Dillon S. Myer, War Relocation Authority Director, lists twelve reasons why he believes detainees are reluctant to leave the camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-6/

Supplementary comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-12)

doc Supplementary comments by the War Relocation Authority on newspaper statements allegedly made by Representatives of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (ddr-densho-381-12)

Additional comments from the War Relocation Authority in response to statements made by to the House Committee on Un-American Activities to the press about living conditions in the camps, rumors of violence and protest, and criticisms of how the camps are being managed.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-12/

img Goto family (ddr-densho-357-747)

The Goto family addresses this family portrait to Yukie's parents, "To Mom and Pop, Lovingly Yukie, Harry, Norma, and Doris." Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Goto Family, Poston Relocation Center, Arizona 1944."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-747/

img Goto family (ddr-densho-357-748)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Poston 1943, Yuki, Harry, Norma, Doris, Poston Relocation Center." Left to right: Norma Goto, Yukie Goto, Harry Goto, Doris Goto (front).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-748/

img Goto family (ddr-densho-357-751)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Doris and Norma Goto, Poston Arizona Camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-751/

img Goto family (ddr-densho-357-758)

Left to right: Doris Goto, Yukie Goto.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-758/

img Norma Goto (ddr-densho-357-762)

Norma Goto stands in a grass field in the concentration camp at Poston.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-762/

img Wood Plaque (ddr-densho-364-1)

A wood plaque that reads "Souvenir / Colorado River Relocation Center / Poston, Arizona / 1942"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-364-1/

doc Letter from Torao Hayashi to Lousie Hayashi (ddr-densho-412-3)

Letter from Torao Hayashi to his sister Yoshiko Lousie Hayashi in Poston. In the letter Torao mentions meeting mutual friends, a delay in getting the family photograph, his brother Roy not completing school, and someone in the hospital. Torao Hayashi was killed in action just a few days after writing this letter.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-412-3/

doc 1944 Poston High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-412-1)

Masao Roy Hayashi's 1944 high school yearbook "El Chaparal" from Poston High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-412-1/

img Hayashi Family Photo (ddr-densho-412-2)

Photograph of three generations of the Hayashi family posed in front of an American Flag. Back row left to right: Sueko Barbra Hayashi, Natsuye Ruth Hayashi, Torao Hayashi, Tomiko Jane (Hayashi) Noda and Yoshiko Louise (Hayashi) Kubo. Seated left to right: Ruby Hayashi, Ichimatsu Hayashi, Yoneyo (Ikeda) Hayashi holding Ronald Hayashi; Kazumi John Hayashi and Lorraine …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-412-2/