Minidoka

Concentration Camp

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The Tobe Family (ddr-densho-477-117)
img The Tobe Family (ddr-densho-477-117)
Photograph of a family of four in Minidoka. Identified left to right back row: George Tobe and Yukiko (Isoshima) Tobe. Front row left to right: Yutaka Tobe, Minoru Jim Tobe. The caption below the photo reads "The Tobe family Yukiko / George, Jim / Yutaka / Waiting for Mr. Tobe to be released 1942" in black …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-117/
Wood Sign (ddr-densho-477-2)
img Wood Sign (ddr-densho-477-2)
Wooden sign that reads "please use other door" in pale writing that seems to be sun-bleached onto the wood. Donor states it was possibly made in camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-2/
Katherine Okamura and sons (ddr-densho-477-173)
img Katherine Okamura and sons (ddr-densho-477-173)
Photograph of Katherine Okamura with two young boys. The caption below the photo reads "Mitzi's friend at Hunt, Idaho camp Katherine Okamura and her sons" in black ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-173/
Japanese Americans in World War II- A Nisei Remembers (ddr-densho-496-3)
doc Japanese Americans in World War II- A Nisei Remembers (ddr-densho-496-3)
Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his internment at North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka published in New World Outlook in January of 1982.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-496-3/
From Internment to Going Off to War, 1942-1943 (ddr-densho-496-5)
doc From Internment to Going Off to War, 1942-1943 (ddr-densho-496-5)
Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his experience in Minidoka and enlisting in the War
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-496-5/
Pacific Cable Vol. I No. 10 (ddr-densho-498-51)
doc Pacific Cable Vol. I No. 10 (ddr-densho-498-51)
Volume 1, number 10 of the Pacific Cable. Stories from an American internee, unconstitutional curfew, and discrimination laws.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-51/
Postcard sent to the Oiyes in Tule Lake (ddr-densho-350-26)
img Postcard sent to the Oiyes in Tule Lake (ddr-densho-350-26)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-26/
Postcard sent to the Oiyes in Tule Lake (ddr-densho-350-24)
doc Postcard sent to the Oiyes in Tule Lake (ddr-densho-350-24)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-24/
Kindergarten school certificate (ddr-densho-34-132)
doc Kindergarten school certificate (ddr-densho-34-132)
As the opportunity arose for families to leave camp, the WRA issued certificates for the most recently completed grade to send to students' future schools. This certificate belonging to Frank Kitamoto was issued by the Stafford School at Minidoka concentration camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-132/
Report card (ddr-densho-34-140)
doc Report card (ddr-densho-34-140)
The project school at the Minidoka concentration camp issued this report card to Frank Kitamoto for the school year 1944-45. He was in kindergarten.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-140/
Four children in a garden (ddr-densho-34-109)
img Four children in a garden (ddr-densho-34-109)
Left to right: Lilly, Frank, and Jane Kitamoto. The child on the right is unidentified.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-109/
Father and infant son outside barracks (ddr-densho-34-195)
img Father and infant son outside barracks (ddr-densho-34-195)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-195/
Children standing on a truck (ddr-densho-34-146)
img Children standing on a truck (ddr-densho-34-146)
The Hayashida and Kitamoto children are about to leave the Minidoka concentration camp for their homes on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Mr. Frank Yoshito Kitamoto bought this truck to transport both families' belongings. Yoshito Frank Kitamoto also went by Frank Yoshito Kitamoto.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-146/
Two children leaving camp (ddr-densho-34-43)
img Two children leaving camp (ddr-densho-34-43)
Cousins Jane Kitamoto (left) and Natalie Hayashida.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-43/
Annual summary report from nursery school (ddr-densho-34-135)
doc Annual summary report from nursery school (ddr-densho-34-135)
The nursery school at Minidoka concentration camp issued annual summary reports for its students. This report is for Y. (Frank) Kitamoto.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-135/
Mother and her children in front of their barracks (ddr-densho-34-111)
img Mother and her children in front of their barracks (ddr-densho-34-111)
Shigeko Kitamoto and her children (left to right): Frances, Jane, Frank, and Lilly Kitamoto.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-111/
Japanese Americans in camp before departure (ddr-densho-34-44)
img Japanese Americans in camp before departure (ddr-densho-34-44)
Mrs. Fumiko Hayashida, with Takamono (first name unknown), Frank Kitamoto, Neil Hayashida, Atmoto Tanaguchi, Jane Kitamoto, an unidentified child and Natalie Hayashida, before their departure from Minidoka concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-44/
Three children behind barracks (ddr-densho-34-118)
img Three children behind barracks (ddr-densho-34-118)
Left to right: Frank, Lilly, and Jane Kitamoto behind their barracks at the Minidoka concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-118/
Group of boys in camp (ddr-densho-462-11)
img Group of boys in camp (ddr-densho-462-11)
Betty Adkins (center back)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-462-11/
Minidoka Relocation Center Map (ddr-densho-462-1)
doc Minidoka Relocation Center Map (ddr-densho-462-1)
Map of Minidoka reprinted for Minidoka Remembered, original created by Anky Arai in 1943
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-462-1/
Workers at Minidoka (ddr-densho-462-13)
img Workers at Minidoka (ddr-densho-462-13)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-462-13/
A Report of My Work at Minidoka (ddr-densho-462-7)
doc A Report of My Work at Minidoka (ddr-densho-462-7)
Includes hand-written edits
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-462-7/
Japanese Evacuees (ddr-densho-462-8)
doc Japanese Evacuees (ddr-densho-462-8)
Notes for sermon 'The Christian Church behind barbed wire'. Notes reference Min Yasui's poem, testimony by Martha Higashita
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-462-8/
Group of girls in camp (ddr-densho-462-12)
img Group of girls in camp (ddr-densho-462-12)
Betty Adkins on far left
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-462-12/
Federated Christian Church letter (ddr-densho-462-6)
doc Federated Christian Church letter (ddr-densho-462-6)
Christmas season newsletter written from Minidoka
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-462-6/
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