Crystal City

vh An Oral History with Reverend Seytsu Takahashi - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-58-1)

Issei Buddhist bishop and superintendent of Kayasan Temple in Little Tokyo since 1931 recounts his wartime experiences and internment at Fort Missoula, Montana; Livingstone, Louisiana; and Crystal City, Texas. Transcribed in both Japanese and English. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, CSU Fullerton. Audio is found in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-58-1/

vh Yoji J. Matsushima Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-54-8)

Reuniting with family at Crystal City, Texas

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Etsuko Ichikawa Osaki Interview Segment 10 (ddr-one-7-56-10)

Memories of Crystal City

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vh Etsuko Ichikawa Osaki Interview Segment 20 (ddr-one-7-56-20)

Activities in Crystal City

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vh Etsuko Ichikawa Osaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-56-9)

Reuniting with father at Crystal City internment camp, Texas

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vh Bill Nishimura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-119-9)

Awaiting expatriation to Japan, but instead, reuniting with father in Crystal City, Texas

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-282-20)

Forging a closer relationship with father

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-282-18)

Seeing father again

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-282-17)

Moving to Crystal City to reunite family

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-282-21)

Father's hobby of taxidermy in camp

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vh Kay Uno Kaneko Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-282-19)

Brothers' roles in camp

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vh George Kazuharu Naganuma Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-481-6)

Leaving camp and adapting to life in San Francisco

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vh George Kazuharu Naganuma Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-481-5)

Childhood memories of Crystal City

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vh George Kazuharu Naganuma Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-481-4)

Arrival in Crystal City: living conditions

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doc Report card (ddr-densho-64-7)

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img Play staged in an internment camp (ddr-densho-64-1)

The play being performed is comic relief for a nine series adult drama. Mako Nakagawa is on the far right.

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img Cast of a stage play (ddr-densho-64-2)

Mako Nakagawa is in the front row on the far right.

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doc Hand-drawn map of Crystal City internment camp, Texas (ddr-densho-64-5)

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doc Autograph book (ddr-densho-64-6)

Mako Nakagawa collected signatures from classmates and teachers when preparing to leave Crystal City internment camp, Texas.

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img Crystal City softball team (ddr-densho-91-8)

All players pictured are Japanese Peruvian except for one Japanese American in the front row, second from left. Art Shibayama is in the front row, third from left.

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img Students in front of school building (ddr-densho-91-7)

Back row, fourth from left is Emiko, a Japanese American Nisei, who volunteered to teach English. All the other students are Japanese Peruvians. Art Shibayama is in the front row, fourth from left.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 102, No. 1 (January 3-10, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-1)

Selected article titles: "Monument Erected at WW2 Camp Site" (p. 1), "Magazine's 'Japs' Statement Rebutted" (p. 1), "LEC Update: Redress: A Patriotic Act" (p. 7), and "1985 Chronology" (pp. 10-13).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-58-1/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 14 (April 11, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-14)

Selected article titles: "To the Point: Goals and Programs" (p. 1), "WW2 Internment Camp at Crystal City for Nikkei May Be Texas Landmark" (p. 1), "First Canadian Japanese History in English by Dr. Shimpo Due in Summer" (p. 1), and "National Dialogue: Developing Leaders" (pp. 1-2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-14/

doc Letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura to Kiyoko Noda, April 30, 1949 (ddr-csujad-10-3)

A letter from Yoshihiko Matsuura, an internee in the Crystal City Internment Camp, Texas, to his grandmother, Kiyoko Noda, in Lima, Peru. He includes updates on day to day life in the Crystal City camp, including the event on the Emperor's birthday [April 29] and a play performed in the camp. He details the Boy Scouts …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-10-3/

Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to Bob Bratt, executive director, Office of Reparations Administration, Department of Justice, December 5, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-68)

doc Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to Bob Bratt, executive director, Office of Reparations Administration, Department of Justice, December 5, 1998 (ddr-csujad-24-68)

A letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to Bob Bratt in which Shimo makes an argument for why he should receive repatriations, even though he was not in an incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_05_002

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