Student leave

In 1942, a small number of Japanese Americans began to exit the camps through a student relocation program. The early student resettlement to colleges in Midwestern and eastern states was organized by a coalition of church leaders and educators led by the American Friends Service Committee. The coalition persuaded colleges and universities in the country's interior to accept Japanese American students. It also helped the Nisei obtain security clearance to leave camp (a complicated process) and find housing. Tuition costs were borne by the students and their families. Although many parents gave up what savings they had, nearly all the students still worked round the clock to support themselves and their studies. By the end of the war, 4,000 Nisei students had entered approximately 600 colleges.

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doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Dr. R. W. Goss (ddr-densho-468-101)

Letter concerning Ishikawa's admission to the University of Nebraska

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-101/

doc Letter from George H. Sabine to Joseph B. Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-145)

Letter explaining Cornell University's willingness to admit Japanese American students

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-145/

doc Letter from Joseph Conard (ddr-densho-468-106)

Update on student relocation program. Page one is introduction from Ishikawa

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-106/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Joseph Conard (ddr-densho-468-124)

Letter informing National Student Relocation Council of missing letter with permit to go to Nebraska.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-124/

doc Letter from RW Goss to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-122)

Confirmation of receipt of letter dated Sept. 12 with enclosure of copy of Goss's letter from September 17. Notice that October 3 is last day to register for graduate college.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-122/

doc Letter from Joseph Conard to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-121)

Request for WRA Form #26

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-121/

doc Letter from RW Goss to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-116)

Requirements for admission of Japanese students

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-116/

doc Letter from Joseph Conard to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-115)

Explanation of Student Relocation program policies regarding Kibei

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-115/

doc Letter from Willis Hanson to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-129)

Request for information about Ishikawa's experience with war relocation program

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-129/

doc Letter from John S. Ishikawa to Frances Shirack (ddr-densho-468-126)

Request to send financial statements to National Student Relocation Council

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-126/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Willis Hanson (ddr-densho-468-128)

Two drafts of letter to Willis Hanson, the leave officer at Granada, explaining Ishikawa's leave for the University of Nebraska.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-128/

doc Nonfiction manuscript: "Road to Freedom" with submission letter and rejection letter (ddr-densho-468-158)

Manuscript of nonfiction narrative describing experience as Japanese-American seeking student leave from World War II incarceration. The manuscript incorporates letters to various college admission staff. Page one is a submission letter to the Yale Review. Page two is a rejection slip.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-158/

doc Writings on Student Relocation Program (ddr-densho-468-104)

Narrative of Ishikawa's efforts to obtain student leave during incarceration. Narrative includes transcripts and copies of correspondence.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-104/

doc Letter from RW Goss to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-117)

Letter noting that transcript from UCLA lists honorable dismissal, not bachelor's degree.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-117/

doc Educational Leave paperwork (ddr-densho-468-127)

Certification and other paperwork authorizing Joseph Ishikawa to leave the Granada Relocation Area to attend school at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-127/

doc Letter from Carl E. Seashore to Joseph B. Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-136)

Response to letter from August 11.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-136/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Mr. Gardner (ddr-densho-468-112)

Letter explaining Ishikawa's application to University of Nebraska with request for assistance (no date)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-112/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to John "Johnny" Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-143)

Letter with updates on New Year's weekend 1942-1943

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-143/

doc Letter from Joseph Ishikawa to Dr. Franklin Rolfe (ddr-densho-468-105)

Typed draft letter to Dr. Rolfe. Letter on reverse appears to be from separate correspondence.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-105/

doc Letter from Alfred Longueil to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-111)

Letter confirming that Longueil sent a letter to Dr. Goss per Ishikawa's request.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-111/

doc Postcard from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-83)

Written from the Denver train station while waiting for the train to St. Louis

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-83/

doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-195)

Wondering if she should transfer to college in Colorado or continue studying to be a lab tech, is lonely in St. Louis

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-195/

doc Tomoye Takahashi's 1943 diary from Topaz (ddr-densho-410-568)

Written on 1943 planner/calendar book from Buckbee Thorne Real Estate. Containing descriptions of camp life, her work on the Topaz Times women's page, sewing projects, meetings and social events, visitors and family news. Blank from March 27 to December 31 (blank pages not processed) except for four pages of names and contact information at back

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-568/

doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-85)

Describing her daily life on campus, the weather and plans for the summer when she has to move out of the dorms

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-85/

doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Henri Takahashi, letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-86)

Asking Henri for his opinion of the survey they are conducting about Nisei in St. Louis, telling Tomoye about her plans and life on campus. Both letters in same envelope.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-86/