Social and recreational activities

Japanese Americans found ways to fill the long days created by the enforced idleness of camp life. They made jewelry from shells found in the desert, built furniture for their rooms using scrap lumber and renovated the exteriors of their barracks. People also played cards, chess, checkers, mahjongg, and the Japanese games 'go' and 'shogi.' Camp inmates held dances, concerts, plays, and arts and crafts exhibitions. In Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, they even held a beauty contest to select the "Sweetheart of Minidoka."

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doc Memoirs 1945 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-50)

Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. Student signatures are included throughout the book.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-50/

img Block party group photo (ddr-densho-560-31)

Signatures on back

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-560-31/

img Page with photo and text (ddr-densho-560-32)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-560-32/

img Block party group photo with text (ddr-densho-560-30)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-560-30/

img Seven men outside barracks (ddr-densho-560-33)

Written on photo edge: 1944 Topaz, Utah

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-560-33/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-254)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he details his thoughts and feelings about recent news of governmental attempts to bar Japanese Americans from returning to the West Coast and the recent rulings in EO9066 test cases. He then continues the letter by describing a recent carnival near the base and movies he …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-254/

doc Invitation to Spring Formal Dance at Amache (ddr-densho-356-167)

Invitation to Spring Formal Dance at Amache.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-167/

doc Memoirs 1944 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-49)

Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. Student signatures are included throughout the book.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-49/

doc Memoirs 1943 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-48)

Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. The school included grades 8-12. Individual students are photographed in senior portraits or class photos. Student activities are represented, including student labor/work experience program ("part-time workers"), May Day royalty, and sports. Student signatures are included throughout the book.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-48/

doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-53/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 29 (September 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-35)

Selected article titles: "8000 Attend Undokai; Ward VIII Wins Title" (pp. 1, 6), "First Escheat Action Filed in Orange County" (p. 1), and "WRA Policy on Eye Glass Indemnity Given" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-35/

doc Invitation (ddr-densho-356-303)

Invitation to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada to attend Toquiwa's membership tea on December 20th. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-303/

doc Amache YWCA Board Meeting Minutes (ddr-densho-356-830)

Minutes from the Amache YWCA's Board meeting on Organizing the New Board on May 29, 1943. This meeting also covered reports on YWCA setup, important dates, and Hospitality House activities. Business covered at the meeting: Purpose for YWCA board, board functions, selection of chairman and officers, discussion of meeting dates.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-830/

doc Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts (ddr-densho-356-901)

Monthly Report on Topaz Boy Scouts for the month of March. Includes scout activities, and issues the troop faces due to circumstances.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-901/

doc Report on Advisory Board Meeting (ddr-densho-356-833)

Meeting minutes and report from the advisory board meeting.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-833/

doc Letters to Yuri Domoto from Kayoko Riusaki and Sonoko Riusaki (ddr-densho-356-342)

Two letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada mailed together, one from her niece Kayoko Riusaki and one from her sister Sonoko Domoto Riusaki. In the first letter Kayoko tells about joining the girl scouts, a cancelled scouting trip, and preparations on starting the 5th grade. In the second letter Sonoko writes about life in Gila River, being …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-342/

doc Report of Advisory Board Meeting (ddr-densho-356-834)

Meeting minutes and report from the advisory board meeting.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-834/

doc Invitation to a dance at Amache (ddr-densho-356-168)

Invitation to a dance at Amache.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-168/

av Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1771)

Continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1609/. Matsumura discusses the impact of growing up in a small town in Wyoming (particularly the lack of discrimination), the discrimination he faced in Heart Mountain, the movie theaters he ran at Heart Mountain, the extracurricular programs he helped run in camp, going to school, volunteering for the military from school, his time …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1771/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 30 (July 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-78)

Selected article titles: "On 1 Condition: Swtz. to Look After Japanese Interests" (p. 1), "Assistance Granted to Resettlers in Need" (pp. 1-2), "Ration Books Now Issued at Tule Lake Camp" (p. 2), and "At Gym: 'Grand Student Recital' Aug. 3" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-78/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 24 (June 15, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-73)

Selected article titles: "4 C's May Ask for Change in Draft Classification" (p. 1), "New Service for Those Planning to Go Outside" (p. 2), "100th Infantry Returns from European Front" (p. 3), and "Japanese Movies: Two 35mm Films Scheduled June 18-22 at Auditorium" (p. 4). Page 5 is mislabeled as page 6.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-73/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 42 (December 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-44)

Selected article titles: "Renunciation: Queries on Procedure Answered by Burling" (pp. 1-2) and "Mess Operations Festival: Division to Select Queen; Nominations Open Today" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-44/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 16 (June 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-23)

Selected article titles: "Graduation for 120 Seniors on Friday" (p. 1), "Repatriation Requests in Transit to Japan" (PP. 1-2), and "All Meetings, Entertainments Must Be Registered with Police" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-23/

doc Amache YWCA Advisory Board Meeting Minutes (ddr-densho-356-831)

Minutes from the Amache YWCA's Advisory Board Meeting on June 26, 1943. This meeting covered reports on Hospitality House activities, conferences, harvest camp, carnival, and financials. It also covered business on staff, membership forms, blue star mothers, selection of chairman and officers, and the next meeting date.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-831/

doc YWCA Conference tag (ddr-densho-356-826)

YWCA Conference tag identifying Yuriko Domoto as a member of the Amache YWCA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-826/