Fort Missoula

doc Postcard send to Kinuta Uno at Fort Missoula (ddr-densho-324-21)

Correspondence from S. Hayashi updating Kinuta Uno on his family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-324-21/

doc Letter to Kinuta Uno at Fort Missoula (ddr-densho-324-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-324-23/

doc Letter to Kinuta Uno at Fort Missoula (ddr-densho-324-16)

Correspondence from Kinuta Uno's daughters regarding daily life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-324-16/

doc Autobiography of Arthur Yakabi (ddr-densho-401-3)

Photocopy of Arthur Yakabi's handwritten autobiography detailing his childhood in Peru, detention in the United States during WWII, and his adulthood in the United States.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-401-3/

doc Arthur Yakabi's Testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-401-2)

Copy of Arthur Yakabi's testimony to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians detailing his experiences being deported from Peru and sent to various American Concentration Camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-401-2/

doc Takami Hibiya's translation notes for Chuzaburo Ito's personal history (ddr-densho-381-167)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-167/

doc A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)

Personal recollections of life in an assembly center and relocation camp for Japanese descendants and various digressions

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-97/

doc Letter from Alice Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-9)

Letter mentions that she was sending formal studio pictures taken of son, Todd, because their personal cameras were "impounded." She describes the difficulties and uncertainties that people are enduring while waiting for evacuation orders.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-9/

doc Letter from Takeshi Morita to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-211)

Letter from Takichi Morita after his transfer to the internment camp in Camp Livingston, LA requesting Chimata Sumida's help in getting a refund from the Missoula Mercantile Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-211/

doc Letter from Chimata Sumida to Sumida Family (ddr-densho-379-5)

Letter describes life in the Ft. Missoula internment camp. He states that the overall age of men in camp is over 55. The Japanese Camp's average age is 38.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-5/

doc Letter from Chimata Sumida to Grace Sumida and Family (ddr-densho-379-12)

Letter requests the family sends all of his personal belongings since he might not be able to see them during the "duration of this emergency period of time which might last years." He requested tennis equipment be sent because they would soon have a tennis court at Ft. Missoula.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-12/

doc Letter from Joyce B. Pine to Alice Endo (ddr-densho-379-196)

Letter catching up with news in Los Angeles and mentions that Mr. Pine wrote to the "Officer in Charge" at Ft. Missoula on Chimata Sumida's behalf

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-196/

doc Letter from Chimata Sumida to his family (ddr-densho-379-3)

Second letter from Chimata Sumida describing life in the internment camp. He mentions status of their family friends in the camp. He also mentions the Alien hearings and that no prisoner had his case resolved to date.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-3/

doc Letter from Chimata Sumida to Sumida Family (ddr-densho-379-8)

Letter describes camp life. He mentions that the camp regulations limit sending 3 letters a week, not more than 24 lines a letter. He also requested sporting good items be sent to him because the internees need more exercise.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-8/

doc Chimata Sumida Department of Justice Case File (ddr-densho-379-750)

Chimata Sumida's Department of Justice File includes the warrant for his arrest on January 19, 1942; a FBI investigation report that focused on Sumida's store and the inclusion of a stock of radios with short-wave capabilities; Sumida's Alien Enemy Questionnaire; and a transcript of his hearing for parole from Fort Missoula. Chimata Sumida's hearing for parole …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-750/

doc Letter from Grace Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-4)

Letter written by Grace Sumida (representing his wife (Masako) and all their children to Chimata Sumida. In the letter, Grace Sumida describing activities, in particular liquidating the family appliance store, C. Sumida and Son.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-4/

doc Letter from Grace Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-7)

Letter describes the daily lives of her family and her siblings while awaiting evacuation notification. She congratulates her father for being elected to Councilman and his former employee, Yoshio Takashima for Mailman. She mentions Emmy was doing Y.W.C.A. advising. She also congratulates her father on his election as a Councilman, and Yoshio Takashima's election as mailman …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-7/

doc Postcard from Y. Ushiroji to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-209)

Postcard from Y. Ushiroji after his transfer to the INS internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico, thanking Chimata Sumida for his help while he was at Ft. Missoula Internment Camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-209/

doc Letter from Grace Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-2)

First letter from Grace Sumida to her father, Chimata Sumida, upon his arrival to Ft. Missoula Internment Camp. She describes what is happening in their home in Los Angeles, business, and friends.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-2/

doc Letter from Marjorie Yohko Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-10)

First letter from Yohko Sumida to her father, Chimata Sumida. She mentions that her "American" friends are very kind and that is helpful to her. She mentions using her chore money to buy Defense stamps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-10/

doc Letter from Emmy Sumida Ito to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-6)

First letter from Emmy Sumida to her father Chimata Sumida describing status of a few Japanese businesses in Los Angeles including the reorganization of Sun Produce, where her future husband. Ken Ito, was named a manager. She also mentions air raids along the western coast of California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-6/

doc Postcard from Mantaro Sukegawa to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-210)

Postcard from Mantaro Sukegawa after his transfer to the INS internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico, thanking Chimata Sumida for his help while he was at Ft. Missoula Internment Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-210/

doc Postcard from Chimata Sumida to Grace Sumida (ddr-densho-379-217)

Postcard to tell family that he had been paroled and even though he requested repatriation, the second repatriation ship was postponed indefinitely so he thought he would be able to live with the family for some time.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-217/

doc Letter from Grace Sumida to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-11)

Letter mentions that the first "contingent" of evacuees were leaving on Monday, and the letter provides information about evacuation plans of their families, as well, as relatives and friends. The Sumida family is scheduled after that. The family decided to adhere to evacuation orders since they didn't have enough money to relocate on their own. She …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-11/

doc Near hospital gate; Near the Bitterroot River (ddr-csujad-55-1339)

Four mounted black and white photographs depicting groups of individuals "near the Bitterroot River" and "near the hospital gate" at Fort Missoula Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947" page 10. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1339/

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